Doing this can be useful if the user desires to print the score on another printer, publish it to the web, or print (export) it as a PDF file. It is possible, however, to define the size of pages manually. Harmony Assistant determines the size of pages by using data from the selected printer. Paper size Score > Page mode setup > Paper size setup. All these distances are displayed in centimeters. It is possible to visualize the distances set up using control handles. Cyan handles (at the bottom of a page), defining the area of the footer section.ĭistance values Score > Page mode setup > Display distance values.Purple handle at the top of the first page, defining the offset of the first group in the score.Green handles, defining the area of the header section.Red handles, which are used to change page margins.Page handles, all displayed as squares, which are used for changing the overall appearance of a page.To control distances between individual notes, see the Engraver mode. Bar area start and end handles, which mark the beginning and the ending of the area in which notes are displayed inside the bar.They control the width of bars, but once this manual mode is set, automatic calculation will be impossible to compute, unless automatic bar size calculation is enabled, which removes the manual bar sizes values. Bar size handles, controls who can only be used when automatic bar size calculation is disabled from the Engraver mode settings.There are fewer variations of such handles, these being: The same mechanism of mouse dragging is used, although the only available option is Shift+click, which causes the current change to alter all bars. They also take the form of a triangle facing down, and are placed right below bar headers. Bar handles, which are, similarly to staff handles, used to maneuver the appearance of bars.Bar headers, used to display the bar number, and to access the bar menu.Tablature handles, which are red arrows with a T, and are manipulated just like bar numbers, lyrics and chords.Chords handles, which are represented as red arrows with a C, have identical functionality and manage chords.Similarly to bar number handles, they control the lyrics lines (if there are multiple such lines, the handle will mark the top of the first line). Lyrics handles, displayed as red arrows with an L.Bar number handles, displayed as red arrows with an N, which control the displacement of bar numbers, if these are displayed.Staff location handles, drawn as simple red arrows, used to change the vertical location of the staff itself, within the limits established by the staff area.Staff area handles can be also grabbed from the small red and blue area between two staff menus. No other handles can exceed the boundaries defined by the staff area. Using these handles, one can adjust how much space is reserved to a staff, and hence the distance between staves. They control the staff area, (the area which can be used to input symbols and other objects on the staff). Staff area handles, represented as blue arrows, which appear above the first staff on the page, as well as under every staff.There are several types of such handles, including: Holding the Shift key will affect all staves in the score, while holding the Shift key and dragging with right-click will result in altering all the staves belonging to the current group. Dragging the handles while holding the Ctrl key or with right-click instead of left-click will only affect the current handle only. This will result in altering all the similar handles used to control the same staff, in whatever group it is displayed. They are moved by clicking and dragging them up or down with the mouse. These handles take the shape of a triangle facing rightwards, displayed immediately after the staff menu. Staff handles, useful to position individual staves and design spacings between staves.The staff menu, which is probably the most widely used function of control handles. ![]() 4.3 Display clef change on previous lineĬontrol handles Score > Page mode setup > Display control handlesĬontrol handles are a collection of very useful tools which control page margins, staff and bar options, etc.
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