User manual

Copying and pasting items
You can copy and paste items, including notes and notations, to other rhythmic positions and
staves in different ways.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, select the items you want to copy.
2. Copy the selected items to other rhythmic positions in any of the following ways:
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Alt/Opt -click each position to which you want to paste them.
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Press R to repeat the material directly after itself.
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Press Ctrl/Cmd-C , select the position to which you want to paste them, and press Ctrl/
Cmd-V .
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To copy items to the staff above, select them and choose Edit > Paste Special >
Duplicate to Staff Above.
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To copy items to the staff below, select them and choose Edit > Paste Special >
Duplicate to Staff Below.
RESULT
The selected items are copied without deleting them from their original positions.
RELATED LINKS
Copying and pasting automation points on page 398
Large selections on page 304
Selecting/Deselecting notes and items individually on page 302
Moving notes to other staves on page 319
Disabling automatic linking of dynamics and slurs when pasting on page 310
Repitching notes without changing their rhythm on page 193
Copying and pasting items to multiple staves
You can copy and paste notes and other items to multiple staves at once, for example, to copy a
single phrase to all the woodwind staves when they are playing in unison.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, select the items you want to copy to multiple staves.
2. Press Ctrl/Cmd-C to copy the selected items.
3. Select an item on each staff to which you want to paste the selected items.
4. Press Ctrl/Cmd-V to paste the selected items.
RESULT
The selected items are copied to all of the selected staves.
TIP
If you selected a range of items on each staff, the selected items are also pasted multiple times
to ll the selected range.
RELATED LINKS
Large selections on page 304
Disabling automatic linking of dynamics and slurs when pasting on page 310
Write mode
Arranging tools
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Dorico SE 3.1.10