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The basics
The active staff
The active staff
One thing to note when you are working with multiple staves is the “active” staff. Only
one staff at a time can be active, and it is indicated by a blue rectangle to the left of the
clef symbol.
Ö To make a staff active, click anywhere on it. By default, you can also use the up and
down arrow keys on the computer keyboard to step between staves.
Making page setup settings
Before preparing the score for printout, you have to make some page settings for your
project. This does not have to be the first thing you do, but it is a good working habit,
because it also affects the on-screen display of the score.
1. On the File menu, select Page Setup.
The Page Setup dialog appears. This is the regular operation system Page Setup
dialog, described in detail in your system’s documentation. The only things that
Cubase adds to this are the margin settings.
2. Select the preferred printer, paper size, orientation, etc.
3. If you need to, change the margins by setting the left, right, top and bottom
settings.
• To make the settings permanent, save the project.
If you want new projects to always start with certain page setup settings, you can
create project templates with these, see
“Setting up a default template” on page
59.
Designing your work space
You can design your work space according to your needs by showing/hiding different
areas using the Window Layout function and by showing/hiding different options of
these areas using the Setup options dialogs. Which areas and options to show or
hide depends on what kind of project you are working on, how large your monitor is,
and so on.
To configure the window layout, proceed as follows:
1. On the toolbar, click the “Set up Window Layout” button.
This staff is active.