Graphics Tool

Use this tool to exchange .JPG graphics between programs. You can place TIFF (TIF), and other file formats into a PrintMusic document, and export a region of music or pages of music as a .JPG file that can be used in other applications.

When you click this tool, the Graphics menu appears; it contains all the commands to place a graphic into PrintMusic, export pages or a selection of music from your document to another file, position graphics in your music, and show the location of graphics files.

When you place a graphic--a company logo, for example--it can be brought into the score in either Scroll View or Page View. The placed graphic may be assigned to and positioned on a single page. You can position and scale graphics on your score by dragging their bounding handles. Hold down shift while dragging a corner handle to retain the aspect ratio when resizing the graphic.

Click a graphic or drag-enclose graphics to select a graphic or graphics. Eight bounding handles appear on each selected graphic.
Shift-click a graphic to add a graphic to the selection. If a graphic is already selected, remove the graphic from the selection.
Double-click in the score to place a graphic in the score. The Place Graphic dialog box appears displaying the available graphics.
Double-click and drag to enclose a region in Page View to select a region containing the musical example to export.
Press delete for one or more selected graphics to delete the selected graphics.
Drag a selected graphic to adjust the graphic’s position in the score.
Drag a graphic’s bounding handle to resize the graphic horizontally or vertically.
Shift-click and drag a corner bounding handle to resize the graphic while retaining the aspect ratio.

Graphics tool