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8. Layout & engraving appear below the noteheads instead. However, if you’re married to your mouse, this could be a useful feature for you! For rehearsal marks, their horizontal position is determined by the settings in the Other objects section, and their vertical position is determined by the settings in the Text styles section The positions of some other objects with complex positioning rules (such as magnetic slurs and tuplets) can only be modified via the House Style Engraving Rules dialog, rather than the House Style Default Positions dialog.
System Object Positions In large scores, some system objects such as rehearsal marks and tempo text can appear in several positions down a system simultaneously, e.g. at the top and above the strings in orchestral music. To edit the positions where these objects go: Choose House Style System Object Positions Click the staves you want system objects to appear above – up to five in total. The top staff is
compulsory. System objects can also go below the bottom staff. System objects don’t all have to appear at all of these positions. The Vertical posn tab of House Style Edit Text Styles (shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T or T) lets you specify which of these positions a particular text style will actually appear at. This allows you (for instance) to have rehearsal marks at the top, above the strings and below the bottom staff, but tempo text at the top only. 3.9 Edit Text Styles. You can also delete individual instances of system objects, so, for example, if a Tempo text marking appears three times down your score, you could Delete the bottom two instances individually – deleting the top instance deletes all other instances. To restore instances of system objects that you have deleted, select the top instance and choose Layout Reset Design (Ctrl+Shift+D or D).
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