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Working with text
Different types of text
Lay Text
The Lay Text symbol allows you to insert layout text for multiple staves. This is available
only on the layout layer.
To hide or show the inserted text for different staves in the layout, deactivate or
activate the “L” column for the corresponding tracks on the Layout page of the Score
Settings dialog. The text appears in all staves for which you have activated the “L”
column. This means that the text is tied to the bar and staff position. If you move the
bar or the entire staff, the text moves with it.
To enter layout text, proceed as follows:
1. In the Project window, select the tracks for which you want to enter text.
2. Open the Score Editor.
3. On the Other tab of the Symbols Inspector, activate the Lay Text symbol and click
at the position in the score where you want to insert the text.
4. Enter the text that you want to display for the Layout.
As with regular text, you can copy and paste text from external sources to this symbol.
For further information, see
“Regular text” on page 848.
Page text
The page text symbols are found on the Other tab. If you insert page text on the
project layer, it is part of the project layout and appears in all layouts.
The position of page text is not tied to a note, bar or staff position. In other words, it
does not matter if you move other objects on the page, the page text stays where you
inserted it. Typically, it is used for score titles, page numbers, copyright information
and other text elements that you want displayed with all parts (on all pages if you like).
To enter page text, proceed as follows:
1. Open the Other tab of the Symbols Inspector.
2. Click the Page Text symbol and click in the score.
It does not matter where you click – the positioning is specified in the Page Text
dialog.
3. Enter the text that you want displayed in the field at the top of the dialog.
You can use special characters to add “variables” such as page numbers – see
below.
4. Adjust the positioning settings for the text:
Option Description
Show on all Pages When this is activated, the text is shown on all pages. The “Except
First” checkbox allows you to exclude the very first page.
Show on First
Page
When this is selected, the text is only shown on the first page.
Line This determines how the text is aligned. For example, if you place
several texts on “Top/Left”, you can sort them by entering the desired
number of lines.
Toggle Position When the Left or Right position option is selected to the right,
activating this checkbox makes the text alternate between left and
right alignment on even/odd pages.
Position buttons Determines where on the page you want the text, vertically
(Top/Bottom) and horizontally (Left, Center, Right).