Too Many Rests

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**I have too many rests in one Bar in Dorico pro 5 on MacOS

Please tell me how to straighten this out.

Thank you.

Minna_Mansky**

Please, provide the file for fast and effective help.

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It looks to me like you inadvertently created a pickup bar with 8 quarters.
I suggest the following: create a new 4/4 meter at the beginning, then via the system track delete the now newly created empty second bar.

@Minna_Mansky
While I was preparing my little video, @klafkid suggested already the solution. Here anyway the video, in case it could be helpful:

@Minna_Mansky your posts always make me smile (in a good way).