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Working with text
Text functions
Offsetting bar numbers
If you double-click on a bar number, a dialog appears, allowing you to skip a number
of bars in the otherwise continuous bar numbering.
This is used for example when a section repeats. Say, you have a repeat of bar 7 and
8, and want the first bar after the repeat to have the number 11, not 9. To achieve this,
you double-click on the “9” and insert an offset of “2”.
It is also useful if the score starts with an upbeat, and you want the first “real” bar to be
numbered 1. In that case you would specify an offset of “-1” for the second bar, and
make sure that the bar number for the upbeat bar is hidden.
• Bar number offsets belong to the Project layer and are shown for all tracks and
layouts.
Settings for other fixed text elements
You can make settings for virtually all text and numbers that appear in the score.
Proceed as follows:
1. Open the Score Settings dialog on the Project page and select the Font Settings
subpage.
2. Select the Project Text tab.
3. Use the “Font For” pop-up menu to select a text type to make settings for.
4. Use the options in the dialog to change the settings.
5. Click Apply to apply the settings to all elements of the selected type.
To close the dialog, click the close button at the top right of the dialog window.
Bar Numbers before and after changing their font settings.
• You can also define text attribute sets on the Font Settings subpage, as a means
to quickly change text.
Note that you can select a defined attribute set from the context menu opened
when right-clicking on a text element (see
“Text attribute sets” on page 847).
Other Bar Numbers –
Horizontal Offset
Sets the horizontal distance between the bar number and the
bar line for all other bars.
Other Bar Numbers –
Vertical Offset
Sets the vertical distance between the bar number and the bar
line for all other bars.
Option Description