# Mettre en forme du texte
## Overview
### Levels of formatting
Layout and formatting in Musescore has 2 main levels, **read** [**Templates and styles**](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/customization/templates-and-styles) **first**. Text objects have finer levels:
* Level 1: **Properties of each individual text object in a score file**:
* Formatting of individual characters within a text object;
* Formatting of the object that contains all the characters.
* Level 2
* **"style for certain type of object"**: you can change their values in ['Style' window: left pane](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/customization/templates-and-styles)
* **"style for text inside certain type of object"**: you can change their values inside [items under 'Style' window: left pane 'Text style'](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/customization/templates-and-styles)
### Appearance and function of Text objects
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The final visual and function of most object in a score file is determined by:
* Characters do not have any specific formatting. When formatting are added to them, they will always be used. See [Changing characters](#changing-formatting-of-characters) below.
* Text objects do not have any specific properties. When properties are [Properties panel](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/properties-panel), they will always be used except for characters that already have their own formatting. see details in ["Text properties"](#changing-formatting-of-a-text-object) below.
* functional settings: all object on a score uses values in **"style for certain type of object"**, this behavior cannot be changed, but you can edit values in them.
* visual settings:
* an object on a score uses values in appropriate **"style for text inside certain type of object"**, such as "Style for text inside Chord symbols", "Style for text inside Lyrics Odd Lines" automatically. This behavior can be changed with the **More... > Text Style** property in [Properties panel](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/properties-panel). You can also [utilize the 12 custom style](#changing-the-values-inside-a-user-1-to-user-12-style).
* **"Style for text inside Staff Text" is special.** Every Text-related object on a score uses its values unless overridden, this behavior cannot be changed, but you can edit values inside.
* A subset of characters always use font settings in ['Style' window](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/customization/templates-and-styles) > Score : "Musical symbol font" (8 options): musical glyphs such as Segno, Coda, ottavas, dynamics **glyphs** such as ***mf*** and some [Special characters](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/entering-and-editing-text#special-characters). See Musescore 3 handbook [Fonts](https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/fonts) (mostly the same as in musescore 4.1.1 but upgraded and added 2 options).
Options in [Properties panel](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/properties-panel) behave differently depending on the current selection.
"Font", "Style", "Size", "Subscript and superscript" are both object properties, and individual character formatting options. When you change **an object** using the [Properties panel](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/properties-panel), **incompatible formatting on individual characters are removed.**
"Alignment", "Frame", "Text style" are object properties. When you select individual characters and change these options in the [Properties panel](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/properties-panel), the object properties are changed instead.
## Changing formatting of characters
*To edit text content, see* [*Entering and editing text*](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/text/entering-and-editing-text) *instead.*
Use the [Properties](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/properties-panel) panel to change formatting of **individual characters**. Musescore 4 updated the Inspector present in Musescore 2 and Musescore 3 and integrated the function of [Text Toolbar (Text editing)](https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/text-editing) into the Properties panel.
1. enter *text edit mode* using one of the following methods:
* Double-click on the text object.
* Select the object and press `F2` or `Alt`+`Shift`+`E`
* Right-click on the element and select `Edit element`
2. highlighted characters
3. apply formatting in **Text** section of the Properties panel, and/or use keyboard shortcuts (see [Editing text](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/entering-and-editing-text#editing-text-object-content)).
## Changing formatting of a text object
Click `More` to see:
*To edit text content, see* [*Entering and editing text*](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/text/entering-and-editing-text) *instead.*
Use the [Properties](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/properties-panel) panel to change formatting of the Text object, which *may* change all of the characters inside:
1. Select text object(s) on a score
2. Edit settings in the **Text** section of the [Properties](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/properties-panel) panel.
Options are self-explanatory, these special settings are shown after clicking `More`:\
**Match staff size**: whether text size changes proportionally, see [Page layout concepts](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/formatting/page-layout-concepts).\
**Text style** : Changes which style a text object on a score uses, see [below](#changing-which-style-a-text-object-on-a-score-uses)\
**Position** : Above or below the staff, see [below](#position)
### Changing which style a text object on a score uses
In the [Properties](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/properties-panel) panel, use **Text style** property under `More`. [Concept of formatting is explained in the overview](#overview). Only the "style for text inside certain type of object" a text object on a score uses can be changed, they includes the "User-1" ... "User-12", see [below](#changing-the-values-inside-a-user-1-to-user-12-style). See [Templates and styles](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/customization/templates-and-styles).
### Position
The Properties panel is used for assigning formatting to the Text object(s). When a Text object is changed, all of the characters inside it *may* change. The [Properties](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/properties-panel) panel also is used for assigning formatting to individual characters inside a Text object, when characters are selected.
It is important to know that, *even when characters inside a Text object are selected, some properties shown on the Properties panel are still the Text object's setting, but not the character property.* They includes the **Position** property.
In the [Properties](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/basics/properties-panel) panel, Use **Position** property under `More` to change layout of the Text **object**. If a overriding option exists for this type of object, is in "style for certain type of object", but not in "style for text inside certain type of object", see ["Changing the values inside a style"](#changing-the-values-inside-a-style) section below. See also the main chapter [Templates and styles](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/customization/templates-and-styles).
## Changing the values inside a style
[Concept of formatting is explained in the overview](#overview).
Understand [Templates and styles](https://handbook.musescore.org/fr/customization/templates-and-styles) first. To change values inside a style, use the "Style" window: `Format`→`Style`.
* **"style for certain type of object"**: you can change their values in 'Style' window: left pane"
* **"style for text inside certain type of object"**: you can change their values inside items under 'Style' window: left pane 'Text style', or
* Use the more efficient way from the **Properties** panel:
1. Select a score object that use the style;
2. Edit a property;
3. Click on the ellipsis (…) above the property and select "Save as default style for this score".
4. Repeat for other properties as required.
### Changing the values inside a User-1 to User-12 style
To assign visual settings values to a custom style: "User-1" to "User-12", use the "Style" window: `Format`→`Style` > Text Style > User-1 ... User-12
