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The basics
About the Score Editor context
menus
Many functions and settings of the Score Editor can be
accessed via context menus, opened by right-clicking on
certain elements of the score. Right-clicking on a note will
for example open the note context menu, listing note-re-
lated functions.
• If you right-click on an empty area of the score, the
Quick menu opens. This lists all available tools (allowing
you to quickly switch between tools) and it contains many
functions of the main menus.
About dialogs in the Score Editor
There are two types of dialogs available in the Score
Editor:
• Non-modal dialogs can remain open while you continue
working in the score.
In a non-modal dialog, you click the Apply button to apply the settings in
the dialog to the selected objects in the score. This means you can se-
lect different elements in the score and change their settings, without
having to close the dialog in between.
The dialog is closed by clicking the standard close button in the window
title bar. The Score Settings dialog is an example for a non-modal dialog.
• Regular dialogs have an OK button instead of an Apply
button.
Clicking OK applies the settings you’ve made and closes the dialog. You
cannot continue working in the score (or select other objects) until you
close the dialog.
Ö If the option “Apply closes Property Windows” is acti-
vated in the Preferences dialog (Scores-Editing page),
clicking the Apply button in a non-modal dialog closes the
dialog.
In other words, this makes a non-modal dialog work a bit more like a reg-
ular dialog.
Setting key, clef and time signature
When preparing to enter notes into a score, you will prob-
ably want to start out by setting the desired key, clef and
time signature for the staff. The text below assumes you
are working on one track only. If you have multiple staves,
you either make this setting independently for each staff or
for all staves at once. See “Staff settings” on page 504.
Normally, all these symbols appear at the beginning of
each staff. However, you can control this by using the Real
Book option (see “Real Book” on page 603) and by hiding
objects (see “Hiding/showing objects” on page 604).
When entering or editing keys, there is one important
thing to note:
Using the symbol Inspector to set the initial
key, clef and time signature
1. Click the Show Symbols button in the Score Editor
tool bar to open the symbol Inspector.
2. Select the Keys tab and click on the symbol for the key
that you wish to use.
The Pencil tool is now selected.
3. Click anywhere in the first bar of the staff to set the key
for the track.
4. Open the Clefs tab of the Inspector and click on the
symbol for the clef that you wish to use in your score.
5. Click anywhere in the first bar of the staff to set the
clef for this track.
Split Rests Displays markers in the score wherever you have split
multiple rests (see “Splitting multi-rests” on page 606).
Stems/Beams Displays markers in the score where you have made any
stem or beam adjustments (see “Setting stem direction”
on page 542 and “Manual adjustment of beams” on page
550).
Option Description
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On the Score Settings–Project page, on the Nota-
tion Style subpage (Keys category) you will find the
option “Key Changes for the entire Project” (acti-
vated by default). When this option is activated, all
changes made to the key will always affect every
staff in the project, i.e. it is not possible to define dif-
ferent keys for different staves.