User Manual

on the 100 bars, either by using Copy and Paste, or by resorting to repeat
symbols. (See Adding symbols.)
Just as well, using the Bar > Insert Bar / Delete Bar menu will cause a bar to be
added or deleted on every track.
Guitar Pro automatically manages barlines.
When you move the edition cursor to the right, it will automatically move on to
the next bar if the current bar is complete according to the time signature
chosen (for example 4 beats for a 4/4 time signature (See Understanding
Notation). In case the bar isn’t complete yet, Guitar Pro creates a new beat
whose duration is the same as that of the preceding beat.
Whenever a bar is incomplete or too long, Guitar Pro displays it in red, unless of
course it is the bar you are currently editing.
The Status Bar shows you the actual duration of the current bar as well as its
theoretical duration. Whenever you move your cursor over that part of the
Status Bar a balloon will let you know which voice is incomplete.
In Page or Parchment mode, it is possible to manually manage the number of
bars per line. To do so, you must use the Bar > Force break line and Bar >
Prevent line break menus.
The Bar > System layout lets you choose the default number of bars per
system. It resets the line-breaks.
The Start at current system option tells the program how to apply the changes.
If the option is checked the layout will be applied only to the bars that follow the
current system. Otherwise the layout will be applied to the whole document.
3/A/3/2/ The design mode
Access the design mode from the edition palette or from the View menu.