Steinberg Nuendo 3 Score Layout And Printing Manual

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5.If you wish, add one or several text style options from the checkboxes 
and pop-ups.
Most of the options are common text style variations such as bold, italic, underline, etc. 
But there are also a few special style options:
6.Click Apply to apply the settings to the selected text.
Note that you can select other text blocks while the dialog remains open – the dialog 
will be updated to reflect the settings of the currently selected text.
7.When you are done, close the...

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Using text attribute sets
A text attribute set can be seen as a “preset” containing all font, size 
and style settings. By creating text attribute sets for the settings you 
use most often, you can save a lot of time.
Creating a text attribute set
1.Pull down the Scores menu and select Text from the Global Settings 
submenu.
The global Text Settings dialog appears.
2.Select the Attribute Sets tab.
3.Pull down the Set pop-up menu and select the “Empty” set.
4.Select a...

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Editing text attribute sets
If you edit the settings in a text attribute set, all texts using that 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, lyr-
ics, etc.), and simply change the fonts, sizes, etc. for a different project 
if necessary. This will also make it easier to move projects between 
computers (which may not have the same fonts installed).
1.Select the...

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Pasting text
You can paste text (e.g. from another program) into a text symbol in 
the score by selecting the text symbol and selecting “Text from Clip-
board” from the Text submenu on the Scores menu.
Lyrics
The Lyrics option selected.
This type of text is inserted by selecting Lyrics in the Other symbol 
palette.
When you insert lyrics, you should click below or above the note the 
syllable belongs to. The text will then appear horizontally centered 
around the note and...

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3.Hit [Tab].
The program moves on to the next note.
4.Input text for this note and hit [Tab] again.
5.Proceed until the last note and then press [Return] or click outside the 
text box.
Normally when you insert lyrics this way, the positions of the notes will 
automatically be adjusted so that no lyric “block” overlaps another. If 
this is not what you want, you can activate the option “Don’t Sync Lyr-
ics” in the Notation Style dialog–Switches page (accessed from the...

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Lyrics and measure widths
When you first enter lyrics, it will probably look crammed, since the 
words take up more space than the notes (the lyrics are also selected 
just after entering the last word, which make them look a bit odd when 
overlapping). To remedy this, use auto layout to automatically adjust 
the measure widths (see page 268).
Before and after using auto layout.
Adding a second verse
To insert a second line of lyrics, proceed as follows:
1.Enter the new...

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Inserting lyrics into voices
Each voice can have it’s own lyrics. If you for example have a vocal ar-
rangement with several voices, you can add lyrics to them, one by one.
1.Click or double click on the Lyrics symbol in the “Other” palette, so 
that the Pencil tool is selected.
2.Make sure the right voice is selected (on the extended toolbar).
3.Click on the first note in the selected voice.
4.Enter the lyrics for this voice, with [Tab] as described above.
5.Start over,...

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Layout text
The text symbols in the Layout palette are part of the layout layer, and 
can thus be hidden or shown for different tracks in the layout, by ad-
justing the settings in the “L” column in the Layout Settings dialog. In 
all other ways it is exactly the same as regular text (see above). 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
The Block Text symbol is found on the Other palette....

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Settings
Selecting “Settings” from the context menu (or double clicking the 
Block Text) brings up a dialog with settings for the Block Text. These 
are:
Page text
The page text symbols are found in the Layout and Global Symbols 
palettes. They work the same way, but Global Page Text is part of the 
global layout, and will therefore appear in all layouts. 
The position of page text isn’t tied to a note, bar or staff position. In 
other words, it doesn’t matter if you move...

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5.Adjust the settings for how the text should be positioned:
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 to be displayed, you can insert special char-
acters or “place holders” for special attributes. When the text is dis-
played, these characters will be replaced by their...