Hiding/Showing time signatures

You can hide/show time signatures without deleting them from your project.

Procedure

  1. Select the time signatures you want to hide/show. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate/deactivate Hide time signature in the Time Signatures group.

Result

The selected time signatures are hidden when Hide time signature is activated, and shown when it is deactivated.

Note

Hidden time signatures do not take up any rhythmic space, so hiding/showing time signatures affects note spacing.

Signposts are shown at the positions of each time signature so you can always find them again. However, signposts are not printed by default.

Tip

You can hide/show time signature signposts by choosing View > Signposts > Time Signatures. Time signature signposts are shown when a tick appears beside Time Signatures in this menu.

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.