Moving Barlines

You can move barlines with or without affecting the surrounding bars.

Prerequisite

Page Mode is activated.

Procedure

  • Do one of the following:
    • To move a barline without affecting the widths of the surrounding bars, hold down Ctrl/Cmd and drag a barline.

    • To move a barline and adjust the surrounding bars, drag a barline to the left or to the right.

    • To create an indent, drag the first or last barline on a staff. The sizes of all bars are adjusted proportionally.

    • To create indents on several lines, hold down Alt/Opt and drag the first or last barline in a system. All following systems get the same indent. If you want all lines on all pages to be modified in the same way, hold down Alt/Opt and drag the appropriate barline on the first system of the score.

    • To move a barline and all barlines below it accordingly, hold down Alt/Opt and drag a barline.