Changing the staff-relative placement of beams

Dorico Pro Help

Product

Dorico Pro

Version

5.1

Language

English

Document type

Webhelp

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You can change the side of the staff on which beams appear by forcing the stem direction to change. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains.

Prerequisite

If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing is selected in the Engrave toolbox.
You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

Select at least one note in each of the beamed phrases whose staff-relative placement you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
Force the stem direction of notes in the selected beams in any of the following ways:
- Choose Edit > Notations > Stem > Force Stem Up.
- Choose Edit > Notations > Stem > Force Stem Down.
Tip
- You can also choose these options from the context menu.
- You can also change the staff-relative placement of selected beams by pressing F.

Result

The beam appears on the side of the staff that corresponds to its forced stem direction. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.