Hiding/Showing octave lines

You can hide/show individual octave lines in layouts of any transposition; for example, if some octave lines are only necessary in full scores to avoid ledger lines. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains.

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 octave lines you want to hide, or the signposts of octave lines you want to show. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate/deactivate Hide in the Octave Lines group.

Result

The selected octave lines 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 octave line. However, signposts are not printed by default.

Tip

  • You can hide/show octave line signposts by choosing View > Signposts > Octave Lines.

  • You can assign a key command for Hide/Show Item on the Key Commands page in Preferences.