User manual

● Make a marquee selection that includes the staff you want to select.
Select everything on multiple adjacent staves
● Select one whole staff at the top/bottom of the range of staves you want to
select and press Shift-Up Arrow or Shift-Down Arrow until all the staves you
want are selected.
● Select one whole staff at the top/bottom of the range of staves you want to
select and Shift-click the staff at the other end of the range of staves you want
to select.
● Make a marquee selection that includes the staves you want to select.
Select everything in the system within a range of beats/bars
You can use the system track to select a region of beats/bars and then select
everything on all staves in the system within that region.
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If you want to select only a certain type of item, such as lyrics or dynamics, you can then use the
corresponding lters.
RELATED LINKS
Filters on page 128
Selecting/Deselecting notes and items individually on page 124
Making marquee selections on page 47
Selecting beats with the system track on page 127
Selecting bars with the system track on page 127
System track
The system track is a translucent line above the top of each system in Write mode. It allows you
to add and delete bars and beats, and to select everything on all staves in the system.
The system track above a staff, showing bars The system track above a staff, showing beat units
reecting the current rhythmic grid resolution
The color of the system track changes depending on how you are interacting with it.
● When you hover the mouse over it, becomes opaque.
● When you select a region in the system track, it appears highlighted.
The system track when the mouse pointer hovers
over it
The system track with a region selected
Write mode
Introduction to inputting and editing
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