User Manual
8.16
Switch Voice Parts Quickly
If you accidentally Entered Voice 2 as the top part and Voice 1 as the bottom part, you could
delete and re-Enter the notation, but the quicker way to remedy this is to:
1. Ensure you are in Edit mode.
2. Highlight the notes that need switching.
3. Either:
> Go to the Menu bar and select Edit > Swap Voice, or
> Right-click and select Tools > Swap Voices from the context menu.
» The notes switch voice positions.
◙ Switching voices.
Voice Stem Mode Options
If you want, you can set global preferences for how you want Notion to handle
stem directions with multi-voice entry on a per-sta basis.
1. Click anywhere on the sta you want to specify a stem-handling preference.
2. To open Sta Settings, press the keyboard shortcut of Windows: Shift + Ctrl + T; Mac: Shift + + T.
3. Click the Notation/Tab Tab.
◙ Top of Notation/Tab Tab (Mac).
4. In the Voice Stem Mode drop-down list, select your choice from:
> Separate up/down: the default treatment of every upper voice note points up and every lower voice note points
down.
> Joined stems: wherever the two voices share the same rhythm, join the two notes with a stem in the same
direction. At points where there are rhythmic dierences, return to default separate up/down treatment.
> Separate per measure: Treat the voices as a Joined stem option, but whenever there is an exception anywhere in
a measure, then the entire measure is treated as Separate up/down.
5. Click OK.