Apple Logic Pro 9 - Manual (Page 893)

Using the Layout Tool
The Layout tool (located in the Score Editor’s Tool menu) is used to graphically move
events in the Score Editor, in order to optimize the display without altering the timing of
MIDI events.
• Symbols and text: When symbol or text objects are moved with the Layout tool, the
bar position is retained. The Horizontal Position and Vertical Position parameters,
however, are changed (as indicated in the help tag during the process).
• Notes: The Layout tool can only edit the horizontal position of a note in relation to its
bar position, not its vertical position. Dragging the note to the right or left changes the
displayed distance from the adjacent notes or rests. The bar position (and playback) is
unaltered.
Note: The bar position determines playback timing, as this is the actual MIDI event position.
Remember that the Score Editor is primarily designed to deliver notation, and that most
(but not all) editing functions are graphical, rather than physical, in nature.
Using the Event Parameter Box
You can change the graphical position of Score Editor symbols and text in the Event
Parameter box by editing the Vertical Position and Horizontal Position parameters.
• Vertical Pos.: Determines the vertical position (height) above or below the staff. Zero
means a position exactly on the top line of the staff, in most cases. Positive values are
above, negative values below it. In staff styles with more than one staff, the Staff
parameter determines the staff that the Vertical Position parameter refers to.
• Horizontal Pos.: Determines the horizontal offset of the object’s bar position. A value
of zero corresponds to the left edge of a note, at that particular position.
Tip: To adjust a number of selected symbols to the same height above (or below) the
staff, use the Align Object Positions Vertically key command.
Using Key Commands
You can use the following key commands to move any score symbol that can be positioned
independently of notes or staffs, as well as text events and chord symbols:
• Nudge Position Up
• Nudge Position Down
• Nudge Position Left
• Nudge Position Right
These functions do not alter the bar position of the affected symbols and text events.
They alter the Horizontal Position and Vertical Position parameters by ±1.
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