The notion of the "lyrics" entry for chords was appealing, but since couldn't figure it out, I have now returned to text entry, doing only 2-3 measures at a time, manually re-entering the "Expression Placement/Staff Position" each and every time (kind of tedious).
I'll try out the other fonts too.
BTW, the confusion about "Layering" was due, in part to how this is "available" both as an option in "Staff Properties/Visual" as well as "Allow Layering." These appear to behave differently, and I didn't quite understand how either option was related to the task.
I've been whacking away with the "techniques" listed here. (What is the best way, text entry or lyrics entry - both are mentioned here?)
I just want to create a simple "Real Book" style jazz lead sheet (Chord symbols above a single staff) and frankly, this has been the most aggravating task I've run into yet. Text entry is hopelessly clumsy and sloppy. If I create a new staff above the one with the melody notes and choose to layer it, it overlays with the staff below it. I cannot get the "lyrics" to show up at all after entering them and clicking on OK!
It begs the question, is it this difficult to do in other notation software programs, or am I just missing some really simple, obvious things here?
