Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Score Layout And Printing Manual

 
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Editing whole tracks
 
When you are preparing a score for printing, you probably want to 
open the whole MIDI tracks in the Score Editor. To do this, select the 
track(s) in the track list and make sure no parts are selected – then 
open the Score Editor as usual. 
About editing parts on different tracks
 
If you have selected parts on two or more tracks (or several whole 
tracks – no parts) and open the Score Editor, you will get one staff for 
each track (although you...

 
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Page Mode
 
When you are preparing a score for printout, you should set the Score 
Editor to Page Mode. This is done by selecting Page Mode from the 
Scores menu (if the menu item is called “Edit Mode”, you are already 
in Page Mode). 
Selecting Page Mode. 
When you do this, the window switches to show you one page at a 
time, as it will appear on printout. 
Page Mode vs. Edit Mode
 
All you can do in Edit Mode, you can also do in Page Mode. But Page 
Mode offers lots of...

 
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Moving between pages in Page Mode
 
If your score takes up more than one page, you can skip between the 
pages in two ways: 
• 
By using the page number indicator in the lower right corner. 
The number can be adjusted using the standard value editing techniques.
The Page Number indicator – adjust it to move to another page.
 
• 
By assigning key commands to the functions “Move to Next Page” 
and “Move to Previous Page” in the Key Commands dialog in the 
Scores category....

 
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Changing the Zoom factor
 
There are two general ways to change the zoom in Page Mode: by 
setting a zoom factor on the zoom pop-up menu or by using the Zoom 
tool (magnifying glass). 
Using the zoom pop-up menu
Above the vertical scrollbar to the right you will find a pop-up allowing 
you to set the zoom factor. 
The zoom pop-up.
By zooming in you will be able to make detailed adjustments to sym-
bols etc. By zooming out you will get a better overview.
•If you select...

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Using the Zoom tool
The Zoom tool in the Score Editor works much like in the project 
window:
•Click once with the Zoom tool to zoom in one step.
•Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and click once with the Zoom tool to zoom 
out one step.
•Drag a rectangle with the Zoom tool to set a custom zoom factor.
The section encompassed by the rectangle is zoomed to fill the window.
The active staff
One thing to note when you are working with multiple staves is the 
“active” staff. Only one staff...

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Making page setup settings
Before you start preparing the score for printout, you have to make 
some page settings for your project. You don’t have to do this as the 
first thing you do, but it’s a good working habit, because it affects how 
the score is displayed on screen, too.
1.Select Page Setup from the File menu.
The Page Setup dialog appears. This is the regular operation system Page Setup dia-
log, described in detail in your system’s documentation. The only things that...

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The info line
The info line displays information about the currently selected note. It 
can be hidden/displayed by clicking the Show Info button on the tool-
bar, or by using the key command for “Show/Hide Infoview” (in the Key 
Commands dialog–Editors category; by default [Ctrl]/[Command]-[I]).
The extended toolbar
The extended toolbar can be displayed/hidden by clicking the Show 
Tool Strip button on the main toolbar.
The display filter bar
This area contains checkboxes for...

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•To set which units should be used on the rulers, open the Zoom pop-
up menu above the vertical scrollbar to the right, and select one of the 
options.
Choose between points, inches or centimeters. You can also bring up this pop-up 
menu by right-clicking (Win) or [Ctrl]-clicking (Mac) in the ruler.
•To hide the rulers, select “Off” from the pop-up menu.
The Position Info window
To help you further when positioning objects in the scores, Page 
Mode has a special Position Info...

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The symbol palettes
The symbol palettes, which are used to add symbols to the score, can 
be displayed by selecting an option in the “Symbol Palettes” submenu 
from the Scores menu.
You can move symbol palettes around on the screen by clicking and 
dragging their title bars. Right-clicking (Win) or [Ctrl]-clicking (Mac) in 
a symbol palette brings up a pop-up menu with the following options:
• Select “Toggle” to switch between a vertical or a horizontal palette.
• Selecting one...

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Showing and hiding “invisible” elements
Some of the elements in the score will not be printed, but rather serve 
as indicators for layout changes, handles, etc. These elements can be 
hidden or shown in any combination by using the display filter bar.
•If the filter bar isn’t shown, click the Show Filter View button on the 
toolbar.
The checkboxes on the filter bar determine whether an element 
should be visible (checkbox ticked) or not. The following options are 
available:...