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Working with layouts
About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
- What layouts are and what they contain.
- How to create layouts.
- How to use layouts for opening combinations of tracks.
- How to apply, load, save and delete layouts.
- How to import and export layouts.
- An example of how layouts can be used.
Background: Layouts
Layouts can be viewed as “presets” containing settings for the layout layer: staff
spacing, bar lines, layout symbols, etc.
When to use layouts
• You need to format the score differently when you print the entire score and when
you extract parts for single instruments (or groups of instruments). Layouts allow
you to keep different sets of “looks” for the same track or set of tracks. You might
for example have one layout for each single instrument and one for the entire
score.
• By selecting another layout on the Layout page of the Score Settings dialog, you
can switch to another combination of tracks without having to leave the Score
Editor.
What makes up a layout?
A layout contains the following items and properties:
- The inserted Layout symbols (see “The available symbols” on page 814).
- All settings on the Layout page of the Score Settings dialog.
- The vertical spacing of the staves.
- Bar line spacing.
- Broken bar lines.
Ö Note that Project symbols (see “The available symbols” on page 814), bar line types and
bar number offsets are part of the Project layer, and appear in all layouts.
How layouts are stored
Layouts are created automatically when you edit a single track or a combination of
tracks. They are an integral part of the specific track combination, which means you
do not have to save them separately.