User manual

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Tips and Tricks
Frequently asked questions
When I select a note, nothing is shown on the info line.
The note is probably tied to another note. This means that the second note does not
really exist, it is just a graphic indication that the main note is long. Try selecting the
main note instead.
Symbols from the Layout Symbols tab are sometimes invisible when I open the
score.
This is not a malfunction. Those symbols are part of a layout. If you open the score
with another layout, for example because you open another combination of tracks, you
can see another layout which might not contain any Symbols at all. See the chapter
“Working with layouts” on page 858 for details.
I can’t select an object on the screen, or I can’t select an object without selecting
another object.
Drag a selection rectangle around the objects. Then hold down [Shift] and deselect all
the objects you do not want included, by clicking on them. You should also check out
the lock layer function.
Symbols have disappeared.
Are they layout symbols? Then maybe they belong to another layout than the one you
are editing now.
If that is not the reason, maybe you have inserted the symbol into the wrong staff, see
“Important! – Symbols, staves, and voices” on page 815.
A symbol doesn’t move with its staff. Auto Layout produces far too wide spacing.
Maybe you have inserted the symbol into the wrong staff. Please observe the warning
in the section
“Important! – Symbols, staves, and voices” on page 815.
A note symbol appears too far from the note I wanted it inserted on.
Do you have activated the correct voice? Note symbols are inserted into voices, just
like notes.
The note I recorded is displayed with the wrong length. For example, I recorded a
sixteenth and got a quarter note.
You probably have the wrong Display Quantize value set. Open the Score Settings
dialog and select the Staff page. If Auto Quantize is activated, deactivate it, unless you
have mixed triplets and regular notes. Also check the Notes and Rests Display
Quantize values. If the settings are too “coarse”, change them to a smaller note value.
If you for example need the program to display an eighth note rest, Rests Display
Quantize must be set to “8” or a smaller value (please refer to the chapter
“How the
Score Editor works” on page 725). If No Overlap is activated, you might want to turn
it off.
There is a pause after a note that I don’t want.
You probably added a note with the wrong note value. Either lengthen the note
(physically or graphically – see
“Changing the length of notes” on page 765) or delete
the one you have (see “Deleting notes” on page 770) and add a new one with the
correct note value. If this problem occurs a lot in your score, try selecting a larger
Rests Display Quantize value (see
“Using Rests as Display Quantize setting” on page
728).
There is no pause after the note although there should be one.
Either the note is too long (use Clean Lengths or change the current note’s length), or
Rests Display Quantize is set to too high a value. Open the Score Settings, select the
Staff page and lower the value.