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Designing your score: additional techniques
Editing existing bar lines
3. Click OK.
If you need more splits, double-click on any multi-rest symbol and proceed as
above.
Multi-rest appearance
The Project page in the Score Settings dialog contains several subpages, on which
you can make settings for multi-rests:
• The subpage “Notation Style” contains the following settings concerning multi-
rests:
• On the Spacings subpage of the dialog, you can adjust the height and width of
multi-rest symbols.
• On the Font Settings subpage, you can select a font for the multi-rest numbers
(select “Multi-Rests” in the “Font For” pop-up menu and make the desired
settings).
Editing existing bar lines
For each bar line, you can choose whether you want a regular, single bar line, a double
bar line, a repeat sign, etc.:
1. Double-click on the bar line for which you want to edit the settings.
A dialog appears with a number of bar line types.
2. If you want the bar line to be shown with “brackets”, activate the Brackets
checkbox.
This is only relevant for repeat signs.
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The program automatically splits multi-rests at time signature changes, double bar
lines, repeat signs and rehearsal marks.
Option Description
Multi-Rests –
Church Style
When this is activated, multi-rests are shown in “church style”
(vertical bars), rather than with the regular, horizontal symbols.
Multi-Rests –
Numbers above
Symbol
When this is activated, the numbers are shown above the multi-rest
symbol, instead of below it.
Multi-Rests – Snap
Rests moved with
the Layout tool
When this is activated, rests automatically snap to “intelligent”
positions in the score (i.e. positions used in regular notation) when
moved with the layout tool. If this is deactivated, rests can be
positioned freely.
Bar numbers –
Show Range with
Multi-Rests
When this is activated, and bar numbers are displayed, the bar
numbers of a multi-rest are shown as a range.