Changing the timecode frequency

You can show timecodes at different intervals in layouts in which timecodes are shown on a separate staff. For example, you can show timecodes every bar in full score layouts but only at the start of each system in part layouts.

Note

We do not recommend that you show timecodes every bar in layouts with multi-bar rests, as the result is illegible overlapping timecodes. If you want to show timecodes in part layouts with multi-bar rests, we recommend either showing timecodes only at the start of each system or not showing multi-bar rests in the layout.

Prerequisite

Markers are shown in the selected layouts.

Procedure

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

    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 Markers and Timecode in the page list.
  4. Optional: If the selected layouts do not show timecodes on a separate staff, choose Timecode staff for Vertical position.
  5. Choose one of the following options for Timecode frequency on timecode staff:
    • Start of system

    • Every bar

    • Never

  6. Click Apply, then Close.