User manual

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Entering and editing notes
Moving notes
Deselecting everything
To deselect everything, simply click in an empty area of the score with the Object
Selection tool.
Moving notes
In the following, you can find descriptions of the various methods to move notes, as
well as related features.
Moving by dragging
Proceed as follows:
1. Set the Quantize value.
The Quantize value restricts your movement in time. You cannot place notes on
positions smaller than the Quantize value (see
“Selecting a Quantize value” on
page 755).
2. Select the note(s) you want to move.
You can select notes across several staves if you wish.
3. Click one of the selected notes and drag it to a new position.
The horizontal movement of the note is “magnetically attracted” to the current
Quantize value. The Mouse Time Position and Mouse Note Position displays in the
status line show the new position and pitch for the dragged note.
Ö If the “Show Note Info by the Mouse” option is activated in the Preferences dialog
(Scores–Editing page), the position and pitch of the note is also shown in a “tooltip”
next to the pointer while you are dragging. If you find that screen redraws are too
sluggish, you may want to deactivate this option.
4. Release the mouse button.
The notes appear at their new position.
• If you press [Ctrl]/[Command] and drag, movement is restricted to vertical or
horizontal (depending on the direction in which you drag).
• If you move notes vertically and the “Keep moved Notes within Key” option is
activated in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing page), the notes are
transposed within the current key only.
Moving by using key commands
Instead of dragging the note with the mouse, you can assign key commands for this:
• The corresponding commands can be found in the Nudge category in the Key
Commands dialog.
• When moving notes to the left or right using key commands, the notes are moved
in steps according to the Quantize value.
The keys assigned for up/down nudging transpose notes in semitone steps.