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Here's what I do, once happy with the view settings: Go to File > Preferences > Display Select Open scores using > Custom View Options Press Set Custom View Options bar Go to File > Preferences > Files Under "When starting a new score or opening a score for the first time", make sure "Open to custom...

It might be something like some layout setting forcing the text box to appear on the page even though it's not 'actually' there. I'd try changing the Document Setup in Layout (temporarily) or using Panoroma View (Shift P) to try to coax the offending text out so you can grab and move/delete it. You ...

I'm not finding that the handles are shown by default in Ultimate, but only if it has been saved in Preferences under Display as a Custom View and the preference are to open in Custom view. So, to disable this, in the score I would go to View > Untick Handles (and anything else you don't want) and s...

You can use the Add Verse Numbers plug-in (which is already shipped with Sibelius) to get nicely aligned verse numbers once you have added your lyrics or imported them from a text file. The plugin is found under Text > Plug-ins > Text > Add Verse Numbers. In your example you should remove the verse ...

You might have to re-install and download and install the installation files from https://my.avid.com/products#MyProducts You can deactivate your current installation first under Manage devices which might be necessary to reset your device count. Not 100% sure that will work, but I had to re-install...

You can attach the file here as a .zip file if you zip it up first, e.g. with winzip or winrar etc. or whatever your system uses. Of course the 'official' forum at Avid.com will accept .sib files.

Once you've created your new instruments (layouts, etc), you can use these in other scores by saving the current settings as a House Style using Appearance > Layout > Export > name of House style. You can Import the House styles into other scores and they will be saved along with the score. I don't ...

I can't unzip your score, it says something like corrupted file. However, I set up a small example of the AB AC AD structure in the image below, which plays correctly. Basically, make sure the whole sections for repeats are under the Repeat lines. You may want to check in the Inspector that the Play...

Simplest way is to turn on Hide Empty Staves , under Layout > Hiding Staves, or Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H.

You need to make sure the bass bars for single treble clef are indeed empty of notes etc, and on separate lines from the treble/bass lines.

Sorry to hear you're hanging up your boots, Andy. You've been one of the mainstays of this board, and helped me through some teething problems. Amazing to see the forum still going, largely of course through your insights. I'll do my best to answer any questions I can, though being so far behind in ...

You might also consider using a USB footswitch for this, if it's practical. One that maps to the 'space' character for the stop/start operation, or can be programmed to do so. Mine works well with Sibelius, though I mostly use it for midi file playback. They can be picked up quite cheaply on Amazon ...

Letter, A4 etc are the physical page sizes for printing on paper, depending on your region and printer's capabability. Letter is standard for the USA, A4 is the standard size for Europe, UK, etc. Not sure if there is a standard for Art Song, but when you initially set up your score layout you could ...

Which version are you on? Don't know if this is a 'new' feature added since 7.5 (which I'm stuck on) as I can (and have) opened he same score more than once, and there doesn't seem to be any way of turning this off. Maybe look under File > Preferences > Files for a suitable setting, or under Other >...

Once you're in appoggiatura input mode (F8 > Appoggiatura > F7 > note length), you can input as many of them as you like with repeated mouse clicks on the relevant note, and Escape (twice) when all done. If you want triplets etc in your appoggiaturas, these will have to be faked, at least in earlier...

There's no 'easy' fix or plugin for this as far as I know. Sibelius is fairly 'dumb' (as all software is), so you often have to work out workarounds. I would probably create an extra instrument which has the combined voices in the bars where you want them. Turn on Show Empty staves Use Note input > ...