Staff tool: Staff Handles in Page View
When you click the Staff tool in Page View, SongWriter automatically displays one or two handles on each staff. Drag the top staff handle (or single handle, if only one appears) to adjust the staff's global position: SongWriter adjusts the spacing for every staff system in the piece. SongWriter adjusts the position of the staff in Scroll View as well.
If you've selected Allow Individual Staff Spacing from the Page Layout Menu, two handles appear on each staff in the staff system. Drag the bottom handle to adjust the position of the staff in the current staff system only.
You can select more than one handle at once by holding the shift key and clicking the handles. You can also drag-select any visible handles in Page View, selecting either all the top or all the bottom handles as desired. In staff systems displaying more than one handle, you will notice that drag-selecting around several staves tends to select the top handles only. If you position the mouse carefully so that your selection includes just the bottom handle, you can drag-select around as many bottom handles as you wish.
Brackets
You can remove brackets on staves by selecting the bracket handle then pressing the delete key. To check on the status of a staff and its bracket, ctrl-click its handle to display the Add Bracket dialog box. A staff can have more than one bracket. If you want to change the bracket, double-click on the bracket handle. If you wish to add a bracket to that system only, highlight the lower staff handles to be included. Then right-click on a handle or choose Add Bracket from the Staff Menu.
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