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Entering and editing notes
Inserting a symbol on all staves
If you hold down [Alt]/[Option] when you insert a symbol
with the Pencil tool, it will be inserted at this position on all
staves currently being edited in the Score Editor.
• Time signature changes are always inserted on all
tracks in the score.
Or rather, they are inserted on the signature track, which affects all
tracks.
• For key changes, Display Transpose is taken into
account.
This allows you to set all staves to a new key and the staves set to Dis-
play Transpose will still show the correct key after the key change.
Ö If some of the staves are bracketed (straight brackets
only, as set up on the Score Settings–Layout page, see
“Adding brackets and braces” on page 605), inserting a
symbol for one of these staves will insert it for all other
staves within the bracket.
Staves outside the bracket will not be affected.
Editing keys, clefs and time signatures
If you double-click on a symbol, a dialog appears allowing
you to change the settings for it.
If you hold down [Alt]/[Option] when double-clicking, all
symbols at the same position are changed accordingly.
With key signatures, the Display Transpose value is taken
into account as described above.
• On the Score Settings–Project page (Notation sub-
page), you will find several options for how key, clef and
time signature changes should be displayed.
You can also adjust the automatic spacing between these symbols in the
Spacings subpage. See the dialog help for details.
Moving clefs
Clefs inserted into the score have an effect on how notes
are displayed. If you for example insert a bass clef in the
middle of a treble staff, the staff switches to show bass
pitches. Therefore it is very important where you insert the
clef.
If you want to move the clef graphically, without disturbing
the relation between the clef and the notes, proceed as
follows:
1. Select the Layout tool.
Note that this tool is available in Page Mode only.
The Layout tool on the context menu
2. Click on the clef and drag it to the desired position.
Now the clef is moved, but the score is still interpreted as if it remained in
its original position.
Ö When you insert a clef change in the score, you can de-
cide whether this should have the same size as the first (de-
fault) clef symbol or whether it should be displayed with a
smaller symbol. Simply right-click the symbol and activate
or deactivate “Display Clef Changes as small Symbols”.
Ö When “Warnings for new Clefs at Line Breaks” is ac-
tivated on the Clef context menu and you inserted a clef
change at a line break in the score, the Clef change sym-
bol will be inserted in the last bar before the staff break.
When this is deactivated, the symbol will be inserted in
the first bar of the next staff line.
Deleting notes
Notes can be deleted as follows:
Using the Erase tool
Proceed as follows:
1. Select the Erase tool from the toolbar or context menu.
The Erase tool on the context menu
2. One at a time, click on the note(s) you want to erase, or
enclose them in a selection rectangle, and click on any of
the notes.
Using the Delete menu option or the keyboard
Proceed as follows:
1. Select the notes you want to delete.
2. Select Delete from the Edit menu, or press [Delete] or
[Backspace] on the computer keyboard.