Sibelius 6 Quick Tip 21: Erase Background

In this quick tip I show you how to create a little white space around the dynamic text and fingerings. In Sibelius this is called Erase Background. If you flip through some music scores you will often see that there is a little white space around Expression text and Fingerings, looking like this:

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This is done to make these elements better readable and gives a much clearer layout than for example this:

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In Sibelius all you have to do to create this effect is turning on the option to Erase Background in the Text Style settings. Have a look at the video below and you will see how easy this is: 

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André

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