Changing the position of octave line numerals relative to accidentals

You can change whether the numerals at the start of individual octave lines are positioned on noteheads or accidentals, 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

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

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

Procedure

  1. Select the octave lines whose numeral alignment relative to accidentals you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate L position in the Octave Lines group.
  3. Choose one of the following options:

    • Notehead

    • Accidental

Result

The alignment of the numerals of the selected octave lines is changed. For example, if you choose Accidental, the octave line numerals are aligned with the accidental on the first noteheads to which the octave lines apply. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.

Tip

You can change the default alignment of all octave line numerals project-wide in the Horizontal Position section of the Octave Lines page in Engrave > Engraving Options.