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Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts and Special Mouse Clicks

File menu
Command Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse
Click

New CTRL +N

Open CTRL+O

Close CTRL+W

Save CTRL+S

Print +P

Quit ALT+F4

Edit menu
Command Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse
Click

Undo CTRL+Z

Redo CTRL+Y

Cut CTRL+X

Copy CTRL+C

Paste Multiple ALT+CTRL+V

Paste CTRL+V

Select All CTRL+A

View menu
Command Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse
Click

Redraw Screen CTRL+D

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View at 400% CTRL+4

View At 200% CTRL+2

View At 100% CTRL+1

View At 75% CTRL+7

View At 50% CTRL+5

General Keyboard Shortcuts

Command Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse
Click

Select Yes or No dialog boxes Type N for "No" and Y for "Yes"

Scroll up or down the Page Page Up or Page Down

Next or Previous Page CTRL+PAGE UP or

CTRL+PAGE DOWN

Articulation tool
Command Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse
Click

Display the Articulation Selection dialog Click on, above, or below a note or
box rest that doesn’t have an articulation
attached, or click on a note whose
articulation handles are visible.

Select an articulation Click, or SHIFT+click the handle.

Move an articulation Drag the handle (CTRL+drag the

handle to move.

Delete an articulation Select the handle and press

DELETE, or right-click the handle
and select Delete from the
contextual menu.

Expression tool
Command Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse
Click

Display the Expression Selection dialog Double-click on, above, or below a

box measure or note

Display expression handles Click the Expression tool

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Select an expression handle Click, or SHIFT+click to select

multiple handles or press CTRL+A
to select all available handles

Move selected expressions Drag the selected handles

Delete selected expressions Press DELETE, or right mouse the

handle and select Delete from the
contextual menu

Selection tool
Command Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Select a measure or measures Click a measure; drag-enclose a

region

Extend a selection of measures vertically Double-click a selected measure to

include the entire vertical measure
"stack" (that measure in all staves)

Extend a selection of measures While holding down SHIFT, press the

horizontally to the end or beginning LEFTARROW to extend the selection
to the beginning. While holding down
SHIFT, press the RIGHT ARROW to
extend the selection to the end.

Select a staff or staves Click to the left of a staff; SHIFT+click

to the left of a staff to extend the
selection

Move or Copy a selected section of Drag the region so it is superimposed

music on the beginning of an unselected
region; CTRL+SHIFT+click the place
where the selected music should be
copied

Delete selected music Press DELETE

Erase selected music Press BACKSPACE

Cancel a Selection tool operation Press ESCAPE

Repeat tool
Command Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display the Repeat Selection dialog box Double-click a measure without a

repeat or double-click a measure with
a repeat

Delete a repeat barline Click on the handle and press

DELETE, or right-click the handle
and select Delete from the contextual
menu.

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Simple Entry tool

Command Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Whole Note Press numpad 7 (or

CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+7)

Half Note Press numpad 6 (or

CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+6)

Quarter Note Press numpad 5 (or

CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+5)

Eighth Note Press numpad 4 (or

CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+4)

Sixteenth Note Press numpad 3 (or

CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+3)

Whole Rest CTRL+Numpad+7

Half Rest CTRL+Numpad+6

Quarter Rest CTRL+Numpad+5

Eighth Rest CTRL+Numpad+4

Sixteenth Rest CTRL+Numpad+3

Sharp Hold down ALT and press =

Natural Hold down ALT and press N

Flat Hold down ALT and press - (minus)

Augmentation Dot Hold down SHIFT and press .

(period)

Erase an item (note, rest, accidental, Press DELETE and click the item
etc.) (DELETE also removes a selected
note). Hold down ALT and press
DELETE to select the Eraser tool
without deleting the selected note.

The following keystrokes can be used to enter a note using the Simple Entry Caret. To activate the caret, click an empty
measure with the Simple Entry tool selected, or CTRL+click a note and press the RIGHT ARROW key (the caret will appear to
the right of the selected note).

Enter note at caret pitch Press ENTER

Enter note A through G Press the letter keys A-G

Enter rest Press 0

After entering a note (with the caret, or by clicking), these are some of the keystrokes you can use to edit it. Note that if there is
not a note selected (or the keystroke doesn't apply), the corresponding tool will be selected in the Simple palette.

Change Duration (whole note-32nd note) Hold down ALT and then press a
number key on the numpad (2-7)

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Create Tuplet Press 9 (or numpad 9)

Create user-defined Tuplet Hold down CTRL and press 9 or

numpad 9

Toggle between Note and Rest Press R

Move up a step diatonically ALT+UP ARROW

Move down a step diatonically ALT+DOWN ARROW

Move up an octave diatonically ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW

Move down an octave diatonically ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

Add a Natural Press N

Add a Sharp Press =

Add a Flat Press -

Add a Double Flat SHIFT+- (minus)

Add a Double Sharp SHIFT+=

Add a Dot Press . (period or numpad decimal

point)

Tie to next note Press T

Add note an interval of a _ above Press 1-8

Add note an interval of a 9th above Hold down CTRL and SHIFT and
press 9

Add note an interval of a _ below Hold down SHIFT and press 1-9

Add note Hold down SHIFT and press A-G

Beam or join a Beam Select the note then press /

Use default beam Hold down SHIFT and press /

Flip the Stem Select the note then press L

Use default stem Hold down SHIFT and press L

Delete Press DELETE or hold down SHIFT

and press BACKSPACE

After you enter a note, it is selected automatically. You can select any note, or move selection between notes using the following
keystrokes.

