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Working with symbols
The following happens:
• If you activated “Note Symbols”, the note symbols are
copied from the “source” bar and pasted onto notes at the
same positions in the “target” bar. If there is a note symbol
for a certain note in the “source” bar, but no note at the
corresponding position in the “target” bar, the symbol is
ignored.
The actual positions of notes are used as a basis for this operation – not
the displayed positions.
• If you activated other types of symbols, these are simply
moved to the same graphical position in the “target” bar.
• If you set “Repeats” to a number larger than 1, the same
symbols are pasted into that number of bars (starting from
the one you drag the bar handle to).
• If you do not hold down [Alt]/[Option] when dragging
the bar handle, the symbols (and other event types speci-
fied in the dialog) are removed from the “source” bar.
Moving note symbols
Note symbols, slurs and ties all have “default positions”.
This determines the vertical distance between the note
head(s) and the symbol.
• You can manually adjust the vertical positions of individ-
ual symbols, but if you move or transpose their notes, the
symbols are automatically reset to their default positions.
This also ensures that note symbols and slurs are positioned sensibly
when you change the Display Transpose settings.
• To reset the vertical positions of note symbols and slurs
in a score, right-click on the corresponding object and se-
lect “Default position” from the context menu.
Changing length, size, and shape
You can change the shape of any symbol that has a
length. Proceed as follows:
Changing the length of a symbol
1. Select the symbol.
The handles appear.
Symbols with a length have two handles when selected.
2. Drag one of the handles.
You may be restricted to vertically or horizontally only, depending on the
type of symbol.
Resizing note symbols and dynamics
1. Right-click on a dynamic or note symbol.
2. Select the desired option from the Size submenu.
The size of the symbol changes accordingly.
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If there already are symbols (or other objects) of the
specified types in the “target” bars, these are re
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moved.
If you copy the note symbols from the first bar to the second bar…
…only symbols that find corresponding note positions in the second
bar are copied.
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In the Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing page),
there is a preference called “Keep Crescendo Sym
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bols Horizontal”. When this is activated, crescendo
and diminuendo symbols are never slanted.