Honoring the "invisible barline" between beats 2 and 3 in 4/4

I’m struggling to find the words for this question so I hope the answer is actually easy.

I’m a believer in showing the divide in a measure between beat 2 and 3 in 4/4. In a chart I’m writing today, I have three quarter notes hitting on the and of 1, and of 2, and the and of 3. I would typically divide the middle quarter into two tied 8ths to show the split between beat 2 and 3 to improve sight reading accuracy.

Is there a setting in one of the options menus I can use to have this be automatic, so I don’t have to force duration?

Sure. Notation Options > Note Grouping > Syncopation.

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Thanks pianoleo! I knew it’d be easy.