Project-wide engraving options for octave lines

You can find options for the project-wide appearance of octave lines on the Octave Lines page in Engrave > Engraving Options.

The options on this page allow you to change the appearance of continuation lines, continuation labels, the numeral at the start of octave lines, the position of octave lines relative to accidentals and noteheads, and their placement relative to the staff.

There are musical examples for many options to demonstrate how they affect the appearance of your music.

You can open Engraving Options in any of the following ways:

  • Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-E in any mode.

  • Choose Engrave > Engraving Options in Engrave mode.

You can then click Octave Lines in the page list on the left of the dialog.