When you prepare a Score we suggest you do things in the following order, because it will minimize the time needed if you make a mistake somewhere and need to redo a step. Try our suggestion first, and if you think another method suits your particular working situation better, go ahead and do it!
• Preferably work on copies of recorded Tracks.
If the parts are fairly complex you might need to make permanent editing after which they don’t play back as they originally did.
You might for example use Split at Locators to split the Parts across all Tracks.
• Put the Tracks in the Arrange window in the order you want them in the score. You cannot rearrange the order of systems in the Score Editor. However, you can go back and change the order in the Arrange window.
• When you open Score Edit, start by making the adjustments described in this chapter. You should always begin by setting page margins, etc.• If you have recorded music into Tracks already, try adjusting the score “picture” as much as possible without permanently editing the notes.
Use Staff settings, Display Quantize, Grouping etc.
• Hide unwanted objects and add note dependant and note related symbols. This includes accents, dynamic symbols, crescendo, slurs, lyrics, “graphic rests” etc.
• Work through the score and adjust the number of bars across the page.
• Adjust the vertical spacing between staves and grand staves.
Both the steps above can be performed automatically by the program using the Auto Layout features.
• Add Layout symbols like endings, page text, etc.
• Print.
• Go back and create alternative Layouts to extract voices etc.