Changing the caps of playing technique continuation lines

You can change the caps of individual playing technique continuation lines independently of their line body styles. You can also change the caps of individual segments of playing technique continuation lines that continue across multiple systems.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • Graphic Editing Graphic Editing button is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

Procedure

  1. In Engrave mode, select the playing technique continuation lines whose caps you want to change.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate the following properties, individually or together, in the Playing Techniques group:

    • To change the cap at the start of the selected lines, activate Start cap.

    • To change the cap at the end of the selected lines, activate End cap.

    • To change the cap at the start of segments of the selected lines on subsequent systems, activate Continuation cap.

    • To change the cap at the end of segments of the selected lines on subsequent systems, activate Continuation end cap.

  3. Select the style you want from each menu.

Result

The corresponding caps of the selected playing technique continuation lines are changed.

Tip

You can change the default caps for the duration and transition lines for each playing technique in the Edit Playing Techniques dialog.

After Completing This Task

You can change the style of individual playing technique continuation lines.