User manual

NOTE
Changing your preferences permanently changes the functionality in the whole application, not
just in the current project.
RELATED LINKS
Preferences dialog on page 55
Selecting/Deselecting notes and items individually
You can select existing notes and other notation items individually in the music area, for
example, if you want to add articulations to a selection of notes or delete a short passage of
music.
NOTE
If you want to select a large number of notes/items, we recommend that you use one of the
larger selection methods.
PROCEDURE
1. Select individual notes/items in the music area in any of the following ways:
● Ctrl/Cmd-click individual notes/items.
● Shift-click adjacent notes/items.
● Click a single note/item.
● Make a marquee selection around multiple notes/items.
2. Deselect all currently selected items in any of the following ways:
● Press Ctrl/Cmd-D.
● Click outside of the staves within the music area.
RELATED LINKS
Large selections on page 124
Making marquee selections on page 47
Large selections
You can make large selections, including selecting the contents of whole staves or the whole
ow.
Select everything in a specic area
You can use the Marquee Tool to specify an area in which you want to select
everything.
Select everything in the whole ow
● Press Ctrl/Cmd-A.
● Choose Edit > Select All.
Select everything on a single staff
● Select the rst note on the staff, hold down Shift, and select the last note on
the staff.
● Select the rst note on the staff and choose Edit > Select To End Of System or
Edit > Select To End Of Flow.
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