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Notation reference
Staff labels
Staff labels are used to identify staves in music containing multiple players, and are positioned to the left of systems, before the initial barline of each system. Staff labels indicate the instrument or instruments currently playing the music on the staff or staves to which they apply.
Hiding/Showing staff labels
You can show full or abbreviated instrument names in staff labels, or hide all staff labels entirely, in each layout independently. The first system in each flow and all subsequent systems can have different staff label lengths.
Changing the minimum indent for systems with staff labels
You can change the minimum indent for all systems that show staff labels to optimize horizontal space in each layout independently.

Changing the minimum indent for systems with staff labels

You can change the minimum indent for all systems that show staff labels to optimize horizontal space in each layout independently.

Procedure

Open Layout Options in any of the following ways:
- Press Cmd-Shift-L.
- In the toolbar, click Application Menu and choose Layout Options.
In the Layouts list, select the layouts whose minimum indent for systems with staff labels you want to change.

By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog. You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar or by clicking and dragging across multiple layouts.
Click Staves and Systems in the category list.
In the Staff Labels section, change the value for Minimum indent for systems with staff labels.
Click Apply, then Close.

The minimum indent on all systems that show staff labels is changed in the selected layouts.