18 Layout Techniques for Parts

After preparing the full score, you can prepare the parts. Although you can certainly do so in the same project, as I have said before, I think it wiser to do so in a separate project.

1. Save the project under another name, such as 1m1-parts.

2. Change the link in the Score Editor to the Content link (yellow link icon).

3. Unlock/relock the screenset.

4. Make sure Page Setup is letter size (if you are printing on 8.5 × 11" paper).

I choose my first part, the flute, and it appears as you see in Figure 18.1.

Much of what I will now change is totally subjective aesthetically. In my full score, I want the bar numbers centered, above the measure, and circled. I also want to see the long name at the beginning of the first line and short names on the subsequent lines. This is not what I want for parts, so I return to the Numbers and Names settings under Layout in the Score Window. See Figure 18.2. In Figure 18.3, you can see my settings for the full score.