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You can command a specified measure to begin a new system, no matter what the measure layout may be in other systems.

To create a system break

  1. Click the Measure tool ; double-click the barline handle of the measure you want to begin a new system. The Measure Attributes dialog box appears.
  2. Select Begin a New Staff System. Click OK (or press ENTER).
  3. Choose Edit > Update Layout. The specified measure now begins a new system. It will always begin a new system, no matter how the page layout changes.

 

 

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