Moving Barlines

You can move barlines with or without affecting the surrounding bars.

Prerequisite

Page Mode is activated.

Procedure

Do one of the following:
  • To move a barline without affecting the widths of the surrounding bars, hold down Ctrl/Cmd and drag a barline.

  • To move a barline and adjust the surrounding bars, drag a barline to the left or to the right.

  • To create an indent, drag the first or last barline on a staff. The sizes of all bars are adjusted proportionally.

  • To create indents on several lines, hold down Alt and drag the first or last barline in a system. All following systems get the same indent. If you want all lines on all pages to be modified in the same way, hold down Alt and drag the appropriate barline on the first system of the score.

  • To move a barline and all barlines below it accordingly, hold down Alt and drag a barline.