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Working with symbols
Adding symbols to the score
About the Draw tool
Unlike the other MIDI editors, the Score Editor toolbar does not contain a Draw tool.
Instead, the Draw tool is “automatically” selected when you insert symbols. The
following applies:
• Normally, the Draw tool is automatically selected when you click on a symbol in the
Inspector. However, if the “Double-Click Symbol to get Draw Tool” option is
activated in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing page), you need to double-
click the symbol to get the Draw tool.
• On the same page of the Preferences dialog, you can find an option called
“Display Object Selection tool after Inserting Symbol”. When this is activated, the
Object Selection tool is automatically selected after you have inserted a symbol.
If you want to insert a lot of symbols with the Draw tool, you may want to deactivate
this option.
Adding note symbols
Adding a symbol to one note
1. In the Symbols Inspector, open the Note Symbols tab.
2. Click (or double-click) on the desired symbol on the tab.
As mentioned above, the “Double-Click Symbol to get Draw Tool” preference
determines whether you need to double-click. In either case, the Draw tool is
selected.
3. Either click on the note or above or below it.
If you click on the note, the symbol is put in at a predefined distance from the note.
If you instead click “above or below” the note, you decide for a vertical position
yourself. In either case, the symbol is aligned horizontally with the note. It can later
be moved up/down.
Clicking on a note inserts the note symbol (in this case a tenuto) at a predefined distance
from the note head.
There are three options in the Accents category of the Score Settings dialog (Project
page–Notation Style subpage) that affect the vertical positioning of note symbols:
• Accents above Stems
When this is activated, accent note symbols are displayed at the stem side of
notes instead of the note head.
• Accents above Staves
When this is activated, accent note symbols are displayed above the staff,
regardless of the stem direction of the notes. This setting overrides the “Accents
above Stems” option.
• Center Note-Linked Symbols on Stems
When this is activated, accents are centered on stems and not on note heads.
Adding a symbol to several notes using the Draw tool
You might for example want to add a staccato symbol to all notes within a few
measures. Proceed as follows:
1. In the Symbols Inspector, open the Note Symbols tab
2. Select the notes to which you want to apply the symbol.
3. In the Symbols Inspector, click on the desired symbol.