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Music Publisher
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Version
5.07e
Music notating software with a difference. Its design
philosophy is simply to replace pen and paper: it
leaves you in complete command of the whole score-
writing process and layout. For total flexibility and
control it allows you to put whatever you want
wherever you want it - it does not impose any
standards of its own, so if what you write is musical
nonsense then that's up to you. In fact think of it as
a word-processor for music. The full range of
facilities are there from clefs to ending barlines. It
covers general text (drop text anywhere you want it),
lyrics, 160+ miscellaneous symbols (just place on the
paper as required), many types of line and even a
shape tool should you want it, plus headers and
footers and of course transposition, playback and Midi
file production. In keeping with the philosophy
suggested by the program's title it can create high
resolution pictures of any part of the page for
transferring very quickly to a word-processor. There
is a wealth of help with the program: Four user levels
give decreasing amounts of help as you move yourself
up; there's a built-in Tutorial; a "What's this for?"
button on every control; a Tip of the Day and the
strongly indexed Help file is organised as the answers
to 270+ "How do I..." questions. There is also the
ability to generate a Keyboard Shortcuts printout and
an online or email discussion group and registered
users are supplied with a 120 page printed indexed
illustrated manual. While the program is complete in
itself, there are a number of optional add-on modules
available which cover extra functions such as Scanning
In; Extended note head shapes (but 6 types are in the
basic program); playback in Different Temperaments and
Automatic Bar Numbering. In preparation are Part
Extraction; ABC format reading and writing and TAB
Notation for fretted instruments.
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