Adding Page Title, Headers and Footers

The overall procedure for adding a page title, header, or footer has two steps. First, reserve an area on the page for text. Then add the text.

To reserve space for the page title, header and footer:

1.      Choose the Page Setup command in the Part menu.

     -- OR --

     Type "qpgs" for Quick Page Setup.

Composer will display the Page Setup dialog box.

2.      In the Page Setup dialog box, enter a value for the First Page Top margin, which will be a larger value than that for Other Pages Top.

To add a page title on the first page of the score:

1.      Navigate to the Page Text Palette.

-- OR --

Type SHIFT+P. If the Page Layout Palette is displayed instead of the Page Text Palette, then type SHIFT+P a second time.

2.      Follow instructions for adding Standard Page Text for the standard page text type "song title".

To add page headers and footers:

1.      Follow step #1 in the above procedure.

2.      Follow the instructions for adding Standard Page Text for the standard page text types: song title, part name, file name, and page number.

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