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Keyboard shortcuts and special mouse clicks


For a list of predefined shortcut keys for markings created with various tools, see Metatools.

General
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

OK all open dialog boxes

COMMAND+return, or COMMAND-click the OK button

Cancel all open dialog boxes

COMMAND+ESC, or COMMAND-click the Cancel button

Show Master Tool Palette dialog box

COMMAND+OPTION+CTRL-click on an open document

"Add Again" Metatool (adds the previously added


marking)

Press -(hyphen) and click the score

Apply a Metatool

Press a number (0-8) or letter and click the score

Program a Metatool

Press SHIFT+number (0-8) or SHIFT+letter

Program a keyboard equivalent for a tool

OPTION+CONTROL+F through OPTION+CONTROL+' (apostrophe)the center


row of keys

Switch to a tool youve programmed

CONTROL+F through CONTROL+' (apostrophe)

Select Yes or No in dialog boxes

Type COMMAND+ESC for No and RETURN for Yes

Move up a full screen (page view)

PAGE UP

Move down a full screen (page view)

PAGE DOWN

Move to previous page (page view)

COMMAND+PAGE UP

Move to next page (page view)

COMMAND+PAGE DOWN

Advance one increment up vertically

OPTION+PAGE UP

Advance on increment down vertically

OPTION+PAGE DOWN

Move left one screen (page view)

HOME

Move right one screen (page view)

END

Move to beginning (page view)

COMMAND+HOME

Move to end (page view)

COMMAND+END

Move to the top/left of the leftmost viewable page SHIFT+HOME


Move to the bottom/right of the rightmost
viewable page

SHIFT+END

Advance one increment right horizontally (page


view)

OPTION+HOME

Advance one increment left horizontally (page


view)

OPTION+END

Move forward screenful of measures (scroll view)

COMMAND+PAGE DOWN

Move backward screenful of measures (scroll


view)

COMMAND+PAGE UP

Move to beginning of score (scroll view)

HOME

Move to end of score (scroll view)

END

Change layers

COMMAND+OPTION+layer number

Unlink in all parts

COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+U

Relink in all parts/relink to score

COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+L

Playback
Command
Begin/stop playing

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click


SPACEBAR

Begin playing (Playback Controls closed) from the measure clicked SPACEBAR-click in staff
Begin playing from the clicked measure in the clicked staff only

SHIFT+SPACEBAR-click in staff

Begin playing from measure one in all staves

SPACEBAR-click to the left of a staff system

Begin playing from measure 1 for the clicked staff

SPACEBAR-SHIFT-click to the left of staff

Scrub onscreen music - all staves

OPTION+SPACEBAR (and drag across music)

Scrub onscreen music - clicked staff only

OPTION+SHIFT+SPACEBAR (and drag across music)

File menu
Command
Launch Window

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click


COMMAND+SHIFT+N

New (default new action) COMMAND+N


Open

COMMAND+O

Close

COMMAND+W

Close All

OPTION+COMMAND+W

Save

COMMAND+S

Save As

COMMAND+SHIFT+S

Save All

OPTION+COMMAND+S

Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Print

COMMAND+P

Quit

COMMAND+Q

Edit menu
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Undo

COMMAND+Z

Redo

COMMAND+SHIFT+Z

Undo/Redo List

COMMAND+Y

Cut

COMMAND+X

Cut to Clip File

Press COMMAND+OPTION+X

Copy (to the Clipboard)

COMMAND+C

Insert

COMMAND+I

Copy to Clip File

Press COMMAND+OPTION+C

Insert From Clip File

Press OPTION when choosing Insert or press OPTION+COMMAND+I

Insert and Filter

COMMAND+SHIFT+I

Insert and Filter from Clip


File

SHIFT+OPTION+COMMAND+I

Paste

COMMAND+V

Paste Multiple (from the


clipboard)

CONTROL+COMMAND+V

Paste (paste from a Clip file)

Press COMMAND+OPTION+V

Paste and Filter

COMMAND+SHIFT+V. The Edit Filter dialog box appears where you can choose which items you would
like to paste.

Use Filter

COMMAND+OPTION+F

Edit Filter

COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+F

Paste and Filter from Clip


Files

COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+V. The Edit Filter dialog box appears where you can choose which items
you would like to paste.

Delete Measure Stack

Delete (with a stack selected)

Select All

COMMAND+A

Update Layout and unlock


systems

COMMAND+SHIFT+U

Clear All Items

CLEAR (Laptops Fn-6)

Set SmartFind Source Region COMMAND+F


Deselect SmartFind Source
Region

COMMAND+F

Apply SmartFind and Paint

COMMAND+SHIFT+F

Utilities menu
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Update Layout

COMMAND+U

Transpose

COMMAND+6 through 9

Program a Transposition SHIFT+COMMAND+6 through 9


Lock Systems

COMMAND+L (Or, with the Selection tool selected, press L to lock Systems).

