Global editing: Use CONTROL+B to toggle from tablature to notation mode for any

instrument.
Global Edit: Use CONTROL+INSERT to copy a chord. \rThen use SHIFT+INSERT to paste
that chord.
Global Edit: Use CONTROL+DELETE to delete a chord.
Tablature Edit: You can input tablature with either letters or numbers regardless
of the type of tablature you are using - i.e. French or Italian. \rNote: this means
you can use letters V to Z to input fret positions above 20.
Tablature Edit: The easiest way to insert a rest in tablature mode is to input a
new chord with one note and delete that note.
Notation Edit: You can raise o lower an existing note with CONTROL+ARROW UP/DOWN.
Global edit: You can cutr a chord in two equal halves with the reverse slash key: \
.
Notation Edit: ALT+REVERSE SLASH will split a chord into two and tie all the notes
of the second chord.
Global Edit: You can minimize or maximize the ribbon menu with the pin on the top
right of the screen.
Global Edit: To copy a range of chords, click on the staff to set the focus and
then drag the mouse over the chords.\rAnother way is to click the mouse on the
staff at the beginning of the selection and then click SHIFT+CLICK LEFT at the end
of the selection.
Global Edit: You can edit and update all metaevents by double clicking on them. Use
the F2 key if the meta event is very small to reveal the hot rectangle.\rNote:
exceptions include meta-event that do not have any options, including fermata, da
capo, segno, and a couple more.
Global Edit: Use ALT+C to insert a caption meta-event anywhere on a system.
Global Edit: You can modify the position of meta-events by dragging them with the
mouse. Use the F2 key to display the drag rectangle if you have trouble finding the
right position for the mouse to drag the metaevent.\rThis also applies to dynamics
markers - piano, forte etc. - legatos, figured bass, graphical ornaments, time
signatures and grace notes.
Global Edit: When you drag a meta event with the mouse, you will be prompted to
confirm that you want all metaevents of the same type to have their position
altered and copied from the active one.
Global Edit: If you position the cursor on a chord with a meta-event and select the
Ribbon->Sections->Format->Reposition meta event button, the position of all
metaevents of the same type will be copied from the active metaevent.
Tablature Instrument: You can use the Capirola colored flags scheme simply by
checking the Colored flag box in Instrument definition->Tablature->Colored flags.
Note: the colors are not customizable.
Notation: Use CONTROL+SHIFT+ARROW DOWN to decrease a single note flag value in a
chord.
Notation: Use CONTROL+SHIFT+PERIOD to add a dot to a single note flag.
Notation: Use the left parenthesis key to reverse the direction of a single note
stem in a chord.\rThis will also reset the single note values to the default.
Notation: All combination keys to modify single note values include CONTROL+SHIFT,
except for the left parenthesis.
Notation: Use CONTROL+SHIFT+ARROW UP to increase a single note flag value in a
chord.
Notation Edit: Use CONTROL+ARROW DOWN to decrease the flag value of a single note
in a chord.
Notation: Use CONTROL+SHIFT+P to add a rest over or under a note depending on the
note's stem direction. Note: the value of the rest will be the value of the chord
flag.
Notation: Use CONTROL+SHIFT+SLASH (/) to bind a note to both the upper and lower
voice of the chord.
Notation Instrument: You can use the Ribbon->Instrument->Voice Operations->Parse
voices tool to quickly create a two voice version of a single voice tablature
instrument.\rThis will make the MIDI output less choppy. It will also help greatly
if you want to create a real notation version of a tablature piece, but some manual
editing will remain necessary in that case.
Navigation: Use CONTROL+ARROW RIGHT to navigate to the next section and
CONTROL+ARROW LEFT to go to the previous section in the document.
Navigation: You can use ALT+ARROW UP to go one up one system and ALT+ARROW DOWN to
navigate down by one system.
Global edit: Use CONTROL+SHIFT+ARROW LEFT and CONTROL+SHIFT+ARROW RIGHT to move a
chord horizontally. You can move the chord up to 7 spaces on each side. \rNote:
This also works with barlines.
Notation Edit: The CONTROL+SHIFT+ARROW LEFT/RIGHT key combination is very useful to
create extra space between chords necessary for alterations to display on the side
of the note instead of above, when chords are very close to each other.
Tablature: You can shift a note from one string to another with CONTROL+SHIFT+ARROW
UP or ARROW DOWN. Fandango will recalculate the fret position automatically.
