Apple Logic Express 7 - Manual (Page 409)

Chapter 15 Score Editor 409
Logic stores the line breaks for each Instrument Set individually. This also applies to all
parts created with the Instrument Filter function. These are all stored with the song file.
Restriction to Local Movement
When you move a bar with the Layout tool as described, all manually edited line breaks
in subsequent lines are deleted, and the (automatic) line breaks are automatically
recalculated from that line downwards. If you want to prevent this, perhaps because
you only want to change one detail and keep the other staves as they were, hold
Control while moving the bars with the Layout tool. Line breaks edited in this way will
only affect the two (directly concerned) stave systems. All other stave systems are
unchanged.
Combining Max.Bars/Line and Line Breaks
The Layout > Global Format > Max.Bars/Line parameter determines the maximum
number of bars Logic will allow in one staff or stave system. The Layout tool can
override this setting. As an example, you can set Max.Bars to 6, and still move
additional bars into a line with the Layout tool. Any subsequent lines will contain no
more than six bars. The full number of bars set here will only be displayed if the
spacing settings are low enough to allow the proper display of that many bars.
Note: If you drag more bars into a line than would be displayed when employing the
automatic line break function, this can result in overlapping notes and symbols!
Local Margins
The left and right margin of each individual stave system can be moved with the
Layout tool (see “Editing With Tools” on page 371), so that they do not align horizontally
with the page margins: click-hold (with the Layout tool) a little bit inside the beginning
or end of the staff, and drag to the left or right side (see illustration). During this
process, “Left/Right Stave Margin” will appear in the Help Tag.
In this situation, Logic also adapts the number of bars per line automatically (unless the
line breaks have been manually adjusted beforehand): if the line is shortened, bars
may be moved down to the next line, depending on the Spacing parameters in the
Global Format window (see “Global Format” on page 410).
To realign a changed staff margin with the other staves, double-click at its end (or
beginning). A dialog will ask if you want to Reset Local Margin? Confirming this dialog
will reset the margin.
Hint: like manual line breaks, these local margins are also saved as part of the current
Instrument Set, allowing different settings for every Instrument Set.
Deleting All Line Breaks and Local Margins
To delete all line breaks and all locally changed margins in the current Instrument Set,
select Layout > Reset Line Layout.