Text Menu
How to get there
To create or edit text blocks: Click the Text tool 
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What it does
The Text Menu appears when the Text
tool is selected for editing text blocks directly on-screen. It contains
options for editing text fonts, sizes, styles, justification and so on,
displaying the text as it will appear on the screen and on your printed
music.
- Font: [Available Fonts]. Choose Font
to display the Font dialog box, which lists all the fonts currently installed
on your system. Select the font that you want to use. SongWriter highlights
your selection in the Font list. If you want, you can specify other font
settings in the Font dialog box. For details see Font dialog box. All
the fonts currently installed in your system appear in this submenu. Choose
the font that you want to use from the Font submenu; a checkmark appears
by the font currently selected. Hold down the shift key before choosing
the Text Menu to see the font names displayed in their respective fonts.
- Size:3 · ... · 72 · Other · Increase · Decrease.
Choose an option from the Size submenu for the font size for your text.
SongWriter places a check mark next to your selection. Choose Other to
display the Size dialog box. Choose Increase or Decrease (or use the keyboard
shortcuts ctrlcommand-shift-period and ctrlcommand-shift-comma) to change
the point size by one. See Size
dialog box.
- Style: Plain · Bold · Italic · Underline. Choose
a type style from the Style submenu. SongWriter places a check mark next
to your selection and applies the style to the selected text. Choose the
command again to remove the check mark and the style. Choose Plain to
remove the check mark from all other styles. You can choose any combination
of styles (such as Bold—Underline, Italic—Bold, or a similar combination)
from the submenu.
- Inserts: Date · Time
· Page Number · Sharp · Flat · Natural · Symbol. When you’re creating
or editing a text block, choose a command from the Inserts submenu to
insert one of these items at the current location of the cursor. SongWriter
pastes the current date, time, page number, or other insert at the insertion
point. An outline appears around an insert to remind you of its special
function. The following keyboard shortcuts are available for inserts:
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Insert
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Keystroke
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Sharp
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command-shift-S
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Flat
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command-shift-F
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Natural
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command-shift-N
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Page Number
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command-shift-P
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Note: You can change character settings for inserts placed
in text blocks (you might underline the date, for example). Simply select
an insert you’ve placed in a text block (such as the date), then choose
a font or other character setting from the Text Menu. SongWriter changes
the entire contents of the insert to the new setting. You cannot, however,
select and change the text within inserts.
The Symbol insert will display the Symbol Selection dialog
box allowing you to place the selected character into the text block.
See Symbol
Selection dialog box.
- Justification: Left · Right · Center.
Choose Left, Right, or Center from the Justification submenu to select
how you want the text positioned in a frame. Choose Left or Right to place
the text on the left or right edge of the frame, or choose Center to center
the text between the left and right edges.
- Alignment:
Left · Right · Center Horizontally. Choose Left, Right, or Center Horizontally
from the Alignment submenu to select how you want the text block positioned
on the page. Choose Left or Right to place the text on the left or right
edge of the page, or choose Center Horizontally to center the text on
the page. Checkmarks appear by the Alignment settings currently in use
for the text block. When you change the horizontal or vertical Alignment
of the text block, SongWriter clears any manual positioning done in the
score.
Note: To set the default Alignment
of page-assigned text blocks, choose a different Alignment from the Alignment
submenu when you’re in Page View with no text blocks selected.
- Word Wrap. Deselect this option to disable
word wrapping in text blocks.
- Attach New Text to Measure · Attach New Text
to Page. These items allow you to specify whether SongWriter will
create a text block that is attached to a particular measure or attached
to a particular page. Note that these commands only affect future text
blocks and are only available in Page View. Text blocks created in Scroll
View are always measure-assigned.
