Hiding/Showing text items

You can hide/show individual text items. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains. For example, you can show specific text items in part layouts but hide them in full score layouts.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

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

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

Procedure

  1. Select the text items you want to hide, or the signposts of text items you want to show. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate/deactivate Hide in the Text group.

Result

The text items are hidden when Hide is activated, and shown when it is deactivated. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.

Signposts are shown at the position of each hidden text item. However, signposts are not printed by default.

Tip

  • You can hide/show text signposts by choosing View > Signposts > Text.

  • You can assign a key command for Hide/Show Item on the Key Commands page in Preferences, which applies to chord symbols, playing techniques, figured bass, text items, and time signatures.