Aligning text for multiple verses

• Jan 9, 2018 - 12:05

Could someone let me know if there's a way to align text all left, from a certain point onwards in a project. I'm setting multiple verses underneath reciting notes and it looks messy as it stands in the attached (final section).

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• Jan 9, 2018 - 12:32

I would suggest that you put the words you want left aligned into verse 2. Unfortunately it will require you to reenter all of the words. You can then change the vertical offset on all of these words to be on the same line as the words you currently have. Next, open the style->text... menu select Lyrics Odd Lines and change the alignment to left rather than center.

The only other way to change these is one at a time. Right click a lyric, Text Properties... change alignment to left, and repeat.

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• Jan 9, 2018 - 12:46

I obviously don't understand what you want. You asked to justify the lyrics from a certain point. You currently have all of the lyrics center justified. Perhaps your native language is not English and I caused misunderstanding also. When I said "repeat," I meant to repeat the procedure for each lyric you want to change. There is no repeat button on the keyboard. In English, the key you pressed is either called Return or Enter.

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• Jan 9, 2018 - 18:05

Interesting; it's not really centered but placed somewhat arbitrarily. I can't see any particular rule being followed there, and again the usual rule is to either center the lyrics and note together or to left both. To get this specific more arbitrary placement, I think you will have to continue adjusting it manually by eye just as the engraver apparently did here.

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