Staves
This entry contains information on adding,
moving, deleting, hiding, and recovering staves. See also: Staff names; Bracket
Attributes dialog box;
Staff
size.
When selecting a staff, you can either
click the staff’s handle or the body of the staff itself (to the right
of the clef, time and key signature). Drag-enclose or shift-click to select
as many staff handles as you want. (You can also shift-click selected
staves to remove them from the selection.)
To
add or insert a single staff
- Click
the Staff tool
. The Staff
menu appears and handles appear on every staff.
- To
add a new staff, choose New Staves. The Setup Wizard appears. Select
the desired instrument then click Finish. To insert a new staff between
two staves, select the staff handle that you want the new staff placed
above, then choose New Staves. Select the desired instrument, then click
Finish. PrintMusic moves the existing staves down to make room for the
new staff. For details, see Setup
Wizard.
To move staves
- Click
the Staff tool . The Staff
menu appears and handles appear on every staff.
- Select
the staff or staves to be moved.
- To
move a staff or staves, drag the handle of one of the selected staves.
PrintMusic adjusts the staves differently, depending on whether you’re
in Scroll or Page View, and whether Allow Individual Staff Spacing has
been selected in the Page Layout tool. For details, see Staff tool–Special mouse
clicks.
Note: If Allow Individual
Staff Spacing is selected in the Page Layout tool, two handles will appear
on each staff in Page View. Drag the bottom staff handle to adjust the
staff’s position only in the current staff system in Page View (drag the
top handle to adjust the position of the staff in all staff systems in
Page View). The position of the staff in Scroll View is unchanged.
To
delete staves
- Click
the Staff tool . The Staff
menu appears and handles appear on every staff.
- Select
the handles of the staff or staves to be deleted.
- To
remove selected staves, choose Delete Staves from the Staff menu, or press
delete. PrintMusic deletes the selected staves, and places the
top staff of the remaining staves in the former position of the top staff
that was deleted, followed by any other staves.
- To
restore the deleted staves, immediately choose Undo from the Edit menu.
To hide
staves
See Hiding
staves.
To
set the attributes for a staff
- Click
the Staff tool . The Staff
menu appears.
- Select
a staff handle, then choose Edit Staff Attributes from the Staff menu.
(Or, double-click a staff handle, or a staff name.) Or, choose
Edit Staff Attributes from the Staff menu without selecting a staff. The
Staff Attributes dialog box appears. If you didn’t select a staff before
entering this dialog box, choose a staff from the Staff Attributes for
popup
menu. (Or, use the arrow controls to select a staff from the Staff
Attributes for popup
menu.)
- Change
settings in the Staff Attributes dialog box to define the staff’s characteristics.
For details, see Staff
Attributes dialog box.
- Click
OK to confirm your settings and return to the score.
