User manual

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The basics
Setting clef, key, and time signature
Setting clef, key, and time signature
When preparing to enter notes into a score, you probably want to start out by setting
the desired clef, key, and time signature for the staff. The text below assumes you are
working on one track only. If you have multiple staves, you either make this setting
independently for each staff or for all staves at once, see
“Staff settings” on page 748.
Normally, all these symbols appear at the beginning of each staff. However, you can
control this by using the Real Book option (see
“Real Book” on page 867) and by
hiding objects (see “Hiding/showing objects” on page 868).
When entering or editing keys, there is one important thing to note:
Using the Symbols Inspector to set the initial clef, key, and time signature
1. Click the “Set up Window Layout” button on the toolbar and activate the Symbols
option.
The Symbols Inspector is displayed.
2. Open the Clefs tab of the Inspector and click on the symbol for the clef that you
want to use in your score.
3. Click anywhere in the first bar of the staff to set the clef for this track.
4. Select the Keys tab and click on the symbol for the key that you want to use.
5. Click anywhere in the first bar of the staff to set the key for the track.
6. Open the Time Signature tab of the Inspector and click on the symbol for the time
signature value that you want to use.
If you cannot find the desired time signature, you can use the Edit Time Signature
dialog (see below).
The settings you have made so far are valid for the entire track. If you want to further
edit these settings, or if you need different settings for different bars of your track,
proceed as described in the next section.
Editing the time signature
1. Double-click on the time signature symbol at the beginning of the staff.
A dialog opens.
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In the Score Settings dialog on the Project–Notation Style subpage (Keys category)
you can find the “Key Changes for the entire Project” option. When this option is
activated, all changes made to the key always affect every staff in the project, i.e. it is
not possible to define different keys for different staves.