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Working with text
Different types of text
Lyrics
This type of text is inserted by selecting Lyrics on the Other symbol tab. You can insert
this type of text only on note layers.
When you insert lyrics, you should click below or above the note the syllable belongs
to. The text then appears horizontally centered around the note and vertically
positioned to where you clicked. You can later move it up or down, as with any
symbol.
Lyrics are tied to the note position. If you move the note, the text moves with it. The
spacing between notes is also adjusted to make the lyrics fit.
Inserting lyrics for a number of notes
1. With lyrics selected, click below or above the first note with the Draw tool.
2. A text input field opens. Enter the text (the word or syllable) for that note.
3. Press the [Tab] key.
The program moves on to the next note.
4. Input text for this note and press [Tab] again.
5. Proceed until the last note and then press [Return] or click outside the text box.
When you insert lyrics this way, the positions of the notes are automatically adjusted
so that no lyric “block” overlaps another. If this is not what you want, you can activate
the “Don’t Sync Lyrics” option in the Score Settings dialog on the Project–Notation
Style subpage (Lyrics category). If this is activated, the note positions are not
affected, which may be preferable.
• When entering words with several syllables you normally separate the syllables
with a dash (-). By default, the dash signs are automatically centered between the
syllables – if this is not what you want, activate the “Don’t Center Hyphens” option
in the Score Settings dialog, on the Project–Notation Style subpage (Lyrics
category).
Lyrics and measure widths
When you first enter lyrics, the result may look crammed, since the words take up
more space than the notes (the lyrics are also selected just after entering the last
word, which makes them look a bit odd when overlapping). To remedy this, use the
auto layout function to automatically adjust the measure widths (see
“Auto Layout” on
page 879).