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Changing Score settings

To control the appearance of the Score and the information displayed in numbered sprite channels, you set preferences for the Score. By doing so, you can display a script preview and cast member information. In addition, if you are accustomed to older versions of Director, you can make the Score work as it did in Director 5.

To change Score settings:

1 | Chose File > Preferences > Score.
2 | The Extended display option lets you display information within sprites in the Score. See Displaying sprite labels in the Score. To specify what cast member information appears in numbered sprite channels when Extended display is on, choose from the following options:
| Cast Member displays the cast member number, name, or both.
| Behaviors displays the behaviors attached to the sprite.
| Ink Mode displays the type of ink applied to the sprite.
| Blend displays the blend percentage applied to the sprite.
| Location shows the sprite's x and y screen coordinates.
| Change in Location shows the change in x and y coordinates relative to the previous cast member in that channel.
3 | To display the first few lines of the selected script in a box at the top of the Score, select Script Preview.
4 | To display the cast member's name and number when the pointer is over a sprite for a few seconds, check Show Data Tips.
5 | To make Score features work like those in Director 5 and earlier versions, choose from the following options:
| Director 5 Style Score Display modifies the Director 8 Score window so it looks and behaves like the Director 5 Score window.
| Allow Drag and Drop makes sections of the Score moveable by dragging in the Director 5 style Score. To override this setting temporarily, press the Spacebar while the Score window is open.
| Allow Colored Cells displays a cell color selector at the left of the Score window so that you can choose a color for selected cells. Otherwise, the cell color selector is hidden, which improves performance when scrolling the Score window. If you've already applied color to cells, turning off this option hides cell colors but doesn't remove them.