# Bar numbers horizontal offset?

**URL:** <https://forums.steinberg.net/t/bar-numbers-horizontal-offset/134595>\
**Category:** Dorico\
**Created:** [October 10, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/bar-numbers-horizontal-offset/134595 "2019-10-10T10:13:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![benwiggy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/benwiggy/32/1715_2.png) [@benwiggy](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/benwiggy)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/bar-numbers-horizontal-offset/134595/1 "2019-10-10T10:13:38Z")

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Now that we can put bar numbers above staves within a system, is there (or could we have?) a horizontal offset so the numbers aren’t jammed up against the barline?

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**Author:** ![dspreadbury](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/dspreadbury/32/328687_2.png) [@dspreadbury](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/dspreadbury)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/bar-numbers-horizontal-offset/134595/2 "2019-10-10T10:15:13Z")

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You can adjust the bar numbers individually in Engrave mode, but there’s no option for this at the moment.

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**Author:** ![mducharme](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/mducharme/32/274915_2.png) [@mducharme](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/mducharme)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/bar-numbers-horizontal-offset/134595/3 "2019-10-10T13:21:30Z")

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> [@benwiggy](#):
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> Now that we can put bar numbers above staves within a system, is there (or could we have?) a horizontal offset so the numbers aren’t jammed up against the barline?

You can give them a horizontal offset by setting a “first line indent” for the “bar numbers (score)” Paragraph Style while in Engrave mode.

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**Author:** ![benwiggy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/benwiggy/32/1715_2.png) [@benwiggy](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/benwiggy)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/bar-numbers-horizontal-offset/134595/4 "2019-10-10T15:48:15Z")

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> [@mducharme](#):
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> You can give them a horizontal offset by setting a “first line indent” for the “bar numbers (score)” Paragraph Style while in Engrave mode.

Of course! Brilliant. Thank you.