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Changing the start sign appearance of pedal lines
You can change the appearance of the start of pedal lines individually. Pedal line start signs can
be shown as variations of the traditional pedal line glyph, other symbols, or text.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the pedal lines whose start sign appearance you want to change.
NOTE
The pedal lines you select must be the same type, for example, only sustain pedal lines.
2. In the Properties panel, activate Sign appearance in the Pedal Lines group.
3. Select one of the options from the menu.
The options are different according to the type of pedal line selected.
RESULT
The start sign appearance of the selected pedal lines is changed.
TIP
Deactivating Sign appearance returns the selected pedal lines to your default setting for start
sign appearance.
AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK
If you selected a text sign appearance, you can edit the text shown.
RELATED LINKS
Editing pedal line start text on page 707
Changing the type of hook at the start/end of pedal lines
You can change the type of hook shown at the start/end of pedal lines individually.
NOTE
You can only change the start hook type of pedal lines that have a hook as their start sign, and
you can only change the end hook type of pedal lines that have a continuation line.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the pedal lines whose hook type you want to change.
2. In the Properties panel, activate the following properties, individually or together, in the
Pedal Lines group:
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Line start hook
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Line end hook
3. Select one of the following options from each menu:
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No Hook
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Vertical Hook
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Slant Hook
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Inverse Hook
Pedal lines
Pedal line start signs, hooks, and continuation lines
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Dorico SE 3.1.10