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Additional note and rest formatting
Handling beaming
Beam appearance and slant settings
Global settings
In the Score Settings dialog, on the Project page (Notation Style subpage), you can
find the following three options for beam appearance in the Beams category:
• Thick Beams.
Activate this if you want beams to be displayed as thick lines.
• Show Small Slants as Flat Beams.
When this is activated, beams that would be only slightly slanted are displayed flat.
Without and with “Show Small Slants as Flat Beams”
• Slanted Beams only Slightly Slanted.
Activate this if you only want a slightly slanted beam even though there might be a
significant pitch difference between the notes under the beam.
Without and with “Slanted Beams only Slightly Slanted”
Staff settings
In the Score Settings dialog, on the Options tab of the Staff page, you can find a
couple of settings for beams as well:
Manual adjustment of beams
For very detailed control you can manually adjust the beam slant:
1. Group and flip notes and adjust the settings described above until the beams are
as close as possible to how you want them.
2. Click on the corner made up by the beam and the stem.
A handle appears on the corner of beam and stem.
A beam handle
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These settings are global for all staves.
Option Description
Flat Beams Activate this when you do not want any slant at all, no matter the pitch
difference of the notes under the beams.
No Beams Activate this when you do not want any beams at all.