

As a general rule, import as few properties as possible. Importing a house style into a Sibelius scoreĪ house style is a collection of many properties, and typically you do not want to import all of the properties if you are importing a style or instrument definition. Sibelius will create a file in your user House Styles folder using that name, and after you export the house style, you will see that name in the list of available house styles in House Style > Import House Style (Sibelius 6) or Appearance > House Style > Import (Sibelius 7): When the dialog comes up, give the house style a name appropriate to what you are defining and choose OK. You can export a house style file containing the properties of a Sibelius score using House Style > Export House Style (Sibelius 6) or Appearance > House Style > Export (Sibelius 7): House styles are collections of document properties.
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This article explains how to import a house style into one or more manuscript paper files.Įxporting a house style from a Sibelius score

You can also import a house style into manuscript paper files, which are used as templates for new scores, and any scores you create that use those manuscript papers will inherit the definitions from the house style.

Those scores will now contain the new definitions. Sibelius allows you to export a house style from the score containing the definitions you wish to share, and then import that house style into other scores. You may, however, want to have a new style or instrument appear in another score, or even in all your new scores. This gives you the flexibility to make custom definitions without affecting existing scores. In Sibelius, new text styles, line styles, symbols, noteheads, and instruments are available only in the score in which they are first defined.
