Staff Dialog

Insert, Staff
or
 Insert, Box, Staff Box
or
 Format, Staff Properties, Staff Definition, Edit Staff

Purpose

Use the Staff Dialog to create a new staff or to change an existing one.

Overview

In the Staff Dialog you can preview the staff definition that will be inserted into your document when choosing OK.

You can also perform several editing operations available through the toolbar or by using the mouse directly.

Choose the New button to reload the default staff template into the dialog.

Choose the Open button to to load a new staff template from file or from the current document.

Choose the Save button to save the staff definition in the staff dialog as a staff template or set the current staff definition as the default staff template.

Choose the Add and Delete buttons to modify the number of limbs and limb groups in the current staff.

Choose the Edit Limb Name and Edit Group Name buttons to rename limbs and limb groups.

Alternatively, you may click on a selected limb name to edit it directly.
Click the Properties button or click Properties in the dialog's Format Bar on the right hand side to set a name for the staff, and to get an overview of the staff's usage in the current document. When editing an existing staff, you can also control to which sections of the document the changes will be applied.

Choose the Format Limbs button to modify the appearance of limb rows and limb groups.

Alternatively, click Format Limbs in the dialog's Format Bar on the right hand side.

Choose the Preview Long Names and Preview Short Names buttons, to preview the staff with limb names displaying in Long Names or Short Names mode.

Choose the Edit Names List button to edit the list of limb names and their abbreviations.

See Also

Insert Staff

Edit Staff

Insert Staff Box