Using Multiple Measure Rests

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Using Multiple Measure Rests

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Throughout a score, wherever there are two or more measures with only rests for all of the staves, you can specify whether each measure will be displayed with a whole measure rest, or whether all measures are collapsed into a multiple measure rest. The following is an example of a two-measure rest:

MultipleMeasureRest

prcarrow To display multiple measure rests:

B848In the Format menu, turn on the check mark for Collapse Multiple Measure Rests.

    -- OR --

    Type "qcmr" for Quick Collapse Multiple Rests.

prcarrow To display each measure with its own whole measure rest:

B848Turn off the check mark for Collapse Multiple Measure Rests in the Format menu.