Vertically Repositioning Rests

Dorico
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Not to be overly stupid here, but how do I go about quickly fixing the messed up vertical rest spacing between the multiple-voices in my guitar score?

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I can’t drag them into place? I understand I have to be in “Engrave” Mode, but do I really need to individually click on every single one one-at-a-time, go to properties, click on offset, and then manually enter a number-value into Y-offset? Is there a faster way where I can just drag them with the mouse or use the arrow keys to bump them up into place?

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I’m not saying it’s quicker, because it still involves the Properties panel, but I think you want to use the “Rest position” setting instead of the Y offset. Every 2 steps of that setting moves the rest up by a space.

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Thanks!
Like you said, not because it was much less to do, but at least when I highlighted only the rest and then switched on the “Properties>Notes and Rests> Rest Position” switch, about 90% of the time, the rest-symbol just jumped exactly where I wanted it to go.

Is it possible to make the rests move vertically by fractions like ½ spaces or is it only whole-numbers?

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Looks like it’s just whole numbers – which makes sense, since rests are always anchored to a line or a space.

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The integers represent half-spaces – like scale steps.

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