User manual

● Ctrl/Cmd-click individual layouts.
● Shift-click adjacent layouts.
By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the
dialog.
3. Click Bar Numbers in the page list.
4. In the Appearance subsection, choose one of the following options for Enclosure type:
● None
● Rectangle
●
Circle
5. Click Apply, then Close.
RESULT
Bar numbers in the selected layouts are shown within your selected enclosure type. The size of
the enclosure is relative to the font size of the bar numbers, but the size and shape of the
enclosure are also determined by your padding values.
EXAMPLE
Bar number with no enclosure Bar number with a rectangle
enclosure
Bar number with a circle enclosure
RELATED LINKS
Layout Options dialog on page 71
Bar numbers in parts
You can show bar numbers differently in each layout, including using different font sizes, fonts,
frequency, and enclosure types. Parts often require differently formatted bar numbers compared
to full score layouts.
By default in Dorico Elements, there are two paragraph styles for bar numbers: one for full score
layouts and one for part layouts, but initially both paragraph styles have the same settings. You
can change the settings of these paragraph styles independently, for example, if you want to set
the paragraph style for bar numbers in part layouts to use a bold italic font but set the paragraph
style for bar numbers in full score layouts to use a plain font with a much larger font size.
In addition to changing the appearance of bar number fonts, you can change the following
aspects of the appearance and position of bar numbers independently in each layout:
● Bar number frequency
● Minimum distance from staff and other objects
● Horizontal position
● Enclosure type
For example, you can show bar numbers every bar in full score layouts but only at the start of
each system in part layouts.
Bar numbers
Bar numbers in parts
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