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A system break forces a new system (line of measures) to start at a specified measure. A page break forces a new page to start at a specified measure.
 To add a system break:
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Type SHIFT+P. If this takes you to the Page Text Palette instead, type SHIFT+P a second time to go to the Page Layout Palette.
Musician will display the score in Page Layout View.
| 2. | Click the System Break  | 
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Choose the System Break command in the Layout Menu.
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Type "sb" for System Break.
| 3. | Click anywhere in the measure that you want to push to the beginning of a new system. | 

 To remove a previously added system break:
| 1. | Enter Page Layout view, as above. | 
| 2. | You will automatically be in Select mode. | 
| 3. | Click the mouse cursor somewhere on the "system break" text in Page Layout View. | 
The "system break" text will be displayed in the color blue, as shown:

| 4. | Hit the DEL key. | 
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Click the Default 
 button.
 To add a page break:
| Follow the same procedure as the one above for adding a system break, except: | 
Cick the Page Break 
 button instead of the System Break button.
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Choose the Page Break command in the Layout Menu.
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Type "pb" for Page Break.
The page break will look like this at the top of the new page:
