Steinberg Cubase 5 Operation Manual

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Working with text
About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
 Which different types of text are available.
 How to enter and edit text.
 How to set font, size and style.
 How to enter lyrics.
Adding and editing text symbols
This section describes the general procedure for adding 
and editing text symbols. As described in the section 
“Different types of text” on page 583, there are several dif-
ferent types of text symbols, but the basic procedures are 
the same (except for block text...

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Editing the text
If you made a mistake when typing or for some other rea-
son wish to change text, double-click on a text block with 
the Object Selection tool, edit the text and press [Return] 
to close it.
It is also possible to replace all occurrences of a certain 
word in the score, without having to edit the texts manually, 
see “Find and replace” on page 587.
Selecting font, size and style for the text
1.Select the text you want to make settings for.
If nothing is selected,...

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Editing text attribute sets
If you edit the settings in a text attribute set, all texts using 
this particular set will be affected. This is very practical, 
since it allows you to use the same number of “generic” 
sets for all your projects (for titles, comments, lyrics, etc.), 
and simply change the fonts, sizes, etc. for a different pro-
ject if necessary. This will also make it easier to move 
projects between computers (which may not have the 
same fonts installed).
1.Select...

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When entering words with several syllables you normally 
separate the syllables with a dash (-). By default, the dash 
signs are automatically centered between the syllables – if 
this is not what you want, activate the option “Don’t Center 
Hyphens” in the Lyrics category on the Score Settings–
Project page (Notation Style subpage).
Lyrics and measure widths
When you first enter lyrics, the result may look crammed, 
since the words take up more space than the notes (the lyr-
ics...

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Layout text
The text symbols in the Layout symbol tab are part of the 
layout layer, and can thus be hidden or shown for different 
tracks in the layout, by activating the “L” column on the 
Score Settings–Layout page. The text will appear in all 
staves for which you have activated the “L” column. This 
means it is tied to the bar and staff position. If you move 
the bar or the entire staff, it moves with it.
Block Text
Block Text allows you to import text from a file on disk or...

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5.Adjust the settings for how the text should be posi-
tioned:
6.Select a text attribute set for the text, or make manual 
settings for font, size and style.
7.Click OK.
The text is inserted. You can adjust the positioning manually by dragging 
the text block.
Inserting variables
When you enter the text, you can also insert special char-
acters or “place holders” for different attributes. When the 
text is displayed, these characters will be replaced by their 
actual values (e.g....

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Text functions
The Words tab
If you have certain words that you use a lot, you can “store” 
these as dedicated symbols on the Words tab. This will 
save time, since you do not have to type the same word 
over and over again.
Storing a word
1.Open the Words symbol tab.
This tab is hidden by default. See “Showing/Hiding Symbols Inspector 
tabs” on page 557 for information on how to display hidden Inspector 
tabs.
2.Double-click on an “empty” symbol.
The Custom Text Editor dialog...

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Staff names
You can make settings for staff names in several places:
On the Score Settings–Layout page, you specify whether 
the staff names should be shown at all, and whether to use 
the names of the actual edited tracks in the score.
In a multi-track layout, you can choose for which tracks the staff names 
should be shown, by clicking in the “N” column for each track.
You specify a long and short staff name on the Score 
Settings–Staff page (Main tab).
These will be used if you...

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Offsetting bar numbers
If you double-click on a bar number, a dialog appears, al-
lowing you to skip a number of bars in the otherwise con-
tinuous bar numbering.
This is used for example when a section repeats. Say, you 
have a repeat of bar 7 and 8, and want the first bar after 
the repeat to have the number 11, not 9. To achieve this, 
you double-click on the “9” and insert an offset of “2”.
It is also useful if the score starts with an upbeat, and you 
want the first “real” bar...

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