Question - Changing Flags to Beams

[Charlie Miller]

I have a modern piece with meters as 10/16 and 11/16 with 16th note runs.
All of the notes have individual flags. Does anyone know how I can beam these notes into groupings of my own choice?

Thanks so much,

Charlie Miller

[Peter Thomsen]

In the dialog box "Time Signature" click the button "More Choices..." and check the option "Use a Different Time Signature for Display".
Set the Display Time Signature as you like, e. g. 5/8.

For the Real Time Signature (= the "Beam" Time Signature) click the button "Composite..." in the top of the dialog box.
You arrive at the dialog box "Composite Time Signature".
This dialog box is a very flexible tool, allowing you to enter the composite time signature in two different ways:

1) The "Numerator" method:
To get 3+2 eighths, enter 3+2 over 8.
Or 1.5+1 over 4.
Or 0.75+0.5 over 2.
To beam all 5 eighths together, enter 0.625 over 1.

2) The "Denominator" method:
To get 3+2 eighths, enter 1 over 4+8, and 1 over 4.
Or 0.75 over 2, and 1 over 4.
To beam all 5 eighths together, enter 1 over 2+8.

If you check the option "Use EDUs for Beat Duration", you will use the fact that
2048 EDUs = a half
1536 EDUs = a dotted quarter
1024 EDUs = a quarter
512 EDUs = an eighth
a.s.o.

When "Use EDUs for Beat Duration" is checked, the methods go like this:

1) The "Numerator" method:
To get 3+2 eighths, enter 3+2 over 512.
Or 1.5+1 over 1024.
Or 0.75+0.5 over 2048.
To beam all 5 eighths together, enter 0.625 over 4096.

2) The "Denominator" method:
To get 3+2 eighths, enter 1 over 1536, and 1 over 1024.
Or 0.75 over 2048, and 1 over 1024.
To beam all 5 eighths together, enter 1 over 2048+512.

Peter

PS

And, just for the fun of it:
To get 10/8, all 10 eighths beamed together:
1 over 1+4 (dull, boring)
or
0.625 over 1+1 (!)