Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
Manually sounds great, my biggest concern is that throughout a long
composition
this won't be consistent? How do I make sure everything is exactly the
same?
Thanks
If by manually you mean dragging the handle, if you drag the upper
handle, you adjust that staff throughout the entire work; if you drag
the lower handle, you drag the staff for the given system. If you drag
the lower handle first, then the upper one, you the move is additive;
that is, the total amount you have moved the staff for the system in
which you selected the lower handle is the distance you moved the upper
handle, and the distance you moved the lower one.
My usual procedure is to move the staves with the upper handle to get
the spacing the way I want for the greatest part of the work, then, if
certain systems need further adjustment (as for example, when the alto
part lies unusually low, and I need lyrics beneath it) then to drag the
upper handle.
On the other hand, if I know that I want the staves all spaced evenly,
I'll drag the next to top staff to where I want it, and using the Staff
usage item in the drop down menu, see what the difference is between the
setting and the top staff setting, take the difference, and enter the
values needed to get the staves the same distance apart. So, if the
spacing for the top staff is -.250, and I adjust the spacing of the
second staf and find it is -1.1, I find the difference (.85), and
subtract that from the value for staff three, which would be -1.95, and
staff four, which would be 2.8, &c.
ns
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