# Negative Bars

**URL:** <https://forums.steinberg.net/t/negative-bars/1041566>\
**Category:** Dorico\
**Created:** [September 18, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/negative-bars/1041566 "2026-09-18T11:28:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jiorgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@Jiorgy](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Jiorgy)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/negative-bars/1041566/1 "2026-09-18T11:28:02Z")

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Hello guys!

I inserted a “Dorico export” from Cubase to a new Dorico project and appeared some negative empty bars at the beginning of the project (-12 bars). So from the beginning of the project I have -12 empty bars and then starts the normal numbering (1, 2, 3 etc) for the rest of the bars till the end. When I try to delete these -12 Bars with the Shift+B method, then the normal numbering of the other bars changes as well. So, when I delete the -12 bars, then the bar that was supposed to be the bar No 1, unfortunately it becomes Bar No -12! Can somebody help me please?

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**Author:** ![jesele](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/jesele/32/1542_2.png) [@jesele](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/jesele)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/negative-bars/1041566/2 "2026-09-18T11:35:15Z")

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You can insert a bar number change. Select the bar number and right-click. Or select a note or rest in the first bar.

Jesper

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**Author:** ![Jiorgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@Jiorgy](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Jiorgy)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2026, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/negative-bars/1041566/3 "2026-09-19T11:06:19Z")

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Thank you Jesele! This worked fine