NoteWorthy Composer Forum

• Insert the object (normally at the start of a staff) and make sure the parameters suit your requirements - the defaults usually will
• At the location in the staff where you need the 8va et al to appear place an Instrument Change (press <I>).  You can clear all the patch details if you want, just make sure the transposition reflects what you need(E.G. add 12 for 8va, -12 for 8va bassa)
• If you are notating a transposing instrument, take the pre-existing transposition into account for not only the instrument change but also the objects parameters.  IE for a tenor sax, the pre-existing transposition will be -14, so you need to tell Ottavamatic about it in the "Staff Transpose" field, then when you want the 8va, use -2 (12 semitones higher than the existing transposition) in the Instrument Change dialogue
• To remove the 8va etc. simply put in another Instrument Change return the staff to "0", or to the original transposition for a transposing instrument.

• For the standard, garden variety page numbers, the font used is called "Page Small Text" in the |File|Page Setup...|Fonts (Tab) dialogue - simply increase the size from the default of 8.  This has the drawback of affecting ALL text entries that use "Page Small Text"
• If you have looked at "User Objects" at all, you can use the "PageTxtMaestro" and "PageTxt" objects to replace the default page numbering and you can select alternative display fonts in the "PageTxt" object.  Just remember to turn page numbering OFF in |File|Page Setup...|Options (Tab).

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|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:F#,C#|Tonic:D
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-3
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:4
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:n-3
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:4
|Bar
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-3,4
|Rest|Dur:4th
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-3,n4
|Rest|Dur:4th
|Bar
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• When you add the lyrics they will interfere with the measure spacing, so you need them in place first in order to adjust things
• you have a mix of 2/4 and Common time measures - they will take different amounts of space - for any given measure, if it's in 2/4 it will take less space than a 4/4 or Common time one.
• You have several tools available to you for controlling measures per system:
  
  • You can turn off "Increase Spacing for longer notes" in Page|Setup|Options(tab)
  • Set system breaks on barlines
  • Set separate system breaks from the "Boundary" tab of Notation Properties <]>
  • You can use "Spacers" <Ins> - NOTE: a spacer can reduce space used.
  • You can beam notes smaller than a crotchet (quarter) - old practice was for lyric parts to never use beams - this has fallen by the wayside, use beams!
  • You can change the staff metrics in Page|Setup|Fonts(tab)
• If you want blank space at the bottom of the page, turn off "Justify printed systems vertically in Page|Setup|Options(tab)
• I'm not sure why you're insisting on a set number of measures per system.  Often the lyrics make this hard to impossible and in this case the mix of 2/4 and 4/4 (Common Time) measures makes it pretty much untenable