Printing Music

Generating PDF Output

While the VocalEasel editing window does not look particularly nice, VocalEasel uses the LilyPond system to produce beautiful PDF and print output:

To print, use the Print menu item.
To preview the print output, click the Preview icon.
To save a song as a PDF file, use the Save As... menu item and select PDF from the File Format popup menu.

All of these tasks need to run LilyPond to create the output format, a process which can take up to a minute or so.

Fine Tuning the Output

To change the absolute size of the music printed or the relative sizes of the chord symbols or lyrics, click the Display icon at the top right of the window:

Staff Size (default 20) determines the overall size of the music.
Chord Size (default 6) determines the font size for chord symbols.
Lyrics Size (default 0) determines the font size for the lyrics.

All of these sizes can be specified as floating point numbers if desired.