- Click the Smart Shape tool  . The Smart Shape 
 menu appears. . The Smart Shape 
 menu appears.
- Choose Smart Shape > Smart Slur Options. The Smart Slur Options dialog box appears.
- Enter a number into the Avoid Staff Lines by 
 at Least text box to specify the desired distance between the slur and 
 the outside staff line closest to the slur.
- Enter a value into the System Start Adjustment 
 and the System End Adjustment text boxes, specifying where the slur should 
 start and end in each of the staff systems spanned by the slur.
- Click OK (or press ENTER) 
 when you’re ready to save the new settings. Or click Reset at any 
 time if you want to restore the original built-in settings.
Note:  All slurs created 
 from now on will use these settings for each system break. These settings 
 also apply to end points of existing slurs (from one staff to the next), 
 if the end point hasn’t been manually adjusted.