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Designing your score: additional techniques
Staff size
Modern Time Signature
When this is activated, time signatures are shown above the staves rather than in
them. You can set the size of the modern time signature in the Time Sign section on
the Project–Notation Style subpage of the Score Settings dialog. When modern time
signature is selected, you use the “T” column in the track list in the Layout page to
specify for which tracks time signatures are displayed.
• If you prefer to display the score in a more modern way, check out the other
options on the Notation Style subpage.
For descriptions of the options use the Help button in the dialog.
Staff size
You can set the staff size as a percentage value of the normal size.
For one staff
To set the staff size for one staff, proceed as follows:
1. Make sure that the staff you want to edit is active.
2. Open the Score Settings dialog on the Staff page and select the Options tab.
3. Adjust the Size parameter in the System Sizes section.
The values range from 25 % up to 250 % of the normal size.
4. Click Apply.
For all tracks in a layout
To set the staff size for all tracks in a layout, proceed as follows:
1. Open the Score Settings and select the Layout page.
2. Change the Size parameter.
The values range from 25 % up to 250 % of the normal size.
3. Click Apply.
All staves now get the desired size. Staves that have individual size settings (see
above) still are proportionally smaller/larger.
This setting is part of the layout and can be used when printing a full score slightly
smaller than the parts for each instrument, for example.
Hiding/showing objects
Any object on a page can be hidden, including notes, rests, symbols, clefs, bar lines,
even entire staves.
This can be useful in the following situations:
Printing scales
If you want to create scale examples, enter the notes and hide time signatures, bar
lines and other unwanted objects.
A scale created with hidden bar lines, time signatures, etc.