Text editor options in Engrave mode

Figure: Text editor in Engrave mode

The text editor provides the following options:

1. Paragraph Style

   Allows you to change the paragraph style applied to the whole paragraph, which can change the appearance, formatting, and alignment of the text.

   Staff text and system text are always treated as single paragraphs.

2. Character Style

   Allows you to change the appearance of selected text within paragraphs. This overrides the paragraph style applied to the corresponding paragraph.

3. Font

   Allows you to change the font family of selected text.

4. Font Style

   Allows you to change the font style of selected text.

5. Font Size

   Allows you to change the size of selected text.

6. Font Stretch

   Allows you to make selected text wider or narrower.

7. Baseline Shift

   Allows you to shift the baseline of selected text gradually up or down.

8. Letter Spacing

   Allows you to increase/decrease the space between the characters of selected text.

9. Word Spacing

   Allows you to increase/decrease the space between the words of selected text.

10. Alignment

    Allows you to choose the alignment of selected text relative to the rhythmic position of the text in the score. For text in a text frame, the text is aligned along the left margin of a text frame.

    You can choose from the following alignments:

    • Align Left

    • Align Center

    • Align Right

    • Justify

11. Line Types

    Allows you to show any of the following types of lines, in any combination, on selected text:

    • Underline

    • Overline

    • Strikethrough

12. Script Types

    Allows you to position selected text in one of the following positions relative to the text on the baseline:

    • Superscript

    • Subscript

13. Foreground Color

    Allows you to change the color of selected text.

14. Background Color

    Allows you to change the background color of selected text.