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Designing your score: additional techniques
Setting the number of bars across the page
By hiding rests
With this method, the first bar actually gets the same time signature as the following
bars – it only looks like an upbeat bar:
1. Enter the notes in the upbeat into the first bar.
The first bar before making any adjustments
2. Hide the rests that precede the notes.
3. Drag the bar line between measure one and two to adjust the width of the bar.
After hiding the rest and dragging the bar line
4. If you like, move the notes in the upbeat measure, using the Layout tool.
5. If you use bar numbers, adjust them as described in the previous example.
The final upbeat
Setting the number of bars across the page
You can specify how many bars you want to display across the page.
Automatically
• When you open a new combination of tracks for editing, the number of bars across
the page is determined by the “Default Number of Bars per Staff” setting in the
Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing page).
• In the Auto Layout dialog (see “Auto Layout” on page 879), you can set the
maximum number of bars across the staff.
Manually
In Page Mode, you have full control over the number of bars appearing across the
page, by using the Number of Bars dialog or the tools.
Ö If you want to use the “Max. number of Bars” option in the Auto Layout dialog (see
“Auto Layout” on page 879), you should do this before you adjust the number of bars
manually.
Using the Number of Bars dialog
1. Make a staff active in the system where you want to make changes.
This means that if everything looks fine until for example the fifth system, activate one
of the staves in this system.