Time Signature dialog box
How to get there
Choose the Time Signature tool 
and double-click a measure.
What it does
In this dialog box you can specify a new meter for the measure you clicked (and following measures). PrintMusic will default to a time signature of 
in the few cases where PrintMusic needs a default setting.
- Number of Beats • Beat Duration. Use the upper scroll bar to specify the upper number of the time signature—the number of beats in each measure. Use the lower scroll bar to specify the lower number of the time signature—the rhythmic value of each beat. For greatest control, click the right and left arrow buttons to change the number one increment at a time. The way that you define your meter is very important, because it also governs beaming in the affected region.
- Measure ___ Through ___. Click this option, and then specify the range of measures you want to be affected by this new time signature by entering their numbers in these text boxes. PrintMusic will display the measures numbers for any region you have drag-selected in these text boxes.
- Measure ___ Through End of Piece. If you want the meter to be changed from the measure you clicked all the way to the end of the document, click this option. (In the text box, PrintMusic proposes the measure you originally clicked.)
- Measure ___ To Next Time Change. If you want the meter to be changed from the measure you clicked until the next measure with a different time signature, click this option. (In the text box, Print proposes the measure you originally clicked.)
- Abbreviate. Use the Abbreviate checkbox to specify whether to abbreviate () or not (
) in a particular occurrence of a time signature. You can decide whether or not to use the symbols ( or 
) each time a cut or common time signature appears in your music. This capability lets you easily mix and (or and 
) in one piece. Here’s an example. Perhaps you normally use the symbols for common and cut time in a piece, but you occasionally need to use bot cut and common time in the same piece. Edit the time signatures in the measure where you want to change their appearance, and choose the appropriate option.
- OK • Cancel. Click OK (or press RETURN) to exit this dialog box and change the time signature in the specified measures.Click Cancel to exit this dialog box without changing the meter.
