Text Formatting Options Pane

To open the text formatting options pane, do the following:

• On the Symbols tab, open the Text options, activate the Text or System Text, and click at the rhythmic position on the staff where you want to start inputting text.

From left to right and top to bottom, the following options are available:

Character Style

Allows you to change the appearance of selected text within paragraphs. This overrides the default paragraph style for the corresponding paragraph.

Font Size

Allows you to change the size of selected text.

Font Stretch

Allows you to make selected text wider or narrower.

Baseline Shift

Allows you to gradually shift the baseline of selected text up or down.

Line Types

Allows you to add any of the following types of lines, in any combination, to selected text:

• Underline

• Overline

• Strikethrough

Script Types

Allows you to position selected text in one of the following ways, relative to the text on the baseline:

• Superscript

• Subscript

Foreground Color

Allows you to change the color of selected text.

Font

Allows you to change the font family of selected text.

Font Style

Allows you to change the font style of selected text.

Note

Depending on the selected font, some font styles may not be available.

Letter Spacing

Allows you to increase/decrease the space between the characters of selected text.

Word Spacing

Allows you to increase/decrease the space between the words of selected text.

Leading

Allows you to increase/decrease the line spacing of the whole text item.

Alignment

Allows you to choose one of the following alignments for the text item, relative to its rhythmic position:

• Align Left

• Align Center

• Align Right

Background Color

Allows you to change the background color of selected text.