On Sep 30, 2006, at 4:18 PM, Bruce K H Kau wrote:
Aloha,
I had some lead sheets that I had typed in the notes in (regular
size), and added the lyrics. Later on, I had decided that a certain
set of notes (in layer 2, it turns out), needed to be in cue size.
So, I went to Mass Mover, changed the note size, and the lyrics
shrunk, too!
I know it's possible to have lyrics be normal size with cue notes -
all I have to do is change the notes to cue *before* I add the
lyrics.
Really? I thought the lyrics shrunk as soon as you changed note size,
too.
But, in this case, the measure has a lot of verses, and it may mean
re-entering the whole measure. Is there an *easy* way to change a
note size with lyrics attached without affecting the lyrics? Or am
I stuck with re-entry of the measure?
This solution might suck in different ways, but try opening the Edit
Lyrics window, select all, and set font size to "fixed". Since I
routinely use around 85% reduction for my staves, this means that if
I previously had my lyrics at 14 points, they appeared to be closer
to 12 points, so THAT is what I would have to use as my fixed font
size. Repeat for other verses.
Another thing you might try is leaving the Layer 2 notes in normal
size, applying a Staff Style that blanks out Layer 2 but shows items
attached (lyrics), then enter the notes in cue size in some other
layer for show. So the lyrics are not actually attached to the notes
that are shrunk. You can probably use the Change Layers option in
Mass Edit for the layer-copying part of it.
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