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● Select an item at the rhythmic position where you want to input a time signature with

custom beat grouping. If you want to input a time signature with custom beat grouping

on a single staff, select an item that belongs to that staff only.

2. Optional: If you want to input a time signature with custom beat grouping onto multiple

specic staves at once, extend the caret to those staves.

3. Optional: If you want Dorico Elements to add beats at the end of the region affected by the

new time signature if required, press

I to activate Insert mode.

4. Press Shift-M to open the time signatures popover.

5. Enter the division you want in square brackets into the popover.

For example, to divide a 7/8 time signature into 2+3+2, enter [2+3+2]/8 into the popover. To

divide a 5/4 time signature into 2+3 rather than 3+2, enter [2+3]/4 into the popover.

Input the time signature and close the popover in one of the following ways:

● To input a time signature on all staves, press Return .

● To input a time signature only on the selected staff or staves across which the caret

extends, press Alt/Opt-Return .

RESULT

The time signature specied is input and beam and beat grouping in subsequent bars follows the

division you

specied.

TIP

You can change the appearance of numerators in individual time signatures so that they show a

single number or beat groups.