How do I delete bars rest?

Dorico
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Hi

I have read previous posts of how to delete bars through shift B and -1. However, this doesn’t seem to be working.

I have an open metered section and want a bar rest. Adding a bar in open metre didn’t seem to work as the formatting of the rests was very odd, so I added a bars rest in 4/4 which seemed to solve the problem. However, I added two bars and now can’t seem to delete one without it deleting the others. I want to keep the 4/4 bar rest (bar 5 in screen shot) and delete bar 6. If I click on the G in the flute part in bar 5, go to shift B and -1, it deletes bar 5 and 6…

I am working on a macbook pro which is all updated, along with the latest version of Dorico.

Thanks.
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2

What happens if you select the rest in bar 6 and invoke the popover?

3

Why is there a fermata on the measure you want to delete? Have you tried removing that first?

4

Select the bar you want to delete and type SHIFT+b to invoke the popover, then type -1 in the popover. That should delete the bar along with the fermata.

5

Note that you cannot delete bars in an open meter passage, because there are by definition no bars there to delete. (Well, I suppose you could argue there is one bar, but in fact Dorico won’t delete the entire open meter section if you specify -1 in the Shift+B popover.)

6

Thanks - I’ve decided to rewrite this section…