Apple Logic Express 8 - Manual (Page 742)

742 Chapter 33 Working With Notation
Working With Text
You can use text for a number of purposes in musical notation: to add performance
indications or display chord notation, as examples. Each text object in the Part box
serves a specific purpose:
 Standard text object: Use to add standard text. The basic functions for moving the
cursor, deleting parts of the text, and so on, are as per most word processors.
 Lyrics object: Use to quickly add lyrics to a song. The cursor position is automatically
moved from note to note.
 Chord object: Use to add chord notation.
 Automatic Text objects: Use to display text that is updated automatically. There are
four automatic text objects:
 Region: Drag this object onto the staff to automatically display the region name.
 Instr: Drag this object onto the staff to automatically display the instrument name.
 Song: Drag this object onto the staff to automatically display the project name.
 Date: Drag this object onto the staff to automatically display the current date.
Inserting Text
You can add text in the same way as other score symbols: By dragging the desired
object from the Part box to the score. Alternately, you can use the Text tool to enter text.
To insert text in the score:
1 Select the desired text object in the Part box.
2 Do one of the following:
 Drag the text object to the desired position.
 Select the Text tool (or use the Set Text Tool key command), then click at the desired
position.
A flashing text cursor appears at the target position. (If you choose one of the
automatic text objects, the respective text will be inserted automatically.)