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Frequently asked questions
When I select a note, nothing is shown on the info line.
The note is probably tied to another note. This means that
the second note doesn’t really exist, it is just a graphic in-
dication that the main note is long. Try selecting the main
note instead.
Symbols and layout
Symbols from the Layout Symbols tab are sometimes
invisible when I open the score.
This is not a malfunction. Those symbols are part of a lay-
out. If you open the score with another layout, for example
because you open another combination of tracks, you will
see another layout which might not contain any Symbols at
all. See the chapter “Working with layouts” on page 594.
I can’t select an object on the screen, or I can’t select an
object without selecting another object.
Use the selection rectangle to drag up (or down) and
around the objects. Then hold down [Shift] and deselect
all the objects you don’t want included, by clicking on
them. You should also check out the lock layer function.
Symbols have disappeared.
Are they layout symbols? Then maybe they belong to an-
other layout than the one you are editing now.
If that is not the reason, maybe you have inserted the sym-
bol into the wrong staff, see “Important! – Symbols, staves
and voices” on page 562.
A symbol doesn’t move with its staff. Auto Layout
produces far too wide spacing.
Maybe you have inserted the symbol into the wrong staff.
Please observe the warning in the section “Important! –
Symbols, staves and voices” on page 562.
A note symbol appears too far from the note I wanted it
inserted on.
Do you have activated the correct voice? Note symbols
are inserted into voices, just like notes.