Navigation: Use PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN to navigate to the previous or next page.
Navigation: Use CONTROL+HOME to navigate to the beginning of a section and
CONTROL+END to navigate to the end of the section.
Global edit: You can merge a system into the one immediately above it with ALT+M.
Global edit: You can use CONTROL+ALT+M to delete a meta-event. Note: first set the
cursor on the staff to set the focus.
Global edit: ALT+ARROW LEFT will shift the first bar of a staff to the last of the
previous system. ALT+ARROW RIGHT will shift the last bar of a staff to the next
system.
Global edit: To move all last bars of a multi-instrument score to the previous
system, you can use CONTROL+SHIFT+NUMPad MINUS (-).\rTo move all last bars of a
multi-instrument score to the following system, you can use CONTROL+SHIFT+NUMPad
PLUS (+)
Global edit: To create a new system immediately after the active system, you can
use CONTROL+ENTER. This will work even in multiple instruments scores.
Global edit: Ornaments, fingerings and some meta-events can be toggled on and off.
To delete an ornament for instance, you can simply repeat the input operation.
Global edit: The meta-events that can be toggled on and off are the fermata, segno,
asterisk, Da capo and repeat marker.
Global edit: You can copy an instrument's definition to all sections in a document
with Ribbon->Instrument->Operations->Copy instrument across sections. The
instrument's format is copied but the tuning is left untouched. In a multiple
instrument document, the operation will apply to all instruments that have the same
position in the section.
Tablature: You can copy the tablature font only with Ribbon->Format->Instrument-
>Reset tablature fonts for all instruments.
Tablature: You can globally raise an instrument's tuning by a number of half-steps
with Ribbon->Instrument->Tuning & pitch->Change strings tuning uniformally.
Tablature: To change the tuning of only one string, use Ribbon->Instrument->Tuning
& pitch->Change single course tuning. In that case, the program will NOT ALTer the
existing fret positions.
Global editing: Use Ribbon->Instrument->Tuning & pitch->Transpose current
instrument to transpose both the pitch and fingerings of an instrument. In that
case, all fingerings will be recalculated in first position only.
Global editing: The Palettes->Barline toolbar is only activated for the top
instrument of a multi-instruments score, on the assumption that all instrumentists
have to keep the same time.
Global editing: To force a barline, for instance to create a pick up bar, use
CONTROL+SHIFT+D or use the palettes barline toolbar. The forced barline appears in
red on the editor screen, but in black in print mode.
Global editing: If you created an incomplete, pick-up or split repeat bar, you may
want to use the "Do not increment bar number" Palettes->Barline toolbar button. The
barline will then show in blue on the editor screen instead of red.
Notation Edit: You can cut a grupetto with the right angled bracket ']'.\rYou can
force two grupettos to be linked together with the left angled bracket '['.
Global Edit: You can import a facsimile image URL with the Facsimile sub-panel
Import From the WEB toolbar button. You can then paste in the URL in the dialog box
and open it from the facsimile list box.
Tablature Edit: You can customize up to 4 colors for tablature voicing purposes.
Select Ribbon->Editing->Tab voicing and click the tablature voicing colors button.
Select the colors you want. Next, click on the View tablature voicing colors. By
default, this will display the first voice [Soprano] color. \nNote: if you have
edited the underlying notation, then the first voice color is assigned to notes
with their stem up, and the 4th/Bass color is assigned to notes with their stem
down.
Global Edit: You can attach a floating glyph to a note. See the Palettes->Ornaments
->Floating ornament button. This allows you select a glyph from a table. Once you
select the glyph, it can be dragged to any position with the mouse, like any other
meta-event.\nNote: the glyphs tables are different in tablature and notation mode.
Floating ornaments will only show in the specific mode - tablature or notation -
they were input in. Unlike other ornaments, they have no musical value, just
graphical.
Global Edit: You can add section notes for each section. See Ribbon->Sections-
>Desscription->Notes. This opens a Richt Text format editor for up to one page of
text. You have two options for displaying the section notes, eitther immediately
following each section, or combined at the end of the printed version. See the
Ribbon->Format->Page settings->Print section comments at end of document check
box.\n When combined at the end of the document, the notes are displayed as an
ordered list with the number of the section in belongs to.
Tablature Edit: The layered diapasons options allows you to add a little extra
vertical space between each diapason as their course number increases. So \\a will
be lower down the staff than \a, etc. See: Palettes->Diapasons->layered diapason
button switch.