Repeats (barlines and text indications)

1. Choose the Repeat tool .
2. Right-click the measure prior to the desired repeat barline and choose Create Backward Repeat Bar (or, click to select the measure and choose Repeat > Create Backward Repeat Bar).

   If a forward repeat bar does not appear earlier in the score, PrintMusic automatically jumps to the first measure upon reaching this repeat barline during playback.

Use these steps to create a simple repeat with both a forward and backward repeat bar.

1. Choose the Repeat tool .
2. Highlight the measures you would like to enclose within repeat barlines.(If the section is too large to see at once, click the first measure, and then hold down Shift and click the last measure of the desired region).
3. Right-click the highlighted region and select Create Simple Repeat. Or, choose Repeat > Create Simple Repeat. A forward and backward repeat barline appear on the first and last measure of the region respectively. Also, this section will repeat accordingly during playback.

Tip: If you have already placed a backward repeat bar, you can right-click the first measure of a repeated section and choose Create Forward Repeat Bar instead of using the above instructions.

1. Choose the Repeat tool ; then click the handle on the repeat barline (or any repeat indication) you want to remove.
2. Press the DELETE key (or, right-click a repeat handle and choose Delete). The repeat barline, ending, or text repeat (depending on what you clicked) disappears.

1. Choose the Repeat tool .
2. Double-click any handle. The Backward Repeat Bar Assignment or Edit Ending dialog box appears.
3. Make the desired changes, and then click OK (or press ENTER).

When you create a repeat barline, it’s ordinarily drawn as a solid line across the space between any grouped staves (those connected by a bracket, for example). If you prefer, you can instruct PrintMusic not to draw the barline continuously through the space between staves.

1. Choose the Staff tool , and double-click the staff that’s just below the space where you want to omit the barline. The Staff Attributes dialog box appears.
2. Select Break Barlines Between Staves.
3. Click OK.

If your score includes a piano part (for example), you normally won’t want ending brackets (such as a first ending bracket) to appear above both the treble and bass staves. Similarly, you would probably want a Text Repeat (such as “To Coda”) only to appear above the treble staff, not above both. To show endings and text repeats on the top staff only, choose Repeat > Display Endings and Text Repeats on Top Staff.