Repeat tool
Using this tool,
you can create and edit repeat signs and text repeats (such as D.S. al
Coda) in your score. These repeats can be defined for playback, if you
wish, so that PrintMusic, playing back your score, responds to them just as
a musician would.
Use this tool to
create first and second endings, and functional Coda and D.S. symbols.
Special mouse clicks
- Double-click
a measure to display the Repeat Selection box, where you can create
either a repeat barline or a text repeat to insert into the score (and
define it for playback, if you wish).
- Click
a text repeat handle to select it; shift-click to select an additional
one. Press delete to remove any selected text repeats.
- Drag
a text repeat handle to move the text repeat in any direction (in
all staves simultaneously).
- Click
a repeat barline handle to select it; press delete to remove it.
- Drag
a repeat barline bracket handle up or down to make the bracket
taller or shorter (or, in the case of the open end of the bracket, drag
left or right to lengthen or shorten the bracket).
- Double-click
a repeat barline handle (or its bracket handle) to display its
Repeat Bar Assignment dialog box, where you can change the playback effects
of the repeat barline.
Contextual menus
Contextual menus are reached by right-clicking on a measure or the
handle of an object. A contextual menu will be displayed where you can
select various items. Some context commands, such as Create Simple Repeat
requires a measure selection. See Selecting
music.
Measure selection contextual menu for repeats
menu item
|
What it does
|
Create Simple Repeat
|
Encloses selected measures with repeat
barlines
|
Create First and Second Ending
|
Adds a first ending on selected measure(s)
and a second ending on the measure following the selection
|
Create Ending
|
Opens the Create Ending dialog box where
you can define a repeat ending on the highlighted measures
|
Create Forward Repeat Bar
|
Creates a forward repeat bar
|
Create Backward Repeat Bar
|
Creates a backward repeat bar
|
Delete
|
Deletes all repeat barlines, endings, and
text repeats in selected region
|
Backward repeat barline handles
menu item
|
What it does
|
Edit Repeat Assignment
|
Displays the Backward Repeat Assignment
dialog box or the Ending Repeat Bar Assignment dialog box
|
Delete
|
Removes selected repeat
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For further information, see the Repeat
Selection dialog box.
See Also:
Repeats
(barlines and text indications)
Main tool
palette