User manual

By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog.
You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar, Shift -clicking
adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd -clicking individual layouts.
3. Click Bar Numbers in the category list.
4. In the Placement subsection, activate the checkbox for each player in the Show above
specic players list above whose top staff you want to show bar numbers.
5. Click Apply, then Close.
RESULT
The vertical positions of bar numbers are changed in the selected layouts. For players holding
multiple instruments, bar numbers appear above their top instrument staff.
NOTE
You can change the distances between bar numbers and the staff/other objects and your vertical
spacing settings for the gaps between staves in order to accommodate bar numbers shown
between staves.
RELATED LINKS
Changing the default staff/system spacing on page 371
Per-layout vertical spacing options on page 408
Moving instruments on page 107
Changing the distance between bar numbers and the staff/other
objects
You can change the minimum distance between bar numbers and the staff, and set a separate
value for the distance between bar numbers and other objects, in each layout independently. For
example, you can position bar numbers further from the staff/other objects in full score layouts
than in part layouts.
PROCEDURE
1. Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L to open Layout Options.
2. In the Layouts list, select the layouts in which you want to change the minimum distance of
bar numbers from the staff.
By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog.
You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar, Shift -clicking
adjacent layouts, and
Ctrl/Cmd -clicking individual layouts.
3.
Click Bar Numbers in the category list.
4.
Optional: In the Placement subsection, change the value for Minimum distance from staff.
The default value is 2 spaces.
5.
Optional: In the Placement subsection, change the value for Minimum distance from
other objects.
The default value is 3/4 of a space.
6.
Click Apply, then Close.
Bar numbers
Positions of bar numbers
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12