Program
Options
How to get there
From the Edit Menu, choose Program Options.
What it does
The Program Options dialog box gives you
control over program-wide settings including Auto Save duration, folders
for your music, templates and User Manual, as well as palette and background
styles. The options are separated into three pages. Click a category from
the list on the left to display the corresponding options.
Save and Print
- Auto Save File(s) Every ___ Minutes.If you tend to forget to save your
work to your hard disk every so often (by choosing Save from the File
Menu), SongWriter’s Auto Save command is a good safety net. When this
feature is on, SongWriter will update a second copy (not the one you’re
working on) at regular intervals. This second copy of your file is stored
in the Auto Save folder.
Select this checkbox; in the text box, specify
how often SongWriter should save your work to the duplicate copy of the
file you have open. After the number of minutes you specified have passed,
a message will appear, letting you know that SongWriter is saving your
work. (This feature does not save your changes when you exit from SongWriter,
however. Be sure to save changes to your primary file when you exit.
Edit
- Automatic
Update Layout. This option has no effect in Scroll View. In Page
View, this option determines whether SongWriter will update the layout
each time it redraws the screen. When this option is selected, SongWriter
will update the layout each time it redraws the screen (it will take a
little extra time to perform the additional task). SongWriter actually
updates the layout for the current page and discards the layout for all
subsequent pages, although it doesn’t take the time to update the layout
until you display the subsequent pages. When Automatic Update Layout
is not selected, SongWriter will still, on occasion, update the layout.
For instance, if you adjust the position of a staff or add staves to the
score, SongWriter will update the layout.Automatic Update Layout.
- Automatic
Music Spacing. Select this option to have your music automatically
spaced as you enter it. See Music Spacing.
Folders
- Music · Auto Save · User Manual
· Template. Browse.You
can specify different folders to store your files in. When SongWriter
saves or opens music files, it looks in the specified folders. Note that
SongWriter will use the settings from the Maestro Font Default file, if
the default file is stored in the music folder. If you do not enter alternate
folders for the music files, SongWriter will store those files in the
current folder. To select a new folder, type
in the path and folder name, or use
the Browsebutton
for the folder you are changing.
Palettes and Backgrounds
- Close
Subsidiary palettes When Leaving tool. If this item is selected,
SongWriter will close the Smart Shape palette (for the Smart Shape tool)
or the Simple Entry palettes (for the Simple Entry tool) whenever you
change to another tool. If you prefer to leave the palettes displayed,
deselect this checkbox.
- Document
Window Background: Graphic File; Select · Default · Tile · Stretch · Solid
Color; Select. Click Select button for Graphic File to choose one
of SongWriter’s backgrounds to place behind the score, or to choose your
own background graphic. Click Default to use SongWriter’s default background.
Choose Tile to tile the background graphic. Choose Stretch to automatically
stretch the graphic to fit the background area. Click the Select button
for Solid Color to choose a solid color for your background.
- Manuscript
Texture: Graphic File; Select · Default · Tile · Stretch · Solid Color;
Select. Click the Select button for Graphic File to choose one
of SongWriter’s manuscript backgrounds to place behind the music, or
to choose your own manuscript graphic. Click Default to use SongWriter’s
default manuscript background. Choose Tile to tile the manuscript graphic.
Choose Stretch to automatically stretch the graphic to fit the page area.
Click the Select button for Solid Color to choose a solid color for your
background.
- OK
· Cancel. Click OK (or press enter) to confirm, or Cancel to discard,
your new program settings.
