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Hidden MMRs and Spacers

In the attached file the top staff is completely hidden so shouldn't affect the print-out in any way.

But, when the MMR bar lines and rests are 'printed' (third staff) then the spacers' shortening effect can only go as far as the length of the MMR bars as if they were actually visible.

To see this go into print preview and disable justify.

I discovered this inadvertently when the start of a voice part, which had lots of spacers to get it to fit and was preceded by a hidden MMR, wasn't showing the bar lines and rests at the start of the staff. I changed the properties of the MMR and suddenly the page layout was completely trashed :o 


Re: Hidden MMRs and Spacers

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When I worked on this a few years ago, I started with "default spacers" that force NWC to do what it would anyway.  From there the script can add or remove spacers as needed.

 Spacer.htm

Sorry I haven't converted that to a function yet.  Open it at the same time NWC is running.
Click on "How to Use" for instructions.  HTH
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