User manual

Editing and selecting
In Dorico Elements, there are multiple different ways you can select and edit the items in your
project, from selecting items individually to making large selections covering multiple staves.
RELATED LINKS
Filters on page 340
Selection tools on page 33
Selecting/Deselecting notes and items individually
You can select/deselect 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.
TIP
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.
TIP
If the item you want to select is behind another item, Shift - Alt/Opt -click it.
● Make a marquee selection around multiple notes/items.
● Navigate to other items from an existing selection.
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
Selecting multiple items using marquee selections on page 335
Playing/Muting notes during note input/selection on page 341
Navigating to other items in the music area on page 345
Filters on page 340
Selecting more items of the same type
You can incrementally extend your current selection to more items of the same type and notes
in the same voices, which is particularly helpful if you want to select multiple different items at
once, such as dynamics and lyrics.
PROCEDURE
1.
Select the notes and items you want to select more of.
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12