User manual

You can choose to print time signature signposts if you activate View options in the
Annotations section of the Print Options panel on the right of the window in Print mode.
● You can assign a key command for Hide/Show Item on the Key Commands page in
Preferences, which applies to chord symbols, playing techniques, gured bass, text objects,
and time signatures.
RELATED LINKS
Note spacing on page 406
Signposts on page 349
Input methods for time signatures and pick-up bars on page 220
Changing the design of time signatures
You can change the design of time signatures in each layout independently, including changing
the font style used for them, for example, if you want to use a plain font for time signatures in
full score layouts but the standard time signature font 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 design of time
signatures.
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 Time Signatures in the category list.
4. Choose one of the following options for Time signature design:
● Normal
● Narrow, serif
● Narrow, sans serif
● Plain font
5. Click Apply, then Close.
RESULT
The design of time signatures in the selected layouts is changed. If you choose Plain font, time
signatures use a different font style than the one used for the other options.
Deleting time signatures
You can delete time signatures without affecting the relative rhythmic positions of notes.
PROCEDURE
1.
In Write mode, select one of the following:
● The time signatures you want to delete.
● The signposts of hidden time signatures you want to delete.
2.
Press Backspace or Delete .
Time signatures
Changing the design of time signatures
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