User manual

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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 handles in any of the following ways:
● Press Alt-Right Arrow to move them to the right.
● Press Alt-Left Arrow to move them to the left.
● Press Alt-Up Arrow to move them upwards.
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Press Alt-Down Arrow to move them downwards.
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If you want to move handles 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 them in any direction.
RESULT
The positions of the selected tie handles are changed, which changes the shape of the
corresponding ties.
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The following properties in the Ties group of the Properties panel are activated automatically
when you move the corresponding tie handles:
● Start offset moves the left endpoints of ties. X moves them horizontally, Y moves them
vertically.
● End offset moves the right endpoints of ties. X moves them horizontally, Y moves them
vertically.
● Start handle offset moves the left control points of ties. X moves them horizontally, Y
moves them vertically.
● End handle offset moves the right control points of ties. X moves them horizontally, Y
moves them vertically.
You can also use these properties to change the shape of individual ties by changing the values
in the value elds.
Deactivating the properties resets the corresponding handles on the selected ties to their default
positions.
Tie shoulder offset
Tie shoulders affect the angles of the curves of ties as they taper towards an endpoint, as the
tapered ends often approach noteheads at a steeper angle than that of a tie’s arch.
Increasing the shoulder offset makes the onset of the curve shallower, whereas decreasing the
shoulder offset makes the onset steeper.
You can change the project-wide settings for the offset of tie shoulders by changing the values
for the following options, which you can nd by clicking Advanced Options in the Design section
of the Ties page in Engrave > Engraving Options:
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Offset shoulders by fraction of half length of short tie
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Offset shoulders by fraction of half length of long tie
Ties
Tie shoulder offset
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