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● Click the handle you want to move.
● Ctrl/Cmd-click individual handles on multiple slurs.
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You can show handles on all items, not just selected items, by choosing Engrave > Show
Handles > Always. This can make it easier to select individual handles on multiple items.
2. Move the slurs or handles in any of the following ways:
● Press Alt-Right Arrow to move handles to the right.
● Press Alt-Left Arrow to move handles to the left.
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Press Alt-Up Arrow to move slurs or handles upwards.
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Press Alt-Down Arrow to move slurs or handles downwards.
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If you want to move items by larger increments, you can press Ctrl/Cmd as well as
the standard key command, for example, Ctrl/Cmd-Alt-Left Arrow.
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Click and drag the slurs upwards/downwards.
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Click and drag the handles in any direction.
NOTE
You cannot move whole slurs to the right/left, you can only move them upwards/
downwards.
3. Optional: Repeat steps 1 and 2 for any other slurs or slur handles you want to move.
RESULT
The selected slurs or slur handles are moved. Depending on the handles you selected, this can
change the shape of the corresponding slurs.
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The following properties in the Slurs group of the Properties panel are activated automatically
when you move the corresponding slur handles:
● Start offset moves the left endpoints of slurs. X moves them horizontally, Y moves them
vertically.
● End offset moves the right endpoints of slurs. X moves them horizontally, Y moves them
vertically.
● Start handle offset moves the left control points of slurs. X moves them horizontally, Y
moves them vertically.
● End handle offset moves the right control points of slurs. X moves them horizontally, Y
moves them vertically.
For example, if you move a whole slur upwards and to the right, all of its handles are moved so
all properties are activated. You can also use these properties to change the shape of individual
slurs by changing the values in the value elds.
Deactivating the properties resets the corresponding handles on the selected slurs to their
default positions.
RELATED LINKS
Slur height on page 656
Slur shoulder offset on page 657
Slurs
Slurs in Engrave mode
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