Measures
per line
SongWriter can automatically lay out a
certain number of measures per system for you—either within a certain
region, or for the entire piece.
- Choose
Page View from the View Menu, if you’re not already there.
- Click
the Selection tool , and select the range of measures for which you want
to specify the number of measures per line. See Selecting music
for some region-selecting shortcuts. If you want the same number of bars
per line for the entire piece, choose Select All from the Edit Menu.
- Choose
Fit Measures from the Utilities Menu. The Fit Measures dialog box appears.
- Enter
the number of measures per system for this document.
- Click
OK (or press enter).
This technique creates measure groups, which don’t float from one system
to another as the page layout changes. A non-printing lock icon shows
you where you’ve locked measures into a particular layout. See Measure layout
for more information on measure groups.
This process will undo the procedure above,
restoring all measures to “floating” status—in other words, their system
affiliation may change as the page layout changes.
- Click
the Selection tool , and select the range of measures for which you want
to specify the number of measures per line. See Selecting music
for some region-selecting shortcuts.
- Choose
Fit Measures from the Utilities Menu. The Fit Measures dialog box appears.
- Select Remove
System Locks.
- Click
OK (or press enter).