Project Default Chord Symbol Appearances dialog

You can open the Project Default Chord Symbol Appearances dialog in any of the following ways:

• Choose Library > Chord Symbols.

• In Engraving Options > Chord Symbols > Project Default Appearances, click Edit.

The Project Default Chord Symbol Appearances dialog contains the following sections:

1. Enter a chord symbol

   Allows you to enter the chord symbol whose default project-wide appearance you want to edit. Click Add Project Default or press Return to add the chord symbol to the Project Default Appearances list, which allows you to edit the chord symbol in the editor.

2. Project Default Appearances list

   Contains the chord symbols whose project default appearance you have edited in the project.

   You can delete changes to the project default appearance of chord symbols by clicking Delete in the action bar.

3. Single Overrides list

   Contains the chord symbols whose appearance you have overridden for single chord symbol instances in the project.

   You can promote single overrides to be the project default appearance for that chord symbol by clicking Promote to Project Default in the action bar.

   You can reset single overrides to the project default appearance for that chord symbol by clicking Remove Overrides in the action bar.

4. Editor

   Allows you to arrange and edit the components that make up the chord symbol. You can use the controls at the bottom of the dialog, and you can also move individual components in any of the following ways after selecting them in the editor:

   • Press the standard key commands for moving items. For example, press Alt/Opt-Right Arrow to move components to the right, or press Ctrl/Cmd-Alt/Opt-Right Arrow to move components to the right by larger increments.

   • Click and drag each component.

   Note

   You cannot move the first component in chord symbols.

   In addition to using Scale, you can also change the size of components by clicking and dragging the square handle in the top right corner after selecting a component in the editor.

5. Controls

   • X offset moves components horizontally. Increasing the value moves components to the right, decreasing the value moves components to the left.

   • Y offset moves components vertically. Increasing the value moves components upwards, decreasing the value moves components downwards.

   • Scale changes the size of components. Increasing the value increases the size of components proportionally, decreasing the value decreases the size of components proportionally.

   • Reset X offset resets the horizontal position of the selected component.

   • Reset Y offset resets the vertical position of the selected component.

   • Reset Scale resets the size of the selected component.

6. Components list

   Contains alternative ways of presenting the component selected in the editor.

   Allows you to create new components and edit existing components by clicking the respective button in the action bar.

   • Add Component

   • Edit Component

   Clicking either button opens the Edit Chord Symbol Component dialog, in which you can create new chord symbol components and edit existing chord symbol components. Editing components from inside the Project Default Chord Symbol Appearances dialog affects all chord symbols that use the component project-wide.