The Staves and Systems page on the Layout tab of the Layout Settings dialog allows you to specify how staff labels are shown, and to define the number of bars per system, as well as the systems per page.
To open the Staves and Systems page, do one of the following:
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Select . Click Staves and Systems.
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On the Score Editor toolbar, click the Layout field to open the Layouts pane, and click Settings. In the Layout Settings dialog, click Layout, and then Staves and Systems.
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On the Visibility tab of the Score Editor, click Settings. In the Layout Settings dialog, click Layout, and then Staves and Systems.
The following sections are available:
Staff Labels
Allows you to show full or abbreviated instrument names in staff labels, or to hide all staff labels entirely, for each layout independently.
Casting Off
Fixed Number of Bars per System allows you to determine the number of bars that you want included in each system, for each layout independently.
Fixed Number of Systems per Page allows you to determine the number of systems that you want included in each music page in each layout independently.
If you activate Scale Number of Systems by Page Height, the number of systems on each page is adjusted according to the height of the page.
System Dividers
System dividers are used to clarify the separation of different systems when they are shown on the same page.
- Show System Dividers
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Allows you to show system dividers depending on which of the following options you activate:
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If you activate When Min. Staves Exceeded, system dividers are only shown between systems containing more than the number of staves that you set via Minimum Number of Staves in System.
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If you activate When Min. Tracks Exceeded, system dividers are only shown between systems containing more than the number of tracks that you set via Minimum Number of Tracks.
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If you activate When Number of Staves Differs, system dividers are only shown between systems containing different numbers of staves.
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