Adding and editing lyrics in the Staff view

The Staff view displays lyrics below their associated track. If the track is split into treble/bass staves, lyrics are aligned with notes in both staves, but are displayed below the treble staff.

When a lyric word or syllable spans multiple notes, a trailing underline or series of regularly spaced hyphens is automatically drawn, following conventional lyric notation practice.

To add lyrics to a track

1.	Select the Draw Freehand tool in the Control Bar.

2.	Click the Lyrics button in the Staff view.

3.	Position the pointer below the staff, under the first note to be assigned lyrics. (The pointer changes to a pencil when you are in a legal position.)

4.	Click to open an insertion box.

5.	Follow the instructions in the table:

Table 161.  

To do this	Do this
Enter a word or syllable	Type it in the insertion box
End the word or syllable and move to the next note	Type a space, tab, or hyphen
Skip over a note	Type a space or hyphen
Move back to the previous note	Press SHIFT+TAB

6.	Press Enter when you are done.

Music Creator displays the new lyrics below the staff.

To edit lyrics

1.	Select the Draw Freehand tool in the Control Bar.

2.	Click the word you want to change.

3.	Edit the word as desired.

4.	Press ENTER.

Music Creator replaces the old word with the new one.