Apple Logic Express 9 - Manual (Page 1194)

The following describes the global Score settings in detail.
• Top, Bottom, Left, and Right Margin fields: These values show the margin distances 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
on the screen. (These lines are not printed.) It is also possible to change them directly
in the score, by dragging them with the Pointer or Layout tool.
• Add Bracket Space checkbox: Creates additional space between the left margin line and
the beginning of staffs, for braces and brackets. If this option is unselected, staffs are
aligned directly along the left margin line.
• 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
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.
• 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 (see
Working with Global Text ), and are displayed as headers in all score sets
(full scores and parts).
This value can also be changed directly in the score, by dragging the purple line above
the first staff.
• Line Distance field: Defines additional vertical distance between staff systems (single,
multiple, or bracketed staffs can constitute a system) on the same page. It applies to
full scores, as well as single staff parts.
• Maximum Bars/Line field: This parameter can be useful when using small spacing values
(see below), to prevent too many bars from being displayed on one line. The number
set here limits the number of bars that can be displayed per line.
Note: This setting can be overridden when using the Layout tool to change line breaks.
(See
Setting Line Breaks .)
• Constant Spacing and Proportional Spacing fields: These parameters determine the
amount of horizontal distance between notes.
• Constant Spacing affects the distance from note to note, regardless of rhythmic value.
• Proportional Spacing takes the note durations into consideration.
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