Measure tool

• Double-click the Measure tool to add a single new blank measure at the end of the score.
• OPTION-click the Measure tool to display the Add Measures dialog box, in which you can tell PrintMusic how many new blank measures you want to appear at the end of the score.
• OPTION-click the measure to display all measure numbers defined for a measure (even if no numbers are currently showing in the measure).
• OPTION+SHIFT-click a measure to add measure numbers to that measure in every staff.
• Click a measure number’s handle, shift-click an additional handle, or drag-enclose several handles to select specific measure numbers (with "Dragging Selects Number Handles" selected).
• Select a measure number’s handle and press delete, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete from the contextual menu to remove a measure number. PrintMusic hides the measure number for that measure in that staff only (not for every measure above or below it).
• Drag a selected handle to reposition the measure number (and any other selected measure numbers. If auto-constrain dragging is not selected, press shift to constrain dragging.
• Select the measure number’s handle, then press backspace, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Restore Default Positioning from the contextual menu to reset a manually positioned measure number back to its default position. PrintMusic moves the measure number back to its original position as defined in the Measure Number dialog box for the measure number map.
• Drag a selected handle to reposition the measure number (and any other selected measure numbers).
• Double-click a measure, or right/CONTROL-click the top handle and select Edit Measure Attributes from the contextual menu to display the Measure Attributes dialog box. (You can also double-click a measure’s handle or select a handle and press enter.)
• Drag the top barline handle right or left to make the measure wider or narrower. If you’re in Page View, the measure to the right of the barline gets narrower or wider to compensate.

Contextual menus are reached by right/CONTROL-clicking on the handle of an object. A contextual menu will be displayed where you can select various items.

Measure tool

Menu item	What it does
Add One Measure	Adds one measure to the score
Add Measures	Displays the Add Measures dialog box

Measures

Menu item	What it does
Edit Measure Attributes	Opens the Measure Attributes dialog box where you can edit measures.
Barline submenu	Opens the barline submenu where you can select a new barline style.
Multimeasure Rest submenu	Opens the Multimeasure rest submenu where you can create, remove, or edit multimeasure rests.
Cut	Places the selected music on the Clipboard and simultaneously removes it from the document. See Edit menu.
Copy	Places a duplicate of the selected music on the Clipboard. See Edit menu.
Insert	Inserts whatever music you've cut or copied to the Clipboard between two existing beats or measures. See Edit menu.
Paste	Pastes whatever music you've cut or copied to the Clipboard to paste over (replace) the selected music in the target file. See Edit menu.
Move/Copy Layers	Opens the Move/Copy Layers dialog box where you can move and/or copy layers.
Clear All Items	Clears all items in the selected region.
Transpose	Opens the Transpose dialog box where you can choose an interval to transpose the selected region.
Add Measures	Opens the Add Measures dialog box where you can choose the number of measures to add.
Insert Measure Stack	Opens the Insert Measures dialog box where you can choose the number of measures to insert.
Delete Measure Stack	Deletes the measure stack.
Key Signature	From this submenu, choose a key signature for the selected measure(s).
Time Signature	From this submenu, choose a time signature for the selected measure(s).
Clef	Opens the Change Clef dialog box where you can select a clef
Alternate Notation	Displays the Alternate Notation submenu where you can apply or clear alternate notation
Repeats	Displays the Repeat submenu where you can define or remove repeats.

Measure Numbers

Menu item	What it does
Restore Defaults	Restores default measure number settings
Show Measure Number	Shows the selected measure number
Hide Measure Number	Hides the selected measure number