I’ve been using the line menu to insert some horizontal brackets above the top stave of a full score to indicate optionally omitted bars etc. The brackets show in Write Mode but not in Engrave or Print modes. I’ve tried experiments with the other line options, both horizontal and vertical and they …

Can you post an example document, or show screenshots of the settings of the Line, at least?

Apologies for my ineptitude … [Write Mode] [Engrave Mode] [Print Mode]

Ah, if those staves are condensed, lines won’t appear on them - it’s a known limitation currently, I’m afraid. [image] Condensing - Line and Rest Troubles Dorico I’m sorry to say that at the moment, the new horizontal, note-attached and vertical lines introduced in Dorico…

Thank you Lillie – you’re absolutely correct but I’d not managed to find this response elsewhere. What a shame. I imagine there’s no way around this then and it will all have to be done by text! Condensing is such a boon for a large score, which this is.

While you’re here, Lille, might you be able to say whether there is any easy way to add a false bar line across a score to indicate the start of a new tempo on, say, the fourth beat oin 4/4? I know I can split the bar into 3/4 + 1/4 but I wondered whether Dorico had a simple way to add a graphical d…

Have you tried moving the caret to the beat in question and using the SHIFT+B popover to add it (the pipe character | )?

That’s brilliant – thank you. I’ve searched a good deal for an answer to mid-measure barlines but simply couldn’t find one. It simply didn’t occur to me that this was an option. – much appreciated!

Just to add to @Derrek 's post. You can also add mid-bar repeat barlines using the shift-b method. Use colons and pipe (eg. :|:) This is useful for all those repeat sections that start/end with an upbeat.

Excellent – thank you! I’m not sure that this is noted in the relevant page of the ‘manual’ but I might have missed it.

You can input barlines anywhere like all other notations. However, as barlines are linked to the meter, normal barlines that you input in the middle of existing bars are treated like a hidden time signature and can affect subsequent music, as mentioned here (although admittedly this isn’t my favouri…

Lines not showing in Engrave Mode

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Lillie_Harris July 12, 2021, 2:47pm 4

Ah, if those staves are condensed, lines won’t appear on them - it’s a known limitation currently, I’m afraid.