Macros are placeholders for text that should not be hard-coded yet, This way you can use one text on several places.
Macros are primarily used in the header and footer dialog
$A | |
$B |
Current filename. |
$C | |
$c | |
$D |
Last modification date |
$d |
Creation date . |
$E |
Original author (MusiCAD ID) |
$e |
Installation directory |
$F |
Second subtitle. |
$G |
Information |
$I |
Instrument-name, (* only in single part view ) |
$H |
Country. |
$J |
Year |
$K |
Number of parts in score. |
$L |
License (registration name). |
$M |
MusiCAD. |
$m | |
$N |
Number of pages. |
$P |
Part name; (* only in single part view ). |
$Q |
MusiCAD version number |
$R |
Copyright text. |
$S | |
$T | |
$U |
Number of repeats |
$v |
Play order |
$V |
Todays's date. |
$W | |
$X |
Tuning for transposing instruments (C, Bb, Eb Alt etc.) |
$x |
Opus number, tracking. |
$Y |
Style |
$y |
Part-number (* only in single part view ) |
$Z |
Source. |
$z |
Area; further specification of source |
$# | |
$? |
Current time. |
$@ |
Starting tempo. |
$> |
Skip rest of line if number of pages is smaller than 2. |
$< |
Skip rest of line of first page. |
$1 |
Skip rest of line on odd pages. |
$2 |
Skip rest of line on even pages. |
$_ |
Conditional space. |
$, |
Conditional comma. |
$. |
Conditional dot. |
$: |
Conditional colon. |
$+ |
Conditional plus. |
$- |
Conditional minus. |
Apart from the one-letter macro's it is possible to use a few directories from windows that tend to be language specific and windows-version-specific and even user specific. The actual values are to be found under [Help|Info|Directories] and will be used for default preferences in file locations
$(PERSONAL) |
C:\My Documents |
$(MYMUSIC) |
C:\My Documents\My music |
$(FAVORITES) |
C:\WINDOWS\Favorites |
$(RECENT) |
C:\WINDOWS\Recent |
$(MYPICTURES) |
C:\My Documents\My pictures |