<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN"> <html> <head> <title>VocalEasel: Printing Music</title> </head> <body> <h1>Printing Music</h1> <h2>Generating PDF Output</h2> While the VocalEasel editing window does not look particularly nice, VocalEasel uses the LilyPond system to produce beautiful PDF and print output: <ul> <li>To print, use the <i>Print</i> menu item.</li> <li>To preview the print output, click the <i>Preview</i> icon.</li> <li>To save a song as a PDF file, use the <i>Save As...</i> menu item and select <i>PDF</i> from the <i>File Format</i> popup menu. </ul> All of these tasks need to run LilyPond to create the output format, a process which can take up to a minute or so. <h2>Fine Tuning the Output</h2> To change the absolute size of the music printed or the relative sizes of the chord symbols or lyrics, click the <i>Display</i> icon at the top right of the window: <ul> <li><i>Staff Size</i> (default 20) determines the overall size of the music.</li> <li><i>Chord Size</i> (default 6) determines the font size for chord symbols.</li> <li><i>Lyrics Size</i> (default 0) determines the font size for the lyrics.</li> </ul> All of these sizes can be specified as floating point numbers if desired. </body> </html>