Showing system dividers

You can change the circumstances in which system dividers are shown, including specifying the minimum number of players required to show them, in each layout independently. For example, if you only want to show system dividers between systems that contain different numbers of staves.

Procedure

  1. Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L to open Layout Options.
  2. In the Layouts list, select the layouts in which you want to show system dividers.

    By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog. You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar, Shift-clicking adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd-clicking individual layouts.

  3. Click Staves and Systems in the page list.
  4. In the System Dividers section, choose one of the following options for Show system dividers:
    • When number of staves differs

    • When minimum number of players present

  5. Optional: If you selected When minimum number of players present, change the value for Minimum number of players.
  6. Click Apply, then Close.

Result

System dividers are shown between systems in all flows in the selected layouts that either contain the minimum number of players you set or contain different numbers of staves.