Apple Logic Pro X - Manual (Page 894)

Chapter 25 Preferences, project settings, and key commands 894
Score settings
Global Score settings
Global Score settings define global formatting options such as page margins, note spacing, bars
per line, and more.
When Show Advanced Tools is selected in Advanced preferences, the following are available:
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Top, Bottom, Left, and Right Margin fields: These values show the margin distances (in cm or
inch) to the outer border of the printable area on the page. A “Top Margin 0.0 inches” value
means that printing will start as close to the top of the paper as the selected printer driver will
allow. This also means that the size of the printable area can vary between printers, although
the difference should be minimal.
Margins are only visible in Page Print view, where they are displayed as orange lines (are not
printed) on the screen. You can also change margins directly in the score by dragging them
with the Pointer or Layout tool.
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Add Bracket Space checkbox: Creates additional space between the left margin line and the
beginning of staffs, for braces and brackets. If unselected, staffs are aligned directly along the
left margin line.
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Alternating Margins checkbox: If selected, the left and right page margin settings are swapped
on every second page. This can be useful if a score is going to be bound as a book: the
inner margin usually needs to be a little bigger than the outer one. It’s also possible that the
opposite might be preferable, in cases where extra space is needed for remarks that may be
added to the score at a later date.
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Header Space field: Defines the height reserved for headers, between the top margin of the first
page and the top margin of the first staff on the page (as per the assigned staff style).
Note: Text objects inserted directly into this area automatically become global text elements,
and are displayed as headers in all score sets (full scores and parts).
You can also be change this value directly in the score, by dragging the purple line above the
first staff.