Tablature Auto Placement
When I insert the Harmonica Tablature it places it as shown on line 2 in the attachment. Then I go through each tab and turn auto placement off and reposition each tab as shown in line 1 of the attachment.
Is there a way to do this on the entire score without having to do one tab at a time?
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In theory, you should be able to right click one and choose select>All similar elements in selection. I would do this by selecting one system (line of music) at a time since you may want different settings on each staff depending of other items on the staff. Open the inspector and remove the check from Automatic placement, then adjust the Y off set so the fingerings are lined up and not on top of anything. If they run into the staff below, then you will want to insert a spacer from the Breaks and Spacers palette. The spacers can be adjust either by double clicking and dragging and end or adjust it's height in the inspector.
I said in theory because I have not tested it myself, but my knowledge of how the program works leads me to believe you will get good results.
In reply to In theory, you should be… by mike320
Thanks, the select one then select>All similar elements works perfect. I did not have to turn auto placement off.
My biggest problem is not knowing what I'm doing!!!!!!!!!
Thanks again Mike and Marc
Hard to say from just a picture, but nothing I see there should require manual adjustment of any kind, and certainly should not require turning off autoplace. I gather you might be talking about a plugin that defaults to placing them somewhere other than where you want, in which case, changing the style settings via the Inspector is the way to go, and this requires nor benefits from turning off autoplace (in fact it's counterproductive, preventing it from avoiding colisions).
If you still need help, attach your actual score so we can understand and assist better.