Unlock Systems

COMMAND+SHIFT+U (Or, with the Selection tool selected, press U to unlock Systems).

Apply Note Spacing

COMMAND+4 (Or, with the Selection tool selected, press 4)

Apply Beat Spacing

COMMAND + 5 (Or, with the Selection tool selected, press 5)

Fit Measures

COMMAND+SHIFT+M

Implode Music

1 (With Selection tool selected)

Explode Music

2 (With Selection tool selected)

Check Elapsed Time

3 (With Selection tool selected)

View menu
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Page View

COMMAND+E (see also Page View)

Scroll View

COMMAND+E

Studio View

COMMAND+SHIFT+E

Redraw Screen

COMMAND+D

Zoom In

COMMAND+= (equal sign) or hold down COMMAND+SHIFT and click

Zoom Out

COMMAND+- (minus) or hold down COMMAND+OPTION-SHIFT and click

Custom Zoom 2

COMMAND+2

Custom Zoom 1

COMMAND+1

Custom Zoom 3

COMMAND+3

View At X %

COMMAND+0

Fit Width

COMMAND+OPTION+]

Fit in Window

COMMAND+OPTION+[

Command
Add Bookmark

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click


COMMAND+B

Program (define) a Staff Set OPTION+1 through OPTION+8 (in Scroll View or Studio View)
Show All Staves

CONTROL+zero

Show Staff Set 18

CONTROL+1 through CONTROL+8

Show/Hide Rulers

COMMAND+R

Change layers

OPTION+COMMAND+layer number (1-4)

Document menu
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display the Document Options dialog box COMMAND+OPTION+A

Window menu
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Show/Hide Score Manager

COMMAND+K

Show/Hide Main Tool Palette

COMMAND+T

Switch between open windows COMMAND+` (grave accent)


Open/Close Mixer

COMMAND+OPTION+M

Selection tool
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Switch to Selection tool

ESC or COMMAND+SHIFT+A

Select an item

Click on the item

Select the appropriate tool to edit


item

With item selected, double-click or press RETURN

Select between overlapping items

Click on the item then press plus or minus to cycle through overlapping items. Or, just clicking the
mouse again cycles through the overlapping items.

Display the Fit Measures dialog box

COMMAND + SHIFT+M (Page View only)

Lock currently selected systems

COMMAND+L (or, L with the Selection tool selected)

Unlock currently selected systems

COMMAND+SHIFT+U (or, U with the Selection tool selected)

Select a measure or measures

Click to select a full measure. Drag-enclose to select a region including partial measures. To
constrain to full measures, hold down SHIFT while drag-enclosing.

Extend a partial measure selection


to include only full measures.

Double-click the selected region.

Extend a selection of measures


vertically

Press SHIFT+UP ARROW to extend selection up or SHIFT+DOWN ARROW to


extend selection down.
Double-click a selected measure to include the entire vertical measure stack (that
measure in all staves); The first double-click selects a single full measure, and the
second double-click selects the measure stack; SHIFT-click on a staff above or
below a selected region to extend selection to that staff.
Hold down SHIFT and press Page Up to select all staves to the top staff of the
system.
Hold down SHIFT and press Page Down to select all staves to the bottom staff of
the system.

Extend a selection of measure


horizontally

While holding down SHIFT, press right arrow or left arrow to extend selection to the
next or previous note.
Press SHIFT+OPTION and press the right arrow or left arrow to extend the
selection by full measures. (Choose to adjust the beginning of the selected region by
first pressing SHIFT left arrow. Choose to adjust the end of the selected region by
first pressing SHIFT right arrow.) If there are no notes in the measure, Finale selects
the entire measure.
Hold down SHIFT and press the END key to select all measures to the end of the
score.
Hold down SHIFT and press the HOME key to select all measures to the beginning
of the score.

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 and paste a selected


section of music

Drag the region so it is superimposed on the beginning of another region, which elements to be
copied are selected in the Edit menu before you drag (See Edit Filter dialog box). The target
region can include a portion of the source region.
Or, OPTION-click the place where the selected elements should be copied or moved to.

Move or copy and insert a selected


section of music

Hold down the COMMAND key and drag the region so a red (or green) Insertion Cursor
appears at the beginning of another region. Which elements to be inserted are selected in the
Edit menu before you drag (See Edit Filter dialog box). The target region can include a portion of
the source region. Inserting pushed subsequent notes in the staff to the right the duration of the
inserted material.

