Changing the style of ties

You can change the style of individual ties. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains. By default, all ties are solid.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing Graphic Editing button is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

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

Procedure

  1. Select the ties whose style you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
    Note

    • In Write mode, you can only select whole tie chains. In Engrave mode, you can select individual ties within tie chains.

    • Any changes to tie chains in Write mode only affect the first tie in the chain.

  2. In the Properties panel, activate Style in the Ties group.
  3. Select one of the following options from the menu:

    • Solid

    • Dashed

    • Dotted

    • Half-dashed start

    • Half-dashed end

    • Editorial

Result

The style of the selected ties is changed. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.

Tip

You can set the precise parameters of each of these options project-wide on the Ties page in Engraving Options. For example, you can change the length and width of the stroke in Editorial ties, the diameter of dots and length of dashes, and the sizes of the gaps between dots and dashes.