The Chord Sheet page appears in the Printing Options property window for Chord Sheet reports.

In addition to the controls shown below, there are extra buttons which are common to all property windows.

The Chord Sheet report is quite different to, and usefully supplements the Staff Sheet and Lyric Sheet reports.

Chord sheets can include lyrics and chords, presenting them concisely and aligned with the song's bar structure, which is often all that is needed for performance of accompaniment or improvisation.

It consists of three layers on each line, the controls, which are placed above the chords, which are placed above the lyrics.  An optional frame can be displayed around the lyrics and/or the chords.

Controls

Frame Around

Specifies if, and how, a frame should be drawn on each line.

(none) - no frame is drawn

Lyrics - the frame is drawn around the lyrics but not the chords

Both - the frame is drawn around the lyrics and the chords

Bar Markers

Specifies how the beginning of each bar should be indicated on the frame.  This option is disabled if there is no frame selected to be drawn.

(none) - the bars are not marked

Marks - the bars are indicated with simple vertical marker lines

Numbers - the bars are indicated with marker lines and their bar numbers

Time Signatures

Specifies whether time signature changes should be indicated on the frame.  This option is disabled if there is no frame selected to be drawn.

Line Length

Specifies the length of the work sheet lines, measured in quarter notes.  This effectively controls the horizontal sizing of work sheets.

If From Song is selected, the value used in the Song Setup will be used.  Otherwise you can select a particular value from 8 Qtn to 32 Qtn.

A typical value is 16 Qtn, which fits four 4/4 bars per line.  Other values may work better for other time signatures, for example a line length of 18 Qtn would fit six 3/4 bars per line.

Cell Height

Specifies the vertical sizing of the lines, which can vary from 50% to 200% of the normal height.

Line Spacing

Controls the spacing between the lines, which can vary from 50% to 200% of the normal spacing.

Fit Lyrics
Fit Chords

Specifies how these text items are to be placed where they are too large to fit exactly where they should be.

Compress - stay at the correct location, but compress horizontally to fit

Shift - stay at the correct width, but shift horizontally to fit

Both - compress and shift to moderate the effect of both

Slash Bass

Specifies how slash chord notation is to be handled in the display of chords:

(none) - don't use it at all

If Specified - use it for chords which have a non-root note specified as the bass pitch in their inversion

If Inversion - use it for chords which produce a non-root note as their bass pitch, whether specifically requested in their inversion, or automatically generated.

Divide With

Specifies how divisions between sections should be indicated:

(none) - do not divide sections, simply continue the new section on the same line as the previous one

New Line - make each section start on a new line

New Line Gap - make each section start on a new line with a separator gap

New Page - make each section start on a new page

Reset

Resets all settings on the page to their default values.