Find out how to adjust the default positions of lines, and learn some tips about working with bracketed hairpins.
July 2014
Using font sizes in wildcards (or: Geeking out in Sibelius)
A tour de force on using font sizes in wildcards in Sibelius, with detailed instructions on converting points to spaces.
Add text formatting changes to Score Info and plug-ins
By knowing a few easy-to-learn codes, you can be a formatting change wizard and get Sibelius to automatically apply line-breaks and make font, character and style modifications.
Upgrade to Sibelius 7.5 for $20 off
If you don’t yet own Sibelius 7.5 and are currently using Sibelius 6 or earlier, Amazon is currently offering the Sibelius 7.5 upgrade for $20 off.
PDFwriter for Mac can make PDFs using Sibelius’s Print options
A free utility allows you to install a virtual printer on your Mac and make PDFs that take full advantage of Sibelius 7 and 7.5’s built-in print options.
Stick to it with sticky tuplets, slurs and lines
Learn about new features and a few shortcuts that were added in Sibelius 7 to help you quickly enter tuplets, slurs and lines during note input.
Sibelius 7.5.1 update released with many improvements
The 7.5.1 update to Sibelius addresses numerous issues relating to audio and video export, the Timeline, localization, and playback, improves the user interface, and belatedly introduces the official 7.5 Sibelius Reference.
Using manual repeats in Sibelius playback
Set a custom playback order for your music, including complex repeats and gaps, using the Manual Repeats feature in Sibelius.