Hi, I am an ear-training teacher, and I am trying to make a worksheet for dictations. So I need to write the beginning note of each dictation, but not show any rests for the rest of the system. I can "remove rests," from the edit menu, but then all of the bar lines get shoved off into the right sight of the system. Of course, I need the bar lines to stay in place, and I cannot figure out how to do that.

Also, since I am putting the first note of each dictation there, the first measure of each dictation is graphically much bigger than the others (because of the rests that automatically fill the rest of the measure). I need all measures to be the same size so that there is enough space for students to write out the dictation. Thank you!