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Hiding/Showing playing technique duration lines
You can hide/show duration lines for individual playing techniques. When hiding duration lines,
you can show nothing or sim.. When showing duration lines, you can show a line or repeat the
signs of glyph playing techniques. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only or
for all layouts and frame chains.
NOTE
These steps only apply to playing technique duration lines. They do not apply to playing
technique transition lines.
PREREQUISITE
The playing techniques whose duration lines you want to hide/show have duration.
You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.
PROCEDURE
1.
In Write mode, select the playing techniques whose duration lines you want to hide/show.
2.
In the Properties panel, activate Continuation type in the Playing Techniques group.
3. Select one of the following options from the menu:
None
sim.
Line
Repeat the signs (glyph playing techniques only)
RESULT
Duration lines are hidden after the selected playing techniques when you select None. When
you select
sim., duration lines are hidden and sim. is shown once after each selected playing
technique.
Duration lines are shown after the selected playing techniques when you select Line.
For glyph playing techniques, the playing technique is repeated for each note within the duration
automatically when you select Repeat the signs.
If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and
frame chain.
EXAMPLE
Duration line shown Duration line hidden Duration line hidden but
sim. shown
Signs repeated on each
note
RELATED LINKS
Changing the property scope on page 149
Copying property settings to other layouts/frame chains on page 395
Playing techniques
Playing technique continuation lines
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12