NoteWorthy Composer Forum

• to save the current options (which are set up as always - by fiddling with them until the print looks right) into the object as strings;
• and to apply the options stored in such an object to the score.

• Title, Author, Lyricist, Copyright1 (but not Copyright2; this is useful for information that you want to change on all prints, like a print date);
• visible staves (identified by their internal name; if there is a dash, i.e. /,  in the name, the identification starts at the dash. This helps with renaming, see this explanation farther down);
• master StaffSize and the sizes of all 12 fonts (but not their names etc.);
• page options: JustifyVertically, PrintSystemSeparatorMark, ExtendLastSystem, DurationPadding, PageNumbers, PrintStaffLabels, ShowBarNumbers;
• the 4 margin sizes and the MarginsMirrored checkbox.

• add/modify spacers for a print;
• addition of cue notes;
• enable/disable various objects, e.g. BarNumber.hmm objects on lower staves.

• Of course, the staves to be printed;
• but typically also a different staff size is needed;
• as well as a specific title that indicates the print's purpose;
• and e.g. a different print preparation date (e.g. in a copyright or lyricist field);
• then, adjusted margins to maybe save an almost empty page at the end.
• For multi-line prints (like the director's score or a piano score), I always use a separate top staff (with just one line and many invisible rests, layered with the next). There, I can add margins and user controls (e.g. PgTxt) and system breaks at will.
  
• For single-staff prints, I put the PrintConfiguration on that staff; and use "Top Staff Only" Visibility settings to enable boundary settings and User Controls (e.g. a BarCounter).
• In more complex cases, one might add PrintVariation objects for cue notes in some (but not all) of the prints ;
• and even more intricate changes like specific spacers or differently aligned dynamics and texts (but this is very hard work to make it work correctly).
• It may make sense to add a print sequence number or letter in the staff names, e.g. "A Full Score", "B 1st Violin", "C 2nd Violin" etc. This documents the print order; and also helps to easily select the print configuration in the user tools from the keyboard by simply typing A or B or C etc.

• Apply and print configuration 1: start user tool "Apply", type "1" and "Enter", save and print,
• then apply and print configuration 2: "Apply", "2", "Enter", save and print,
• finally apply print configuration 1 once more and save - you want to see the full score when you open the NWC file next time.

• In measures 5 a text is shown just in the "Trumpet" print. Here, the fun text "Attention !" is inserted before the trumpet begins anew. To "remove" the text in the "Full Score", it is replaced with an invisible grace rest - removal is not possible for single items (but see MeasurePrintVariationExample below). Note that the PrintVariation.hmm is placed after the item - the reason is explained next:
• In measure 6, a spacer is modified depending on the print configuration. The behaviour of spacers is the reason that a PrintVariation.hmm object must be placed after the item to be modifed: A spacer would not work when preceded by a user object, as this user object is then between the note and the spacer, which kills its effect on the note.

    Item = nwcItem.new("|AddStaff");
    Item:Provide("Name","Perc. staff ".tostring(HighestPercStaffNumber))
    Item:Provide("Group","Percussions")
    Item:Provide("Label","Wood Blocks")
    table.insert(MidiStaves[StaffCount],Item)

    local staffName = staff.AddStaff.Opts.Name.Text
    if staffname == nil then staffname = staff.AddStaff.Opts.Name

• conductor's score
• choir/singers' score
• new cello voice
• (but, int his case, no other strings and general bass is needed, as we can use bought scores there).

• a top "full score" staff with a PrintConfiguration, which is layered with the first notes staff (typically soprano); it contains the necessary line/page breaks for the full conductor's staff and elements only for the conductor;
• another PrintConfiguration "choir" staff with a single line that is layered with the first notes staff (typically soprano), with breaks etc. for the singers;
• the singers' staves; which will only be printed as part of a full or choir score, thus without PrintConfiguration of their own);
• the strings' staves; which will be printed in a full score; and on their own (e.g. in a larger font and with different line breaks), thus they have their own PrintConfiguration objects.