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Showing vertical lines before grace notes
You can position individual vertical lines so they appear to the left of grace notes. By default,
vertical lines are positioned after grace notes, that is, between grace notes and normal notes.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the vertical lines you want to show before grace notes.
2. In the Properties panel, activate Line before grace notes in the Vertical Lines group.
RESULT
The selected vertical lines are positioned before grace notes.
Deactivating Line before grace notes shows the selected vertical lines after grace notes again.
EXAMPLE
Vertical line after grace notes Vertical line before grace notes
Changing the placement of horizontal lines
You can show individual horizontal lines above, below, or inside the staff. By default, horizontal
lines are placed above the staff.
NOTE
These steps only apply to barline-/rhythmic position-attached horizontal lines.
PROCEDURE
1.
Select the horizontal lines whose placement you want to change.
2.
In the Properties panel, activate Placement in the Horizontal Lines group.
3.
Select one of the following options from the menu:
● Above
● Below
● Inside staff
RESULT
The placement of the selected horizontal lines is changed. Horizontal lines inside the staff are
centered on the middle staff line by default.
Lines
Positions of lines
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