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Written By Bob Zawalich

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Differentiating staff text, system text, and lyrics in Sibelius

September 15, 2015March 24, 2017

In this guest post, Bob Zawalich explains the differences among the types of text used in Sibelius, such as staff text, system text, and lyrics, and covers some tips and plug-ins for changing one type of text to another.

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User folders and user-editable files in Sibelius

August 11, 2015March 24, 2017

Explore along with guest author Bob Zawalich as he takes us through the inner workings of Sibelius’s user folders and user-editable files, what their purposes are, where to find them, and how to modify them.

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Stretching the limits of notehead styles and plug-ins in Sibelius

April 21, 2015March 24, 2017

In this post geared towards Sibelius power users, Bob Zawalich describes the rather generous limitations of the numbers of notehead styles and plug-ins Sibelius can support at a given time, and how to get around those limitations, if needed.

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2014: The plug-in year in review

December 30, 2014March 24, 2017

Bob Zawalich authors the final post of 2014, and it’s a good one: nothing less than a comprehensive round-up of all the new plug-ins created in the past year.

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Using font sizes in wildcards (or: Geeking out in Sibelius)

July 25, 2014December 8, 2020

A tour de force on using font sizes in wildcards in Sibelius, with detailed instructions on converting points to spaces.

People

A developer’s notebook: Recent plug-ins, spring 2014

May 21, 2014March 24, 2017

Expert plug-in developer Bob Zawalich gives us an overview not only of some of his most recent additions to the repertoire, but also an inside look into the process behind their creation.

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Speeding up some Sibelius plug-ins

January 22, 2013January 4, 2020

Some Sibelius plug-ins take a few seconds to run rather than running instantaneously. Here’s how to improve the performance of some of those plug-ins.

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How to make plug-ins appear in any ribbon tab in Sibelius 7

April 24, 2012May 24, 2018

In this guest post, plug-ins maven Bob Zawalich shares his tips on how to make plug-ins in Sibelius appear on any ribbon tab. Bob has written more than 300 plug-ins for Sibelius, and nearly all of his creations are either included in Sibelius by default or available for download from the Sibelius web site. In […]

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