You can show full or abbreviated instrument names in staff labels, or hide all staff labels entirely, in each layout independently. The first system in each flow and all subsequent systems can have different staff label lengths.
By default, full staff labels are shown on the first system of each flow and abbreviated staff labels are shown on subsequent systems in full score layouts. In part layouts, staff labels are not shown on any systems.
Procedure
Result
Staff labels are hidden/shown on the corresponding staves in the selected layouts.
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None hides staff labels.
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Full and Abbreviated show staff labels using the corresponding instrument name length.
These settings apply to each flow in the layout, not the project as a whole. If, for example, you want to show full staff labels on the first system in the first flow in your project, but want to show abbreviated staff labels on the first systems of all subsequent flows, we recommend choosing the setting appropriate for the most flows in the layout, then changing the length of staff labels at other positions as required.
After Completing This Task
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You can change the full and short names for each instrument.
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You can change whether staff labels show instrument or player names for each player in each layout independently.