How to get there
Click the Repeat Tool 
. The
Repeat Menu appears.
What it does
The repeat menu allows you to easily
add repeat markings to a selected region of your score and edit existing
repeats.
- Create Simple Repeat. Select a region
of measures and then select this option to enclose the area in repeat
barlines. A forward repeat bar appears at the beginning of the selected
region and a backward repeat appears at the end of the selected region.
- Create
First and Second Ending. Select the measure(s) you want to include in
a first ending and then choose this menu item to create a first and second
ending automatically. The first ending appears above the selected region.
A backward repeat bar appears at the end of the selected region, and a
second ending appear over the measure following the backward repeat bar.
This repeat is automatically defined for playback. When playback reaches
the backward repeat bar, it will jump back to the nearest forward repeat
bar (or the beginning of the score if a forward repeat bar does not exist
earlier in the score), and then skip over the first ending to the second
ending on the second pass.
- Create
Ending. Select a measure and choose this option to open the Create Ending
dialog box where you can configure settings for a repeat ending. Click
OK to place the ending over the selected measures. See Create
Ending dialog box.
- Create
Forward Repeat Bar. Select a measure and choose this option to add a forward
repeat bar at the beginning of the measure. Forward repeat bars do not
contain any information for playback. They can be used as markers for
backward repeat bars and text repeats.
- Create
Backward Repeat Bar. Select a measure and choose this option to add a
backward repeat at the end of the selected measure. Double-click the handle
on the backward repeat bar to open theBackward
Repeat Bar Assignment dialog box where you can assign playback attributes
for your repeat.
- Display
Endings and Text Repeats on Top Staff. Check this command to show ending
brackets and text repeats (such as D.S.
al Coda) on the top staff only. Changing this setting will not
update existing Text Repeats in the score - only newly created ones. Changing
this setting will update existing endings.
- Display
Endings and Text Repeats on All Staves. Check this command to show ending
brackets and text repeats (such as D.S.
al Coda) on all staves. Changing this setting will not update existing
endings and Text Repeats in the score, only newly created ones. Changing
this setting will update existing endings.
- Delete.
Choose this option to delete repeat barlines and text repeats in the selected
region.
