Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Score Layout And Printing Manual

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•The symbol you create will also be “interpreted” and displayed as a 
written chord to the right of the fretboard symbol.
This can also be edited by double clicking if you like.
•To sort the available symbols in the library according to their root notes, 
click the Sort button.
•To remove a symbol from the library, select it in the list and click Remove.
•To save the current library as a separate file, click the Save button.
A file dialog appears, allowing you to...

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Using layout symbols
Symbols inserted from the “Layout” palette belong to the layout layer. 
When you are editing a layout containing several tracks, you can have 
inserted layout symbols automatically copied to any combination of 
tracks in the layout. You decide which tracks should display layout sym-
bols by ticking their “L” column in the Layouts dialog (opened by select-
ing Setup from the Layout Settings submenu on the Scores menu).
Here, layout symbols will be...

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Using global symbols
Symbols inserted from the Global Symbols palette are part of the glo-
bal layer and will therefore appear in all layouts. The global layer also 
contains changes to bar lines (e.g. repeats and double bar lines) and 
bar number offsets. Typically you use global symbols when you know 
you want these shown for all combinations of tracks.
• You can also use global symbols in combination with the Play Order 
mode to have the program play back...

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Using the lock layers
Sometimes it can be very hard to click on a symbol or other object in 
the score without accidentally selecting other symbols near by. To 
remedy this, you can assign different types of objects to different “lock 
layers” (up to three) and instruct Cubase SX to “lock” one or two of 
these layers, making them “unmovable”. Furthermore, you can lock the 
layout and global layers separately if needed. Proceed as follows:
Setting up the lock layers...

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•Alternatively, you can right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) on one of 
the Layer buttons (1-2-3) in the extended toolbar to bring up a pop-up 
menu, showing which object types are associated with that layer.
A checkmark for an object type means it belongs to that layer. If no checkmark is 
shown, you can select the object type from the pop-up menu and move it to that layer.
Locking a layer
To “lock” a layer, click on its number in the lock layer button, so that...

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Moving and duplicating symbols
There are four general ways to move and duplicate symbols: 
• By dragging them with the mouse (see below).
• By using the computer keyboard (moving only – see page 189).
• By using the bar handles (see page 189).
• By using the Paste Note Attribute function (duplicating note symbols only – 
see page 192).
Moving and duplicating by using the mouse
This is done much as with other objects in Cubase SX. The following 
rules apply:
• Note...

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The rulers 
Unlike other editors, the Score Editor does not have a meter/time po-
sition-based ruler. Instead, its rulers are “graphical”, i.e. they indicate 
the actual x-y position of objects (with “zero” at the upper left corner).
•The current pointer position is indicated by thin lines in the rulers.
•To hide the rulers, pull down the pop-up menu above the scroll bar to 
the right and select “Off”.
This pop-up menu can also be shown by right-clicking (Win) or...

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You display the Position Info window by clicking in the ruler.
The window contains the following settings and values:
Option Description
Measure in 
Inch/cm/mm/ptClick this label to change units for the Position Info window. This 
choice will also affect the units used in the rulers.
Abs/Rel. Pos Click this label to select whether X-Y position values should be “ab-
solute” (referring to the upper left corner of the current page) or 
“relative” (referring to the upper...

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Dragging symbols across staves
If you drag a symbol across the staves, you will note how the “active 
staff” indicator to the left follows the mouse pointer. Use this as an in-
dication, to make sure that symbols end up in the correct staff.
•If you are editing several tracks at the same time, and want to make 
sure that a symbol isn’t accidentally moved to another track when you 
drag it vertically, click on the “L” button on the extended toolbar.
When this is...

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3.Double click on the handle of the bar from which you want to copy or 
move symbols.
The Barcopy dialog appears.
4.Make sure that only the symbol types you want to move/copy are 
checked.
5.If you have several subsequent bars to which you want to copy sym-
bols, set the “Repeats” value to this number of bars.
If you only want to copy symbols from one bar to another, make sure “Repeats” is set 
to 1. This option is only available for copying, not for moving.
6.If you...