Project-wide engraving options for staff labels

You can find options for the project-wide appearance and position of staff labels on the Staff Labels page in Engraving Options.

For example, you can change the distance between staff labels and the systemic barline, whether instruments are numbered using Arabic or Roman numerals, and whether vocal staff labels are uppercase or title case.

There are musical examples for many options to demonstrate how they affect the appearance of your music.

You can open Engraving Options in any of the following ways:

  • Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-E in any mode.

  • Choose Engrave > Engraving Options in Engrave mode.

You can then click Staff Labels in the page list on the left of the dialog.

Note

You can change the length of staff labels shown on systems for each layout independently on the Staves and Systems page in Setup > Layout Options.