User manual

Editorial
Slurs appear as solid black lines, but with a smaller vertical line intersecting them
exactly halfway along their length, perpendicular to the curve of the slur. Used to show
that a slur was added by the editor and was not present in the original source.
Changing the style of slurs
You can change the style of individual slurs after they have been input.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the slurs whose style you want to change.
2. In the Properties panel, activate Style in the Slurs group.
3. Select one of the following options from the menu:
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Solid
●
Dashed
●
Dotted
● Half-dashed start
● Half-dashed end
● Editorial
Changing individual slurs to at slurs
Although they are not often used as standard, some publishers use at slurs in order to reduce
the vertical space occupied by slurs. You can change individual slurs to at slurs.
NOTE
Not all slurs look good as at slurs, but it would also be unusual only to use at slurs once or
twice in a project. Therefore, we recommend that you avoid changing the curvature style for only
one or two slurs in a project.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the slurs whose curvature style you want to change.
2. In the Properties panel, activate Curvature style in the Slurs group.
3. Choose one of the following options:
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Normal (curved)
●
Flat
RESULT
The curvature style of the selected slurs is changed.
Slurs
Slur styles
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