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Change part names / abbreviations, Change part names and abbreviations – PreSonus Notion 6 - Notation Software (Boxed) User Manual

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If you want to change the names and abbreviations you see on scores with a page view of Pages Across or Pages Down

(not Continuous), complete the steps below . Also, be sure to take into account the display

options available in

Preferences for Part Names and Abbreviations .

Change Multiple Staves

1 . Ensure you are in Edit Mode .
2 . To open Score Setup you either:

>

Click the

button in the toolbar, or

>

Go to the Menu bar and select Score > Setup, or

>

Use the keyboard shortcut of Windows:

Ctrl + T

; Mac:

+ T

.

3 . Go to the staff you want to alter and click the

button to the left of the instrument’s first measure .

» The Staff Settings dialog box opens .

Staff Settings dialog box:

4 . Look at the two text boxes at the bottom . Here is where you customize the Part name and Abbreviation for this

instrument in the score .

5 . Then press OK .

» You return to Score Setup .

6 . Change other names or close Score Setup by pressing the Esc key, or clicking the

button in the toolbar, or

pressing the keyboard shortcut of Windows:

Ctrl + T

; Mac:

+ T

again .

If You Only Want to Change One Staff

The previous procedure saves time when you have a number of staves to change . If you only want to alter one staff,

there’s a faster way to open and come out of Staff Settings:

1 . In the score, click anywhere on this instrument’s staff with the Pointer .

» In an editing marker, a light yellow box displays at the spot where you clicked .

2 . Go to the Menu bar and select Tools > Staff Settings – or press the keyboard shortcut of Windows:

Shift + Ctrl + T

;

Mac:

Shift +

+ T

.

» The Staff Settings dialog box opens .

3 . Complete steps 4 through 5 in the previous procedure: when you complete step 5, you are finished .

Change Part Names and Abbreviations