Lengthening/Shortening lyric extender lines and hyphens
You can lengthen/shorten individual lyric extender lines and lyric hyphens. Lengthening/Shortening lyric hyphens increases/decreases the space in which lyric hyphens are shown.
The start handles of lyric extender lines and hyphens are attached to the lyrics from which they extend. If you move those lyrics, the start handles also move.
Procedure
Result
The length of the selected lyric extender lines is changed. For example, moving the start handle of a lyric extender line to the right without moving the end handle makes the line shorter.
Lengthening/Shortening lyric hyphens does not change the size or shape of the hyphens themselves. Instead, you increase/decrease the distance between the handles in which hyphens can appear.
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Depending on your settings for the size of gaps relating to hyphens in the Hyphens section of the Lyrics page in , more/fewer hyphens can appear in the space when you lengthen/shorten lyric hyphens.
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The following properties in the Lyrics group of the Properties panel are activated if you move the corresponding handle on lyric extender lines and hyphens:
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Line start X moves the start handles of lyric extender lines and hyphens horizontally.
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Line end X moves the end handles of lyric extender lines and hyphens horizontally.
For example, if you move a whole lyric extender line to the right, both handles are moved so both properties are activated. You can also use these properties to move lyric extender lines and hyphens graphically by changing the values in the value fields.
Deactivating the properties resets the selected lyric extender lines and hyphens to their default positions.
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