Project – Spacings Page

The Spacings page allows you to specify the spacing and other layout aspects of objects in the score.

To open the Spacings page of the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

  • Open the Score Editor, select Scores > Settings, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list, click Spacings.

  • In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list, click Spacings.

Note

You must click Apply to apply your settings. If Apply closes Property Windows is activated in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing page), clicking Apply also closes the dialog.

The following options are available on the Spacings page:

Before first Chord

The distance between the barline and the first note in each bar.

Clef Change to following Bar

The distance between a clef inserted at the beginning of a bar and the barline that comes after it.

Bar to Main Clef

The distance between the beginning of a staff and the first clef on the line.

Clef to Key Signature

The distance between the clef and key signature symbols at the beginning of a staff.

Key Signature to Time Signature

The distance between the key signature and time signature symbols at the beginning of a staff.

Time Signature Change to Bar

The distance between an inserted time signature symbol and the barline coming after it.

Note to Dot

The distance between notes and their dots.

Note to Accidental

The distance between notes and their accidentals.

Behind Grace Notes

The spacing between grace notes belonging to the same note and the spacing to the note they belong to.

Between Accidentals

The vertical distance between accidentals in a chord.

Accidentals within Key Signatures

The spacing between each accidental symbol in the group of accidentals displayed at the beginning of each staff.

Height of Ties

The height of ties.

Height of Notehead Ties

The height of a bow up/bow down symbol.

Tie Thickness

The thickness of all ties.

Slur Thickness

The thickness of all slurs.

Bezier Thickness

The thickness of all Bezier slurs.

Slur’s Start and End Distance from Notehead

Allows you to adjust how far the end points of slurs are from the noteheads they belong to.

Slur’s Middle Distance from Notehead

Allows you to adjust the vertical position of the middle of slurs.

First Bar Number - Horizontal Offset

Sets the horizontal distance between the bar number and the barline for the first bar on each staff.

First Bar Number - Vertical Offset

Sets the vertical distance between the bar number and the barline for the first bar on each staff.

Other Bar Numbers - Horizontal Offset

Sets the horizontal distance between the bar number and the barline for all other bars.

Other Bar Numbers - Vertical Offset

Sets the vertical distance between the bar number and the barline for all other bars.

Staff Separator - Horizontal Offset

Allows you to indent staff separators from the left margin.

Staff Separator - Vertical Offset

Allows you to move all staff separators vertically.

Track Name - Horizontal Offset

The horizontal distance between the track name and the beginning of the staff.

Track Name - Vertical Offset

The vertical distance between the track name and the staff.

Short Track Name - Horizontal Offset

Adjusts the horizontal distance between staves and their short track names.

Short Track Name - Vertical Offset

Adjusts the vertical distance between staves and their short track names.

Multi-Bar Rest Height

Adjusts the heights of multi-bar rest symbols.

Multi-Bar Rest Width

Adjusts the widths of multi-bar rest symbols.

Density of Note Placement

The minimum distance between chords/notes in a bar. Raising this value makes the bars wider.

Density of Lyric Placement

The minimum distance between lyric syllables. Raising this value makes the lyrics spacing wider.

Auto Space/Edit Mode

Raise this value to decrease the number of bars across the page in Edit Mode.

Default Line Width

The thickness of all lines that do not have a specific width adjustment.

Line Width [for option]

Allows you to trim the line widths for various elements in the score.