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If you want to navigate through a particular type of item, such as rehearsal marks, select
an item of that type.
NOTE
You can only navigate forwards/backwards through items on the same staff. You cannot
navigate to other items of the same type on other staves.
2. Navigate to other notes or items in any of the following ways:
To navigate to the next item or note in the same voice, press Right Arrow .
To navigate to the previous item or note in the same voice, press Left Arrow .
To navigate to the closest note above the current selection, press Up Arrow .
This navigates to any existing notes on the same staff rst, then to the lowest note/rest
on the staff above. If a whole chord was selected, this leaves the bottom note in the
chord selected.
To navigate to the closest note below the current selection, press Down Arrow .
This navigates to any existing notes on the same staff rst, then to the highest note/rest
on the staff below. If a whole chord was selected, this leaves the top note in the chord
selected.
To navigate forwards to the note/rest at the start of the next bar, press Ctrl/Cmd-
Right Arrow .
To navigate backwards to the note/rest at the start of the previous bar, press Ctrl/Cmd-
Left Arrow .
To navigate to the top staff in the system, press Ctrl/Cmd-Up Arrow .
To navigate to the bottom staff in the system, press Ctrl/Cmd-Down Arrow .
3. Optional: Switch the selection to another type of item at the same rhythmic position in one
of the following ways:
Press Tab to cycle forwards through items.
Press Shift-Tab to cycle backwards through items.
NOTE
You cannot switch the selection to system objects, such as system text or rehearsal marks.
However, you can select system objects directly and navigate through them.
4. Optional: After switching the selection to another type of item, navigate to other items of
that type.
RELATED LINKS
System objects on page 913
Going to ows
You can go to the next/previous ow in the current layout, which automatically brings the start of
that
ow into view in the music area. This is particularly useful when navigating around layouts
that contain many ows.
These steps function in Setup mode and Write mode.
Write mode
Navigation
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