To save you extra work, PrintMusic automatically places a default whole rest in every blank measure in the score. It’s important to understand the difference between one of these default whole rests and a real whole rest that you’ve entered yourself using any of PrintMusic’s music input methods.
For example, a chord or a lyric syllable may be attached to a real whole rest (although PrintMusic automatically skips rests when assigning lyrics by itself). Only a real whole rest can be moved up or down with the Speedy Entry tool.
PrintMusic considers a “real” whole rest an entry—something you placed in the score—just like a note or another kind of rest. Therefore, a real whole rest will not be part of a multimeasure rest when you extract parts; it will be placed in a measure by itself.
If Fill With Rests When Leaving Measure is checked in the Speedy Options dialog box, PrintMusic will automatically fill up any incomplete measure when you exit that measure. Note that PrintMusic does not convert empty measures to measures with actual whole rests.
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