Titles
To
create extra room at the top of the page
Depending on the format of your piece,
you may want the music on the first page to begin slightly lower on the
page to allow room for a title space.
- Scroll
to the beginning of the piece. Click the Page Layout tool
. PrintMusic displays the systems on the first
page, representing each as a rectangle with handles at the upper-left
and lower-right.
- Click
in the middle of the top staff system and drag it downwards. When
you drag the top system down, all subsequent systems move down on the
page as well. If you want more precision, try this: Choose Edit System
Margins from the Page Layout menu. Click the top system’s handle, and
then enter a larger value in the topmost text box in the Edit System Margins
dialog box. These numbers represent the system margins. See Edit
System Margins dialog box.
- Click
the upper left handle of the first staff system and drag it upward until
it overlaps the top page margin. If you later use Space Systems
Evenly, PrintMusic will adjust the Distance Between Systems value. Because
we don’t want the space for the title to be considered in this spacing,
we needed to adjust the top margin of the system.
To add a title
- Click
the Text tool .
- Select
Page View from the View menu.
- Double-click
where you want the title. The text editing frame appears.
- Select
font, size and style from the Text menu. Skip this step if the
default Text Block settings are the ones you want to use. See Select
Default Fonts dialog box.
- Type the
desired title.
- From the
Text menu, choose Alignment, then Center Horizontally.
To
move or delete a title
- Click
the Text tool , if it’s not already selected. A handle appears
on each title.
- Drag
the title’s handle to move it; select the handle and press delete to remove
it.
To specify a default font for titles
The default font for titles is the same
as the default font for all text blocks. See Text blocks–To specify a default font for text blocks.
