Printing

To print a score

Portrait orientation is the usual setup—the page is taller than it is wide; Landscape orientation is “sideways.” Letter size is 8.5 by 11 inches; Legal size is 8.5 by14 inches.

1. Choose Page Setup from the File Menu. The Page Setup dialog box appears. Click Letter or Legal to specify the paper size. Specify the orientation by clicking Portrait or Landscape.
2. Make sure your page layout matches the paper size and orientation you’ve just specified. See Page size for instructions.
3. Click OK (or press enter). If you’re in Page View, go to page 1.
4. Choose Update Layout from the Edit Menu. By choosing Update Layout, you’re reformatting the music so that no measures are unnecessarily wide or narrow.
5. Choose Print from the File Menu. The Print dialog box appears letting you specify the range of pages to print. If you only want the first page to print, type 1 in both the From and To boxes.
6. Click OK (or press enter). The printer should begin to print in a few moments.
7. To cancel printing, press esc or click Cancel. Because the computer sends data to the printer faster than the printer can process it, there will be a momentary pause before the computer and printer stop printing.

To print large scores by taping smaller pages together

See Tiling pages for printing.

To print linked parts

See Printing linked parts.