Consistent frame sizing from part to part?
I'm working on an arrangement for my band with clip art on the sides of the music (an aesthetic choice). To make room for the pictures, I'm using horizontal frames to make spaces for the pictures, but I have 20+ pieces to arrange with 30 parts each. Is there any way to make the size of frames consistent in each part so I don't have to size each one manually?
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The Inspector should accomplish that. BTW, not sure exactly how you're laying this out, but if you are trying to put a frame at the start of each system, a much easier method would be to increase the margins in Layout / Page Settings. But if it's just before the first system or whatever, then indeed frames are a good way to go.
In reply to The Inspector should… by Marc Sabatella
Here's what I'm working with. Would using the page settings feature be able to accomplish this layout for each part or will I need to do it all manually?
In reply to Here's what I'm working with… by dragonsocks1702
Well, if you need the margins to differ from song to song as you show here (graphic to left of one song, to right of next, etc), and to have multiple songs in one file, then no, you won't be able to get this effect with page settings - those are global. So instead I'd add the frames as you have been and use the Inspector to set their widths consistently.
However, if it were me, I probably be thinking about other ways of doing this. Depending on how many songs and how many parts we are dealing with, I'd probably be looking at having each song in its own file, generating the parts, exporting the parts to PNG, then pasting up the results in a word processor or similar program.
In reply to Well, if you need the… by Marc Sabatella
I think that I'll do them separately for each song. Can I apply widths with inspector for the frames in each part or will that be something to do individually with each box?
Thank you so much for your help, btw
In reply to I think that I'll do them… by dragonsocks1702
You'll have to go through each part, but once in a part, you can right click one, Select / All Similar Elements, and set them together.