Limb Names

Staff Properties, Limb Names

Purpose

Use Limb Names to change the appearance of the limb names at the left staff side by applying a style.

The styles, called Long Names and Short Names, are defined by the Limbs and Group Names settings in the Format Limbs dialog. Long Names and Short Names styles allow you use the same staff definition on several staffs or pages and give you the option e.g. of displaying full limb names on the first page and an abbreviated version on the following ones. Furthermore the definition of the styles need not be the same for every limb or limb group, which gives you great flexibility in designing the appearance of your staff.

In addition, you may change the way the staff's grid is displayed around the limb names.

Steps

1. In the Staff Properties dialog, choose the Limb Names tab.
2. Select one or more staffs.
3. To select one of the predefined name styles,
   choose one of the following options:
   • Long Names
   • Short Names
   • No Names

   To edit the style definition in the Format Limbs dialog,
   choose Define Styles.

   To override the selected style definition and hide the group names,
   check the Hide Group Names check box.

4. To choose one or more of the advanced options, click More.
   • Column Widths
     You may override the column widths of the name columns, by unchecking the Autosize check box and specify width values for the group name and limb name columns.
     The margin value specifies the margin between the column border and the limb name text. It is used to place the limb name text, and when autosize is enabled, to calculate the columns' widths.
   • Borders
     Choose whether to display names withing within the staff's grid. Alternatively, you may produce floating names outside the grid, or group names floating outside and limb names inside the grid.

   The latter option needs to be chosen, if you want to display group name brackets or braces.

   • Rotate Group Name
     Rotates the group names by 90°, so they will be displayed vertically.
   • Double line
     Displays a double line instead of a single line between names and first column of the staff.
   • Repeat bar lines
     When checking this option, double bar lines will separate the limb name space from the first staff column only when bar lines exist at the right side of the last column of the previous staff. Appearance of the bar lines may vary in different limb rows.
     Note: Applying this option will override the previous option (double bar line).
   • Repeat extra borders
     When checking this option, extra borders appearing after the right side of the last column of the previous staff will be repeated between the limb name column and the first column of the current staff.
   • Enable custom column
     Usually it is not possible to manually write into the names column. By checking this option, an additional column is created "behind" the names column, where you may add custom text and EW symbols.

Note: The text and borders of the regular limb name column is displayed on top of the custom column, which may lead to awkward results. You have to define the properties of the columns with care.

5. Choose Apply.

See Also

Format Limbs

Naming Limbs

Column Width

Cell Borders

Bar Lines