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Working with symbols
Symbol details
Box (rectangle) symbol
This is a “generic” box symbol, which may be useful for different purposes. If you
double-click on a box, a dialog opens in which you can specify whether the box is
transparent or not, and whether the border is visible. This dialog can also be opened
by selecting “Properties” from the context menu.
The box symbol is available on the “Other” and “Layout” tabs.
The keyboard symbol
This is described in the section “Adding a keyboard symbol” on page 820.
Additional symbols
If you click the “Other Symbol” button and then into the score, the “Select Symbol”
dialog opens. Here you can choose note heads, accidentals and rests that work only
as drawing elements, i.e. they do not insert any note data into the track. They do not
affect MIDI playback! You can set the desired symbol font size directly in the Font Size
field.
The Form Symbols tab
Rehearsal marks
The following types of rehearsal marks are available: numbers and letters.
When you place the first of these in the score, it is labeled 1 or A (depending on
which you choose on the tab), the second is then automatically labeled 2 or B, the
next 3 or C, etc. If you delete one, the labeling of the others is shifted automatically so
that they always make up a complete series of numbers or letters.
• You can select a font and size for rehearsal marks on the Project Text tab of the
Project–Font Settings subpage in the Score Settings dialog.
Use the Frame option to add a box or an oval around the rehearsal mark.
• Rehearsal marks can be added automatically at the start position of each Marker in
the project with the “Marker track to Form” function.