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'''Line-breaks''' are usually calculated as necessary by MusiCAD. These line-breaks are called ''soft'' line-breaks. A variant on soft line-breaks occur whenever you limit the number of bars per line in the [[layout dialog]].
MusiCAD determines when a [[lines|line]] is 'full' on the basis of the score. This is called a '''soft line break''. Soft line breaks also occur when you have specified a fixed number of [[format|measures per line]].


However, you can force a line-break by inserting a ''hard'' (unconditional) line-break: [[File:linebreak.jpg|53x31px|linebreak.jpg]] using the bar line menu or {{key|ctrl-Enter}}
You can also specify that you always want to start with a new line at a certain place. This is called a '''hard line break''. For example, you can make hard line breaks with the [[tick menu|tick menu]].


A third kind of possible line-break is the [[conditional line break|conditional line-break]] (the one marked with a question-mark) which will occur only if 'necessary'. Necessity comes up when a conditional line-break is encountered within the [[line_break_region|line break region]].
[[File:harde%20linebreak.jpg|hard line break]]


Explicit line breaks are inserted by means of the [[barline menu]].
After a line break there is usually still a (horizontal) amount of 'white' left that can be distributed over the entire line. This is called [[justify|justify]]. A line is justified if more than the specified justification percentage of the line is in use, to avoid spreading a single measure across the entire line. For a good [[page layout]], [[note spacing]]s should not diverge too much.


A '''conditional line break''' is a hint to MusiCAD for possibly starting a new line which you can read as:
:''"If necessary, I want the line break in this place, but if the line break is at the beginning of the line, I don't want to see it".''
A [[conditional line break]] only becomes active if it is placed in the rightmost part of the line. You can determine how large that part is with the [[line justification|line justification percentage]].
[[File:conditional-break.jpg|conditional-break]]
With a line break you can specify a number of additional characteristics:
* extra [[indentation|indentation]] in front of the next line
* extra [[whitespace|whitespace]] to the current line
Line breaks (and [[page breaks]]) are generally only specified in the [[master part]]. To include the hard line breaks in other games as well, the [[party data|party feature]] "calculated" be checked for the part to be included in the score.
[[File:conditional-line-display.jpg|conditional-line-break]]
The line break at [B] is a hard line break, at [C] is a conditional one.
==See also==
* [[page transitions|page transition / new page]]
* [[line justification|line justification]]
* [[page level|page level]]
==See also==
==See also==
* [[conditional line break]]
* [[conditional line break]]

Revision as of 19:38, 22 June 2023

MusiCAD determines when a line is 'full' on the basis of the score. This is called a 'soft line break. Soft line breaks also occur when you have specified a fixed number of measures per line.

You can also specify that you always want to start with a new line at a certain place. This is called a 'hard line break. For example, you can make hard line breaks with the tick menu.

hard line break

After a line break there is usually still a (horizontal) amount of 'white' left that can be distributed over the entire line. This is called justify. A line is justified if more than the specified justification percentage of the line is in use, to avoid spreading a single measure across the entire line. For a good page layout, note spacings should not diverge too much.

A conditional line break is a hint to MusiCAD for possibly starting a new line which you can read as:

"If necessary, I want the line break in this place, but if the line break is at the beginning of the line, I don't want to see it".

A conditional line break only becomes active if it is placed in the rightmost part of the line. You can determine how large that part is with the line justification percentage.

conditional-break

With a line break you can specify a number of additional characteristics:

Line breaks (and page breaks) are generally only specified in the master part. To include the hard line breaks in other games as well, the party feature "calculated" be checked for the part to be included in the score.

conditional-line-break

The line break at [B] is a hard line break, at [C] is a conditional one.

See also

See also