Where is the measure offset setting?
Sorry to bother. I always have trouble finding this feature! I want the first measure in my score to be larger than one. Where do I do that? I've done it before, and found it by trial and error before, too, but now I can't find it at all!!
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Right-click the measure, then Measure Properties.
In reply to Right-click the measure,… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks, Marc!
I always look in Format: Style: Measure Numbers. Obviously, it isn't there. Then I am stumped. I am guessing there are good reasons not to put it there.
In reply to Thanks, Marc! I always look… by Timborino
Indeed, a very good reason: a style setting would be score wide, so there would be no way to specify different offsets for different measures. You'd be limited to only being able to set a single offset for a single measure (presumably the first). But that's not the only use for this setting. Plenty of situations exist where you might need to use the offset on some other measures in the middle of a score.