Twelve-Tone Assistant Tutorial
Formatting a Matrix in Microsoft Word
Launch Twelve-Tone Assistant and Microsoft Word.
In Twelve-Tone Assistant:
1.
In the Notation Area, choose Letter name pc format Movable [X=0] series form display notation.
2.
In the Enter Series Area, click the Series Database button.
3.
Expand the list for Schoenberg and click on the String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 link. Close the Series Database
window.
4.
In the Info. Area, click the Preferences button.
5.
In the Preferences Window, choose Comma from the Delimiter subheading. Close the Preferences Window.
6.
In the Matrices module of the Tools Area, select Babbitt Square menu option.
7.
Click anywhere in the Info. Area and choose Select All from the Edit menu. Select Copy from the Edit menu.
8.
Switch to Microsoft Word.
In Microsoft Word:
9.
Choose Paste from the Edit menu.
10. Select the matrix data as shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 1. Comma-delimited matrix data selected in Microsoft Word.
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11. Choose Convert Text to Table from the Table menu.
Fig. 2. Microsoft Word’s Convert Text to Table dialog.
Please note that Microsoft Word should automatically determine that the size of the table is 14 columns by 14
rows.
12. Under the Separate text as option, choose Commas and click OK. The matrix should data should now be
contained in a 14x14 table like the one shown in Fig. 3.
P0
P1
P5
P4
P9
P11
P10
P2
P6
P7
P8
P3
I0
D
Eb
G
F#
B
C#
C
E
Ab
A
Bb
F
RI0
I11
C#
D
F#
F
Bb
C
B
Eb
G
Ab
A
E
RI11
I7
A
Bb
D
C#
F#
Ab
G
B
Eb
E
F
C
RI7
I8
Bb
B
Eb
D
G
A
Ab
C
E
F
F#
C#
RI8
I3
F
F#
Bb
A
D
E
Eb
G
B
C
C#
Ab
RI3
I1
Eb
E
Ab
G
C
D
C#
F
A
Bb
B
F#
RI1
I2
E
F
A
Ab
C#
Eb
D
F#
Bb
B
C
G
RI2
I10
C
C#
F
E
A
B
Bb
D
F#
G
Ab
Eb
RI10
I6
Ab
A
C#
C
F
G
F#
Bb
D
Eb
E
B
RI6
I5
G
Ab
C
B
E
F#
F
A
C#
D
Eb
Bb
RI5
I4
F#
G
B
Bb
Eb
F
E
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C
C#
D
A
RI4
I9
B
C
E
Eb
Ab
Bb
A
C#
F
F#
G
D
RI9
R0
R1
R5
R4
R9
R11
R10
R2
R6
R7
R8
R3
Fig. 3. 12 x 12 matrix in a Microsoft Word table.
13. Select the table and set the font to Times, 8 pt, then choose Table Properties... from the Table menu to open
the table properties dialog shown in Fig. 4. Set the Row height to exactly 0.3”. Set the Column height to be
exactly 0.3”. Click OK when you’re finished.
Fig. 4. Microsoft Word’s Table Properties dialog.
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The table should now look similar to Fig. 5.
Fig. 5. The matrix with .3” x .3” cells.
14. Select columns 2-13 and rows 1-14 as shown in Fig. 5 and click the Align Center tool in the Formatting
Toolbar to center the data.
15. Finally, choose Borders and Shading... from the Format menu to eliminate borders and change other aspects of
the table’s formatting to taste. For example, in Fig. 6 the borders around the edge of the table have been
eliminated.
I0
I11
I7
I8
I3
I1
I2
I10
I6
I5
I4
I9
P0
D
C#
A
Bb
F
Eb
E
C
Ab
G
F#
B
R0
P1
Eb
D
Bb
B
F#
E
F
C#
A
Ab
G
C
R1
P5
G
F#
D
Eb
Bb
Ab
A
F
C#
C
B
E
R5
P4
F#
F
C#
D
A
G
Ab
E
C
B
Bb
Eb
R4
P9
B
Bb
F#
G
D
C
C#
A
F
E
Eb
Ab
R9
P11
C#
C
Ab
A
E
D
Eb
B
G
F#
F
Bb
R11
P10
C
B
G
Ab
Eb
C#
D
Bb
F#
F
E
A
R10
P2
E
Eb
B
C
G
F
F#
D
Bb
A
Ab
C#
R2
P6
Ab
G
Eb
E
B
A
Bb
F#
D
C#
C
F
R6
P7
A
Ab
E
F
C
Bb
B
G
Eb
D
C#
F#
R7
P8
Bb
A
F
F#
C#
B
C
Ab
E
Eb
D
G
R8
P3
F
E
C
C#
Ab
F#
G
Eb
B
Bb
A
D
R3
RI0
RI11
RI7
RI8
RI3
RI1
RI2
RI10
RI6
RI5
RI4
RI9
Fig. 6. The completed 12 x 12 matrix.
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