Select a note or rest CTRL+click

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Move left Press the LEFTARROW key

Move right Press the RIGHT ARROW key

Move selection up Hold down CTRL and press the UP

ARROW key

Move selection down Hold down CTRL and press the

DOWN ARROW key

Move selection one measure to the right Hold down CTRL and press the
RIGHT ARROW key

Move selection one measure to the left Hold down CTRL and press the
LEFTARROW key

Activate Simple Entry Caret Press ENTER (when a note is

selected)

Move caret up Press the UP ARROW

Move caret down Press the DOWN ARROW

Move caret up an octave Hold down SHIFT and press the UP

ARROW

Move caret down an octave Hold down SHIFT and press the
DOWN ARROW

Select all Hold down CTRL and press A

Clear selection BACKSPACE or ESCAPE

Use the following commands to create and edit tablature. Tablature notation (fret numbers) can be added to tablature staves
added with the Setup Wizard.

TAB-Add Note on String 1-9 ALT 1-9

TAB-Add Note on String: At Caret Pitch CTRL+ENTER

TAB-Add Note at Caret String ENTER

TAB-Change Pitch: Increment Fret = or Numpad +

Number

TAB-Change Pitch: Decrement Fret - or Numpad -

Number

TAB-Change String: Down One ALT+DOWN ARROW

TAB-Change String: Up One ALT+UP ARROW

TAB-Change to Fret Number: 0-9 CTRL+SHIFT 0-9 or ALT+Numpad

0-9 (type two numbers quickly for two
digit numbers)

TAB-Duration: 32nd through Whole note CTRL+ALT 2-7

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TAB-Duration: Augmentation Dot . (period) or Numpad . (decimal point)

TAB-Duration:Tuplet - Create Default ALT+0 or CTRL+ALT 9 or

CTRL+ALT+Numpad 9

TAB-Duration:Tuplet - Create User SHIFT+0

Defined

TAB-Enter Note on Fret 0-9 or A-K Numpad 0-9 or A-K

TAB-Enter Note on Fret 10-19 or L-U CTRL+numpad 0-9 or L-Q

TAB-Enter Rest Tab or SHIFT+ENTER or

ALT+ENTER

TAB-Modify: Delete DELETE or SHIFT+BACKSPACE

TAB-Modify: Tie to Next Note T or Numpad /

TAB-Modify: Tie to Previous Note SHIFT+T or CTRL+Numpad /

TAB-Modify: Toggle Note/Rest R or SHIFT+SPACEBAR

TAB-Navigation: Caret/Selection - Clear BACKSPACE

TAB-Navigation: Move caret to string 1-9 1-9 (QWERTY keyboard)

TAB-Navigation: String Up UP ARROW

TAB-Navigation: String Down DOWN ARROW

TAB-tool: Augmentation Dot CTRL+Numpad . (decimal) or

SHIFT+. (period)

TAB-tool: Eraser ALT+BACKSPACE or ALT+DELETE

TAB-tool: Note - 32nd through Whole CTRL+ALT+SHIFT 2-7 or

CTRL+ALT+Numpad 2-7

TAB-tool: Tie CTRL+SHIFT+T or ALT+Numpad /

TAB-tool: Toggle Note/Rest ALT+R

TAB-tool: Tuplet numpad 9

Smart Shape tool

Command Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display handles on all smart shapes Press ENTER

Restore default positioning to slur Right-click a slur handle, then choose

Remove Manual Slur Adjustments
from the contextual menu.

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Drag an endpoint handle Change the slur’s ending or starting

note

Drag a center curve handle Change the slur’s arc height

SHIFT-drag a center curve handle Change the slur’s arc height and
angle

Drag an outer curve handle Change the slur’s arc and inset
asymmetrically

Control-drag an outer curve handle Change the slur’s arc and inset
symmetrically

Add a slur S

Add a crescendo <

Add a decrescendo >

Add a glissando G

Add a line L

Text tool
Command Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Left Justify text in a text block CTRL+ [

Right Justify text in a text block CTRL+ ]

Center Justify text in a text block CTRL+ '

Bold CTRL+SHIFT+ B

Italic CTRL+SHIFT+ I

Underline CTRL+SHIFT+ U

Display the Text menu Click the Text tool

Display handles on text blocks Click the Text tool

Select a text block or text blocks Click a text block handle or

drag-enclose text block handles,
SHIFT+click a text block handle

Create an expanding text block Double-click in the score

Create a fixed-size text block Double-click and drag in the score

Edit the text block Double-click a text block handle.

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Delete the selected text blocks Press DELETE for one or more
selected text blocks, or right-+click
the handle and select Delete from the
contextual menu.

Adjust the text block’s position in the Drag a selected text block handle
score

Tuplet tool
Command Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display positioning handles Click the first note of a tuplet

Position tuplet Drag a positioning handle

Delete tuplet Press DELETE for selected tuplet, or

right-click the handle and select
Delete from the contextual menu.

Display the Tuplet Definition dialog box Double-click a positioning handle or

the first note in a group that you want
to define as tuplets, or right-click the
handle and select Edit Tuplet
Definition from the contextual menu.

Playback
Command Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Begin playing from the current measure SPACEBAR+click in staff

File menu

Edit menu

View menu

General

Articulation tool

Selection tool

Repeat tool

Simple Entry tool

Smart Shape tool

Text tool

Tuplet tool

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