Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

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Word wrap
When this is activated, line breaks are used to fit the text in the Block Text 
symbol.
Replace mode
In this mode, the Block Text box is opaque, covering what’s under it.
Trans mode
In this mode, the Block Text box is transparent.
Lay Text
The Lay Text symbol allows you to insert layout text for multiple staves. This is 
available only on the layout layer.
To hide or show the inserted text for different staves in the layout, deactivate or 
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Entering page text
PROCEDURE
1. Open the Other tab of the Symbols Inspector.
2. Click the Page Text symbol and click in the score.
It does not matter where you click – the positioning is specified in the Page Text 
dialog.
3. Enter the text that you want displayed in the field at the top of the dialog.
You can use special characters to add “variables” such as page numbers – see 
below.
4. Adjust the positioning settings for the text.
5. Select a text...

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%p
The current page number.
%l (lower case L)
The long staff name.
%s
The short staff name.
%r
The name of the project.
For example, if you enter the text “%l, %r, Page %p”, these variables might be 
shown as “1st Violin, Quartet No.2, Page 12” in the score.
Using the Score Settings (Text page)
In the Score Settings dialog on the Text page, you can find a number of text-related 
settings. The symbol buttons correspond to the symbols found on the Other tab of...

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• When you select text in the score and open the Selection tab, the selected 
words are shown in the text field. You can now change the wording of the text, 
and use the text format options to the left to change the appearance of the 
selected text. When you are done, click Apply to apply your changes to the 
selected text in the score.
Text functions
In addition to the text symbols that you can add to the different layers, you have other 
text functions at your...

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Inserting a word
You insert words from the Words tab as you would insert any regular symbol, by 
selecting the appropriate word and clicking in the score. However, you can edit the 
word after inserting it, just as with text inserted by typing.
Find and replace
This function allows you to replace all occurrences of a certain word or group of 
words, with another word or group of words. The replacement is done once and for 
all, for all text symbol types, regardless...

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• You specify a long and short staff name in the Score Settings dialog, on the 
Staff page (Main tab).
These are used if you do not use the “From Tracks” option on the Layout page 
of the Score Settings dialog. The long name is displayed for the first system 
only, and the short name for the following systems. If you want a name at the 
top of the page only, leave the “Short” name field empty.
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General settings
PROCEDURE
1. Open the Score Settings dialog on the Project page and select the Notation 
Style subpage.
2. Scroll down the list to the “Bar Numbers” category.
3. Use the “Show every” setting to specify how often bar numbers are shown.
The options are “First Bar” (bar numbers shown for the first bar on each staff), “Off” 
(no bar numbers shown) and any number. Click in the State column and use the 
mouse wheel to select the desired option.
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Offsetting bar numbers
If you double-click on a bar number, a dialog appears, allowing you to skip a number 
of bars in the otherwise continuous 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...

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Working with layouts
About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
• What layouts are and what they contain.
• How to create layouts.
• How to use layouts for opening combinations of tracks.
• How to apply, load, save and delete layouts.
• How to import and export layouts.
• An example of how layouts can be used.
Background: Layouts
Layouts can be viewed as “presets” containing settings for the layout layer: staff 
spacing, bar lines, layout symbols, etc.
When to use layouts
• You need to...

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Creating a layout
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• All settings on the Layout page of the Score Settings dialog.
• The vertical spacing of the staves.
• Bar line spacing.
•Broken bar lines.
NOTE
Note that Project symbols, bar line types and bar number offsets are part of the 
Project layer, and appear in all layouts.
RELATED LINKS
The available symbols on page 1210
How layouts are stored
Layouts are created automatically when you edit a single track or a combination of 
t racks. The y ar e an in te gr al part...