Adding lyrics to an audio project

hello, could anyone help me with regards to adding and displaying lyrics while recording audio. during a recent project a vocalist asked if it would be possible to display the song lyrics she had on the computer screen while recording. I noticed you can do this in the score editor but as the project was purely audio, i didnt have time to play the melody in MIDI and then add the lyrics.
it would be great if lyrics could be pasted into a track which is set to the length of the song then perhaps use markers to trigger where the lyrics would come in and change, i guess this could also be done on a midi track with the lyrics assigned to keys on the keyboard.
if anyone has had any experience or success with this area could you please help me as i think its a great idea and if its possible could help me a great deal in the future
kind regards
michael walker

Okay, here it is:
Create a Marker for, let's say, the first line of the song, create it ± one bar before the line actually starts. Set the Playhead where you want the marker, hit ctrl-K (Create Marker)
Now hit ⇧⌘-K, this opens the separate *Marker Text* window.
Click on the pencil - now you can enter the text.
If you click on the font you can format the (selected/highlighted!) text.
Repeat this process for every line (or you can do it with blocks of four lines, the complete chorus - you have to try which works best for your song.
Make sure the Catch button in the Marker Text window is enabled like this: , and the text in the marker window will change at the given marker positions. If it is off (grey) the current text will be displayed, regardless of the playhead position.
regards, Erik.

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