Changing the length of staff labels project-wide

You can show full, abbreviated, or no instrument names in staff labels project-wide depending on their context in each layout independently.

By default, full staff labels are shown on the first system of each flow and abbreviated staff labels are shown on subsequent systems in full score layouts. In part layouts, staff labels are not shown on any systems.

Procedure

  1. Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L to open Layout Options.
  2. In the Layouts list, select the layouts in which you want to change the length of instrument names in staff labels.

    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, Shift-clicking adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd-clicking individual layouts.

  3. Click Staves and Systems in the page list.
  4. In the Staff Labels section, select one of the following options from the Staff labels on first system menu:

    • Full

    • Abbreviated

    • None

  5. Select one of the following options from the Staff labels on subsequent systems menu:

    • Full

    • Abbreviated

    • None

  6. Click Apply, then Close.

Result

The staff labels are changed project-wide in the selected layouts.

Tip

  • You can change both full and short instrument names in the Edit Instrument Names dialog.

  • Your per-layout settings for staff labels apply to each flow, not the whole project. For example, if you want to show full staff labels on the first system in the first flow in your project, but do not want to show full staff labels on the first system of subsequent flows, you must change the staff labels at the start of each subsequent flow individually.