Menu Reference

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Menu Reference
Build N-Tuplet…
This allows you to create tuplets from selected notes, with
or without changing the MIDI data.
Insert Slur
This option allows you to insert a slur over a selection of
notes.
Hide/Show
This function toggles between the hiding and showing of
objects. All objects can be hidden, e.g. notes, rests, sym-
bols, clefs, bar lines and even entire staves. To make hid-
den objects temporarily visible, activate the Hidden Notes
checkbox on the display filter bar. To make them perma-
nently visible, select them and click Hide/Show again.
Flip
This allows you to flip a selected crescendo/diminuendo
symbol.
Align Elements
Make Chord Symbols
This analyzes the selected notes and displays the result-
ing chord symbols.
Make Guitar Symbols
This analyzes the selected notes and displays the result-
ing guitar chord symbols.
Functions
Auto Layout…
Here you can set the preferences for the automatic layout
of the Score Editor.
Reset Layout…
This function allows you to delete invisible layout ele-
ments, which in effect restores the score to default set-
tings. Enter your preferences in the dialog that opens.
Advanced Layout
Option Description
Left/Right/
Top/Bottom
Aligns the selected objects in the respective way.
Center Vertical/
Horizontal
Centers the selected objects in the respective way.
Dynamics Aligns all selected dynamic symbols (e.g. crescendo)
horizontally.
Option Description
Merge All
Staves
Allows you to combine up to four tracks into a new track
with polyphonic voices.
Extract Voices Allows you to extract 2–8 voices from a polyphonic track
into new tracks of their own (reverse function to Merge
All Staves).
Explode Allows you to split the notes on a staff into different tracks.
It is also possible to use this function to convert a poly-
phonic staff into polyphonic voices.
Scores Notes
to MIDI
Converts the score data, as displayed, into MIDI data.
Lyrics From
Clipboard
Inserts lyrics (written in another program) via the clip-
board. For this, select the first note to which the lyrics
should be added.
Text From
Clipboard
Inserts text (written in another program) via the clipboard.
Find and
Replace
This text function allows you to replace all occurrences of
a certain word or group of words, regardless of their for-
matting.
Force Update Redraws the screen.
Option Description
Number of
Bars
Here you can set the desired number of bars across the
page.
Display
Markers
Activate this to show the marker names.
Marker Track
to Form
Inserts rehearsal markers and double bar lines into the
score.