Lengthening/Shortening octave line hooks

You can change the length of individual octave line hooks, independently of your project-wide setting. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only or for all layouts and frame chains.

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 hook handles on the octave lines whose hooks you want to lengthen/shorten.
    Tip

    You can show handles on all items, not just selected items, by choosing Engrave > Show Handles > Always. This can make it easier to select individual handles on multiple items.

  2. Move the handles in any of the following ways:

    • Press Alt/Opt-Up Arrow to move them upwards.

    • Press Alt/Opt-Down Arrow to move them downwards.

      Tip

      If you want to move handles by larger increments, you can press Ctrl/Cmd as well as the standard key command, for example, Ctrl/Cmd-Alt/Opt-Up Arrow.

    • Click and drag them upwards/downwards.

Result

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

Tip

  • Hook length in the Octave Lines group of the Properties panel is activated automatically when you move octave line hooks. You can also use this property to lengthen/shorten octave line hooks by changing the value in the value field.

    Deactivating the property resets the selected octave lines to their default hook length.

  • You can change the default hook length for all octave lines project-wide by changing the value for Octave line hook length, which you can find by clicking Advanced Options in the Appearance section of the Octave Lines page in Engrave > Engraving Options.