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Working with symbols
Moving and duplicating symbols
Dragging symbols across staves
If you drag a symbol across the staves, you can see how the “active staff” indicator to
the left follows the mouse pointer. Use this as an indication to make sure that symbols
end up in the correct staff.
• If you are editing several tracks at the same time, and want to make sure that a
symbol is not accidentally moved to another track when you drag it vertically,
activate the Lock “L” button on the extended toolbar.
When this is activated, you cannot move symbols across staves by dragging.
Moving by using the computer keyboard
In the Key Commands dialog, you can assign key commands for moving symbols,
notes, or rests graphically. The commands are found in the “Nudge” category and are
called “Graphical Left”, “Graphical Right”, “Graphical Top”, and “Graphical Bottom”.
Selecting an object and using one of these commands is the same as dragging them
with the Layout tool, but this method offers higher precision.
Moving and duplicating with the bar handles
This function allows you to move or copy the contents of a whole bar to one or several
other bars. You can select which elements in the bar will be included in the operation.
Proceed as follows:
1. Make sure that the filter bar is visible.
If the filter bar is not visible, click the “Set up Window Layout” button on the
toolbar and activate the Filters option.
2. On the filter bar, make sure that the “Bar Handles” option is activated.
Now, each bar in the score is shown with a handle in the upper left corner.
Sel. Staff If “Abs. Pos” is selected (see above), this value shows the distance
from the top of the score page to the top of the active staff.
You can click and type in a value to move the active staff.
If “Rel. Pos” is selected, this value is always 0, since vertical positions
are related to the top of the active staff!
To Prev Staff The distance between the active staff and the staff above it. Clicking
and typing in a value moves the active staff.
To Next Staff The distance between the active staff and the staff below it. Clicking
and typing in a value moves the staves below the active staff.
Option Description
Bar handles