Aligning text objects with the start of systems

You can align individual text objects whose rhythmic position is at the start of systems with the systemic barline rather than the first note/rest, independently of the system alignment setting for their paragraph style. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only or for all layouts and frame chains.

Prerequisite

You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

  1. Select the text objects you want to align with the start of systems.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate Align with system start in the Text group.
  3. Activate/Deactivate the corresponding checkbox.

Result

The selected text objects are aligned with the start of systems when the checkbox is activated, and aligned with the first note/rest in systems when the checkbox is deactivated. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.

When the property is deactivated, text objects follow the system alignment setting of their paragraph style.

Example

Figure 1. Text aligned with the first note in the system
Figure 2. Text aligned with the start of the system