Printing

Producing your sheet music.

SongWriter has a few options available for printing.

By the end of this lesson you will know how to:

1. Format your score and parts to print on different sized paper
2. Create PDFs of your score

Note. To begin at this point, open "Tutorial 7b.MUS."

Printings scores and parts

When it's time to print, the first step is remembering to turn off Display in Concert Pitch (if you intend to display instruments in their transposed keys). Since Display in Concert Pitch is still checked in our document, choose Document > Display in Concert Pitch to uncheck it.

At this point, your score and parts are ready to print. SongWriter’s Page View is also a print preview – the way your music displays on the screen now is how it will print.

To print:

1. Choose File > Print.
2. Click on the number under Copies to change to 2 copies of the Score.
3. Click OK.

Changing page size and orientation

In order to change the orientation from portrait to landscape (or vice versa), you will need to both adjust SongWriter's settings, and your printer's settings.

To change the orientation:

1. Select the Page Layout tool .
2. Choose Page Layout > Page Size.
3. Select Landscape.
4. Choose File > Printer Page Setup.
5. Select Landscape.
6. Click OK, then print.

Note. If you would like the option to save PDFs of the score and parts in a single print session, you need to purchase the Adobe Acrobat Distiller for Windows and install it as a print driver, then choose File > Print. See Adobe PDF Documents for details.

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