Adding a double barline in measure

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rimore01
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Post by rimore01 » Sun Mar 28, 2021 6:11 pm

One last question - everything else going perfectly. I am doing a hymn and each stanza in common time starts on beat 4. To delineate between stanzas, I want to add a double barline in between beat 3 and beat 4. I can do this easily but then beat 4 runs into the double barline and I can't seem to move the beat 4 note away from the barline. I know it can be done but perhaps I am going at it the wrong way? Many thanks.


KJ_Palmer
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Post by KJ_Palmer » Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:32 pm

You can select the note(s) after the double bar line and use the Inspector (Shift Ctrl I) to shift the X position away from the bar line. Something like X=2 looks ok in the little example I tried. There may of course be other (better) ways to do this however.
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rimore01
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Post by rimore01 » Mon Mar 29, 2021 2:32 am

Thank you! I was fooling around and I found "Split Measure" gave me a pretty good looking solution. I'll try it your way also. Appreciate it.

MikeLyons
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Post by MikeLyons » Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:15 am

The solution you have found for yourself is the most stable one. It won't get its panties bunched up when you reset or alter the spacing and you can put a double bar or key change there without it causing havoc with your layout.
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rimore01
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Post by rimore01 » Mon Mar 29, 2021 3:16 pm

Thank you Mike. Appreciate it. In a few minutes, if I keep on having trouble I am going to ask a new question about Activation. I upgraded to yearly Ultimate and seem to be in an endless loop. (I want to add text to a hymn and 7.5 won't do it because I am on latest Apple OS). I will not blame Sibelius, promise.

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