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Entering and editing notes
Ö If some of the staves are bracketed (straight brackets
only, as set up in the Score Settings dialog on the Layout
page, see
“Adding brackets and braces” on page 672),
inserting a symbol for one of these staves inserts it for all
other staves within the bracket. Staves outside the
bracket are not affected.
Editing clefs, keys, 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.
• In the Score Settings dialog on the Project page (Nota-
tion subpage), you can find several options for how clef,
key, and time signature changes are 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 on the toolbar or context menu.
Note that this tool is available in Page Mode only.
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
decide whether this has the same size as the first (default)
clef symbol or whether it is displayed with a smaller sym
-
bol. Simply right-click the symbol and activate or deacti-
vate “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 is inserted in the last bar before the staff break. When
this is deactivated, the symbol is inserted in the first bar of
the next staff line.
Deleting notes
Using the Erase tool
Proceed as follows:
1. Select the Erase tool on the toolbar or 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 that you want to delete.
2. Select Delete from the Edit menu, or press [Delete] or
[Backspace] on the computer keyboard.