On Sun Mar 21, at SundayMar 21 12:57 AM, Ryan wrote:
I thought there was a TG Tools plug in that allowed you to copy
system sizes
and margins from one linked part to another. Am I remembering
incorrectly? I
know about the Copy System Optimization, but that's within a part.
I want to
do it to another linked part in the same file.
Anyhow, big orchestra piece and basically all the horns play at the
same
time, as do all the strings. I'd like to just set up the Horn 1
part, then
just copy all the measure layout and system margin info and paste
it into
the Horn 2, Horn 3, and Horn 4 parts. Do the same with Violin 1,
and copy to
the rest of the string section.
Is such a shortcut possible?
Ryan
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For System Margins, they should be the same by default for every
part. If you want to change them for every part (or only some parts)
go to the Page Layout tool, Page Layout Menu>Systems>Edit Margins. A
window opens called Change System Margins. Click on the system whose
characteristics you want and all the info will appear in the window.
Uncheck any boxes you DON'T want copied (sometimes I don't want
Distance Between Systems), and choose the range of systems you want
(typically I don't want the first system changed, so my range is 2 to
[blank] so it copies things until the end. Now comes the cool part.
You can apply it just to this part by clicking the Apply button, or
to EVERY PART that you want by clicking the Apply to Parts/Score
button and choosing what parts you want to apply it to.
I suspect, however, that what you really want in this case is for the
system breaks (locks) you put in Horn 1 to be copied to Horn 2, etc.
This is in TG Tools (pro version) Modify>Transfer>Layout. You can
also transfer system margins here, if these are different from system
to system, but as I said, I suspect that you want these to be the
same for EVERY system in a part, so I typically only check "Locked
measure groups" in this window. The only warning is that after
pasting the layout into Horn 2, you have to manually update layout to
see the results. I often have to respace the music, too. DON'T be in
the Staff Tool for this, because if you hit 4 (meaning to apply note
spacing) while in the Staff Tool you end up applying Tenor Sax
transposition Staff Style instead! This seems to happen to me at
least once per large chart, so I check the parts now for correct
transposition.
Christopher
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