User manual

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PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, do one of the following:
Start note input.
Select the notes to which you want to add an octave line. If you want to add an octave
line for a single voice, only select notes in that voice.
2. In the Notations toolbox, click Clefs to show the Clefs panel.
3. Input the octave line you want in one of the following ways:
To input an octave line for all voices on the staff, click it in the Clefs panel.
To input an octave line only for the currently selected voice, Alt -click it in the Clefs
panel.
Alternatively, when adding octave lines to existing notes, you can click the octave line you
want in the Clefs panel rst, and then click and drag it to the length you want.
RESULT
During note input, octave lines are input at the caret position. However, if you input notes using
the mouse, octave lines do not automatically extend as you continue inputting notes.
When you add octave lines to existing notes, they are added either above or below your
selection, depending on whether the octave line indicates that notes are played higher or lower
than notated.
TIP
You can also lengthen/shorten octave lines after they have been input.
RELATED LINKS
Octave lines on page 553
Lengthening/Shortening octave lines on page 554
Mouse input settings on page 156
Input methods for holds and pauses
You can input holds and pauses with the keyboard by using the holds and pauses popover in
Write mode, and with the mouse by using the Holds and Pauses panel.
RELATED LINKS
Holds and pauses on page 602
Correct positioning for caesura input on page 251
Holds and pauses popover
The table contains the entries for the holds and pauses popover that you can use to input the
different holds and pauses available.
You can open the holds and pauses popover in Write mode in any of the following ways when
either an item is selected or the caret is active:
Press Shift-H .
Select an existing hold or pause and press Return .
Choose Write > Create Hold or Pause.
Write mode
Notations input
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