Is this some kind of lock symbol?

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Post by Tomas E » Thu Sep 15, 2022 8:52 pm

I've scanned some music with SmartScore 64 Pro since I want to make changes to simplify the note reading. On two of the pages there's this symbol. I guess it's some kind of lock since I can't make changes with the page layout tool? If I remove the measure locks, then all systems get squeezed together. If I try to space systems evenly, then the pages with this symbol only get two measures, one at the top and one at the bottom with just empty space in between.

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Post by motet » Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:04 pm

It's a manual page break.

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Post by Tomas E » Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:26 pm

motet wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:04 pm
It's a manual page break.
Thanks! I'll check it out tomorrow, it's past midnight here.
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Post by motet » Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:57 pm

To remove it, from the Page Layout tool, right click in the first system on that page and pick Delete Page Break.

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Post by ebiggs1 » Thu Sep 15, 2022 11:35 pm

There’s a plug-in to automatically remove all or some of them from the entire document. I got it off one of the plug-in sites but I don’t remember which one. Someone here will, I’m sure.
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Post by Tomas E » Sat Sep 17, 2022 7:48 pm

motet wrote:
Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:57 pm
To remove it, from the Page Layout tool, right click in the first system on that page and pick Delete Page Break.
Thanks! Would have been hard to find I guess since I probably would have tried right clicking on the symbol or in one of the boxes in the page margin.
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