When a piece begins with a pickup, bar one is usually considered to be the following (full) bar. But NWC counts the incomplete bar with the pickup as bar one. Is there a way to adjust this?
And second, is there any way to extend the title field to have a second line for a dedication or subtitle?
Many thanks,
Peter
Set File->Page Setup...->Options->Measure Start: to zero. If you are going to use Audit Barlines, it is best to put invisible rests in measure 0 to make it a complete measure or put invisible Time signatures in.
The title field cannot be extended. You can hang Text on one of the upper staves to simulate a subtitle. The difficulty is keeping it centered on the page.
As for the first question, go to
File
Page Setup...
Options tab
Measure start (at the very bottom of the dialog)
set it to 0
As for the second question, there was a thread about this, but I can't search for it right now.
Hafta get my kid to a gig...
If you are using NWC2, you can also select the pickup bar line and use Edit->Properties to enable the "Exclude from Bar Count" option.
Thanks very much,
Peter
You can use a minus number for a pick-up or an intro. Don't hit the ok button.
Good discovery. Too bad it won't work in NWC2
Seems to for me - hit "preview" before you hit "close"... Dunno if it will save...
Just checked - it saves! This is a good one!
It definitely works in my copy of NWC2... See attached... (a shortened extract of a piece I've been using to practice from)
Oh,
that "preview"
I was clicking on the
Preview tab rather than the
Preview... button .
mea culpa
My bet is that this will be 'fixed' in the next update.
If you try this technique for
Page Numbering it will cause the page numbers not to display.
Flaky. The
Preview... button shouldn't bypass routines like that.
Ya get that :)
No bet - BTW, if you go back into |Page|Setup| it reverts it to "0"...
True, though it does suggest that a simple programatic change would allow negative bar numbers. Thus it becomes a policy decision...
In reality, in NWC 2 there is a very easy workaround for bar numbering - start from "0" and then set however many barlines you need to be effectively less than "0" to be un-numbered...
As for page numbers, I personally don't see any advantage for negative ones, though that doesn't mean there isn't one.
Not working for me.
Message says "Number is out of range" or something like that, no matter how I try to close the window.
G'day Kevin,
try these steps:
- Click Page Setup button
- Type -2 or something like that into the "Measure Start" box
- Click the "Preview" button
- Close the preview
- Click the "Close" button - NOT the "OK" button
Problem is, next time you go into page setup it will revert to zero...
This probably will/should be fixed - the real advantage that could have been gained from negative bar numbers is largely negated by the "don't count me" parameter now available for bar lines.
Ummm... I don't see a "Preview" button.
Lawrie and I were refering to
NWC2.
That explains it.
Now that my system has crashed, I will need to reload NWC, so I'll probably get the CD this time, which will then allow me to get v2...
[typos fixed...]