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Working with symbols
Adding symbols to the score
You can modify the settings you made on import by right-clicking the image and
selecting “Properties” on the context menu, to open the Image Properties dialog.
Using layout symbols
Layout symbols and texts are inserted on the layout layer. When you are editing a
layout containing several tracks, you can have inserted layout symbols and texts
automatically copied to any combination of tracks in the layout. You decide which
staves should display layout symbols and texts by ticking their “L” column in the Score
Settings dialog, on the Layout page.
• Any editing you perform to layout symbols and texts is automatically duplicated in
the other tracks.
• The display of layout symbols and texts for different tracks can be deactivated at
any time.
• Layout symbols and texts can be copied between layouts, by using the Get Form
function on the Functions pop-up menu on the Layout page of the Score Settings
dialog.
One example of how to use layout symbols and texts:
Let’s say you are editing a full orchestra score, and want rehearsal marks inserted for
more than one staff (typically, above each instrument group – brass, strings,
percussion, etc.). Now all you need to do is insert the rehearsal marks for one of the
tracks. To do so, open the Score Settings dialog on the Layout page, tick the “L”
column for the desired tracks/staves, and click Apply.
Using Project symbols
Project symbols are part of the project layer and therefore appear in all layouts. The
project layer also contains changes to bar lines (e.g. repeats and double bar lines) and
bar number offsets. Typically you use Project symbols when you know you want these
shown for all combinations of tracks.
Ö You can also use Project symbols in combination with the Arranger mode to have the
program play back according to the score, e.
g. repeats, Da Capos and endings. See
“Scores and the Arranger mode” on page 891.