User manual

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Additional note and rest formatting
Setting stem direction
Using Flip Stems
Flipping the stem of one or several notes
1. Select the notes.
2. Click the Flip icon on the extended toolbar.
All the stems in the selection are now flipped. Those that pointed up now point
down and vice versa.
• You can also assign a key command for this.
In the Key Commands dialog on the File menu, the command is called “Flip” and is
found in the Score Functions category.
• You can also right-click a note or a selection of notes and select the Flip option
from the context menu.
Flipping the stems of notes grouped under a beam
1. Select any note in the group.
2. Invoke Flip as described above.
The entire group is now flipped.
Before and after the flip. No matter which note you select, the entire group is flipped.
Independent stem direction under a beam
If you need stems attached to the same beam to go in different directions, this is
achieved by dragging the beam’s start and end points, as described in the section
“Manual adjustment of beams” on page 802. This feature is available in Page Mode
only.
Independent stem direction under a beam
The Flip icon
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This does not work if you have adjusted the slanting of the beam by dragging. If you
have, you must first reset the beam as described in the section “Stem length” on page
792.