Note spacing: centering notes of bar-lenght duration(education exercise)

[lagofe7]

Dear All,

I’m working on an exercise, and I would like to have the whole note centered in the bar. Any hint?

Thank you so much in advance,

[dan_kreider]

Yep I’ve done this often.

1. Set note spacing to something like 1 1/2.
2. Switch to note spacing tool
3. Grab all handles on the whole notes only, not the handles on the barlines (you can do it with a careful marquee-select, click and drag).
4. Ctrl-Alt-Right arrow

[lagofe7]

I’m sorry dankreider, but I haven’t managed to do it
“1. Set note spacing to something like 1 1/2.”

I assume is in Setup>Layout options>Note Spacing>Default space for crochet

• When I do that, the staves are shortened:

Chords 2.dorico.zip (2.2 MB)

2. Switch to note spacing tool

In Engrave?

I tried with the last two steps, but with no luck:

3. Grab all handles on the whole notes only, not the handles on the barlines (you can do it with a careful marquee-select, click and drag).
4. Ctrl-Alt-Right arrow

I beg your pardon for my dumbness

Could you please help me again?

Thank you so much in advance,

[dan_kreider]

1. In Note Spacing, make sure you have systems set to justify even if they’re below a certain percentage.

Are you on Mac or PC?

[dan_kreider]

Here’s a screen grab of what I mean. I’m using Alt-Right arrow. If you want to move by larger increments, it’s Ctrl-Alt-arrow, or Cmd-Alt-arrow on Mac):

The reason you need to set the note spacing lower is because this action I’m demonstrating above will cause the system to become over-full.

Here’s what you need to change for making sure the systems stretch to the end of the frame:

[lagofe7]

Thank you soooo much! It has finally worked!

Have a lovely day!