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master repeats and numbers

Dear Forum

When the master repeat is placed in the middle of a bar I have to dived it
in order to get two halves. NWC will count those two halves as "full" bars. Therefore I get 2 numbers there: one for the first half and another to the other.
Is there any way to have repeat signs within a bar and avoid the described
bar counting matter?

Re: master repeats and numbers

Reply #1 –
At the moment, NWC counts any bar line that has notes between it and the bar line that precedes it, and there is no way to avoid this count change.

Re: master repeats and numbers

Reply #2 –
Ok

Maybe some update in future will feature the option:
"Ignore on counting" in bar-lines properties.

All the best

Paulo

Re: master repeats and numbers

Reply #3 –
Until that "Ignore on counting" thing happens (which would be FANTASTIC) I have found myself replacing the real barline right before the repeat sign with a text item - a fake barline - so that it doesn't count.
I avoid writing music that has half-bars in it in the first place, but when you have to make a part for a piece you're playing in orchestra, and it's already there, and the guy who wrote it has been dead for like a hundred years, there ain't nothin' you can do about it.

Re: master repeats and numbers

Reply #4 –
Good tip.
I've tried it myself.

Thank you

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Reply #5 –
How do you add a bar as text? Is it properly sized for the staff? What font do you use?

Re: master repeats and numbers

Reply #6 –
I use a font I made (am still making) myself, but most any font will do if you use the | symbol (just beneath the Backspace key).  The sizing might take some tweaking (in my font, you just set the font size to match the staff size).