Fixing the current appearance of figured bass

You can fix the current appearance of individual figured bass figures; for example, if you input them with the input setting Follow Engraving Options but want to keep their current appearance, regardless of future changes you make to figured bass engraving options.

Prerequisite

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

Procedure

  1. Select the figured bass figures whose current appearance you want to fix. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. Choose Edit > Notations > Figured Bass > Force Current Appearance.

Result

The current appearance of the selected figures is fixed, meaning they are not affected by any future changes to figured bass engraving options.

Tip

You can assign a key command for Force Current Appearance on the Key Commands page in Preferences.