When to use Layouts
• You will need to format the score differently when you print the entire score and when you extract parts for single instruments (or groups of instruments) Layouts allow you to keep different sets of “looks” for the same Track or set of Tracks. You might for example have one Layout for each single Instrument and one for the entire Score.
• Layouts can be named and appear on the Select menu in the Arrange window. This allows you to open a certain combination of Tracks directly into the Score Editor, without selecting the Parts on each Track one by one.
Below you will find a list of what is included in a Layout. When you use the Get Layout command (explained below) you get all the properties of a Layout “imported” from one set of Tracks to another. When you use “Get Form Only”, only some of the properties are included. This is indicated in the table below:
PropertySymbols from the Global Symbols Palette Bar line types
Bar number offsets
All settings in the Layout Settings dialog The vertical spacing of the staves
Bar line spacing (identical on all Tracks) Staff Spacing
Broken bar lines
All Rehearsal marks Segno Codas
Endings Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
The idea is then that you can extract all the things listed above out of a number of Tracks and apply it to another set of Tracks, even in another Arrange window!How Layouts are stored
Layouts are created automatically when you edit a single Track or a combination of Tracks. They are an integral part of the specific Track combination, which for one thing means you do not have to store the Layout separately.
P You can create several different Layouts for each single Track or combination of Tracks. However, only one Layout at the time can be “activated”. Layouts are created automatically when you perform the following steps: