Changing the size of dashes/dots in slurs

You can change the length of dashes and the size of dots in dashed/dotted slurs individually, independently of your project-wide settings. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only or for all layouts and frame chains.
Note

These steps only apply to dashed/dotted slurs.

Prerequisite

  • Graphic Editing is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

  • You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

  1. In Engrave mode, select the dashed/dotted slurs whose dash length/dot size you want to change.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate one of the following properties in the Slurs group:

    • For dashed slurs, activate Dash length.

    • For dotted slurs, activate Dot size.

  3. Change the value in the value field.

Result

Increasing the value makes dashes longer and dots bigger, decreasing the value makes dashes shorter and dots smaller. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.

Tip

You can find options to set the default size of dashes/dots in all dashed/dotted slurs project-wide by clicking Advanced Options in the Design section of the Slurs page in Engrave > Engraving Options.