System Layout
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## System Layout

You can group the staves by means of braces and brackets. Furthermore, NtEd allows you to determine whether the measure lines of subsequent staves are connected or not.

To do this mark a block of staves as described in chapter Select a block.

Choose:

Edit → System layout ...

Select one of the offered menu items:

- `brace` - This groups the selected staves by means of a brace.

- `bracket` - This groups the selected staves by means of a bracket.

- `connect barlines` - This causes the bar lines of the selected staves to be connected.

- `remove group` - This removes a staff group created with one of the 3 methods above.

To name a staff group, fill in the `group name`, or `group short name`, respectively (see: Change staff properties) of the lowest staff of this group:

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