User Manual
1.3
Most beginning users point-and-click with the mouse to activate and control features.
This is a comfortable way to begin becoming familiar with Notion operations.
As a quicker alternative to mouse clicks alone, you can press keys on your keyboard to activate
or adjust Notion features (keyboard shortcuts). Although most users mix mouse clicks and
keyboard shortcuts, the more keyboard shortcuts you use, the less time it takes to Enter and
edit scores. There are also keyboard shortcuts you can use to play or perform a score.
There are two sets of shortcuts that you can choose to use in Preferences.
8 English (U.S.) set (uses letters for durations, e.g., “E” for eighth note and mouse to dene pitch).
8 International set (uses numbers for durations 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 for 32nd note to whole note).
There are three sets of numberpads:
8 Notion (uses numbers to add intervals to pitches)
8 Finale (adds Finale number-pad durations)
8 Sibelius (adds Sibelius number-pad durations)
Tip: In the Menu bar, under the Help heading, you can click to open a printable Shortcuts
guide as a handy reference to the many keyboard shortcuts available with Notion.
Select Your Keyboard Shortcut Set