Lengthening/Shortening pedal line hooks

You can change the length of hooks shown at the start/end of pedal lines individually, independently of each other and 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.

For example, if you have a pedal line with a hook at the start/end, you can make the end hook longer without changing the length of the start hook.

Note

These steps only apply to pedal lines that have a hook as their start sign and/or end sign.

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 top handle at the start/end of the pedal 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 pedal 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

  • The following properties in the Pedal Lines group of the Properties panel are activated automatically when you move the corresponding pedal line hook:

    • Start hook length changes the length of hooks at the start of pedal lines.

    • End hook length changes the length of hooks at the end of pedal lines.

    You can also use these properties to lengthen/shorten pedal line hooks by changing the values in the value fields.

    Deactivating the properties resets the selected pedal lines to their default hook length.

  • You can change the default hook length for all pedal lines project-wide by changing the value for Hook length in the Design section of the Pedal Lines page in Engrave > Engraving Options. This value applies to hooks at the start/end of pedal lines.