Creating a New Score
Use any of the following options to open a new, blank score:
- Click the New button on the Score toolbar tab,
- Select New from the file menu, or
- Enter the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+N.
Setting a Score Title
Use either of the following options to change the score's title:
- Right-click on the current title and select Edit, or
- Select Set Title from the Score menu.
The Edit Text dialog will open, allowing you to set the title text, font style and color.
Score Settings
To open the Score Settings dialog click the Settings button on the Score toolbar tab or select Score Settings from the Score menu.
- Page Size - Select your page size from the drop down menu and also select the orientation (landscape or portrait).
- Page Arrangement - Choose between Vertical, which lays the pages on top of each other or Horizontal, which lays the pages side by side.
- Staff Settings:
- Repetition - Allows you to set how often Clef, Key Signature, Time Signature, Part labels and full labels are repeated per system.
- Measure Numbers - Allows you to set how often measure numbers are shown in a score.
- Tempo - Set the beat duration, which refers to how long or short notes are, and the playback speed for the currently selected score. Show/hide the tempo mark.
- Note Name: Crescendo can show note/pitch name inside normal note head itself on the standard staff. You can check this option to let note name show in the note head automatically for new notes you add. If you want to add note name for a few notes, you can use other ways like right-click menu to change note name display.
Adding Watermarks to Exports
Watermarks can be added to image and PDF exports. To configure image and text watermarks, open the Score Settings menu and select the Watermark tab. Text Watermark Options:
- Enable Checkbox - Enable/disable adding of text watermark.
- Text Input - Configure the text to be displayed.
- Font - Drop down menu to select the font style.
- Bold, Italic, Underlined buttons - Configure text emphasis.
- Size - Configure the size of the text.
- Color - Set the color of the text.
- Layout - Set the text layout to horizontal or diagonal.
- Alignment buttons - Configure the horizontal and vertical alignment of the text on the score.
- Opacity - Configure the transparency of the text.
Image Watermark Options: - Enable Checkbox - Enable/disable adding of image watermark.
- Browse Button - Opens dialog to browse the image to be used. The directory of the selected image will be displayed on the adjacent read-only text box.
- Resize - Configure the size of the image watermark relative to the score.
- Alignment buttons - Configure the horizontal and vertical alignment of the image on the score.
- Opacity - Configure the transparency of the image.
Setting Up Parts and Staves
Use any of the following options to open the Parts dialog to add parts and staves, and to rename, reorder, or remove them.
- Click the Parts button on the Score toolbar tab,
- Select Parts and Staves from the Score menu, or
- Use the keyboard shortcut Alt+P
Staff height: staff height determines the overall scale of staves. 
Global system spacing: distance between all systems. 
Global staff spacing: distance between staves in all systems.