Move or copy and paste specific


items from a selected section of
music

Drag the region so it is superimposed on the beginning of another region, which elements and
whether you are moving or copying are selected in the Edit menu before you drag (See Edit Filter
dialog box). The target region can include a portion of the source region.
OPTION+SHIFT-click the place where the selected elements should be copied or moved to.

Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click


Choose the items you want to copy and click OK.

Move or copy and paste a selected


section of music multiple times

Highlight the source region and press COMMAND+C to copy. Highlight the target and press
CONTROL+COMMAND+V. ENTER the number of copies in the Paste Multiple dialog box and
click OK.

Select all (measure stack in all


measures)

COMMAND+A

Clear selected music

Select a region of music and press CLEAR

Delete selected measures

Select a measure

Move selected measures to the


previous or next staff system

UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW

Cancel an operation

Press COMMAND+period (.)

stack (double-click) and press DELETE

Implode Music (displays the Implode Select the measures you want to affect, then press 1 on your computer keyboard.
Music dialog box)
Drag-Implode Music for multiple
staves (displays the Implode Music
dialog box)

Press I while dragging selected measures to their destination.

Drag-Explode Music for multiple


staves (displays the Explode Music
dialog box)

Hold down E while drag copying to the target region.

Respace notes, lyrics, and


accidentals (Apply Beat Spacing
command) using the settings in
Document Options - Music Spacing

With the Selection tool, select the measures you want to affect, then press 5 on your computer
keyboard. In all tools that allow regional selection, press COMMAND+5.

Respace notes, lyrics, and


accidentals (Apply Note Spacing
command) using the settings in
Document Options - Music Spacing

With the Selection tool, select the measures you want to affect, then press 4 on your computer
keyboard. In all tools that allow regional selection, press COMMAND+4.

Show elapsed time based on current Select the measures you want to affect, then press 3 on your computer keyboard.
tempo (displays the Elapsed Time
dialog box)
Transpose (programmable)

With the Selection tool, select the measures you want to affect, then press any number between
6 and 9 on your computer keyboard. (COMMAND+6 through 9 without the Selection tool
selected.)

Program Transpositions

COMMAND+SHIFT+6 through 9

Select or deselect the SmartFind


Source Region

COMMAND+F

Display the Apply SmartFind and


Paint dialog box

COMMAND+SHIFT+F

Staff tool
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display the Staff menu and handles

Click the Staff tool

Select a staff (or staves).

Click a staff or a staff handle, drag-enclose staff handles, or select measures of the staff

Add the staff to the selection. If a staff is


already selected, remove the staff from
the selection.

SHIFT-click a staff or a staff handle

Display the Staff Attributes dialog box.

Double-click a staff or a staff handle, or double-click a full or abbreviated staff name handle,
or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Staff Attributes from the contextual
menu.

Add a staff without repositioning the


lower staves to make room for the new
staff.

Double-click in the score (in Scroll View)

Insert a staff between staves,


repositioning the lower staves to make
room for the new staff.

SHIFT+double-click below a staff in the score (in Scroll View)

Add a staff to the bottom of the score

Double-click the Staff tool

Display the Group Attributes dialog box.

Double-click a group handle, or double-click a bracket handle, or right/CONTROL-click the


group or bracket handle and select Edit Group Attributes from the contextual menu;
right/CONTROL-click the staff handle and select Add Group and Bracket from the
contextual menu.

Delete the selected staves without


repositioning the remaining staves.

Select the staff handle and press SHIFT+DELETE for selected staves, or
right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete Staves from the contextual menu.

Delete the selected staves and


reposition the remaining staves.

Press DELETE for selected staves, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete
Staves and Reposition from the contextual menu.

Adjust the staffs position only in the


current staff system.

Click the staff's handle once and drag in Page View. When you click once, measures in the
current system are selected.

Adjust the staffs position for all systems. Double-click the staff's handle and drag in Page View. When you double-click a staff handle,
all measures of the staff are selected.
Adjust the staff's position without
affecting other staves

While pressing OPTION, drag a staff handle. All other staves remain in their original
position.

Select a group (or groups).

Click a group handle, or drag-enclose group handles

Add the group to the selection. If a group SHIFT-click a group handle


is already selected, remove the group
from the selection.
Edit a full or abbreviated group name
using the Edit Text window.

OPTION+double-click a group handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit


Full Group Name or Edit Abbreviated Group Name from the contextual menu.

Position a group name using the Position OPTION+SHIFT-click a group handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select
Full Group Name or Position
Position Full Group Name or Position Abbreviated Group Name from the contextual menu.
Abbreviated Group Name dialog box.
Revert the position of the group names
to their default position.

Press CLEAR for selected groups

Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Remove the selected group definitions.

Press DELETE for selected groups, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete
Group from the contextual menu.

Adjust the position of a group name.

Drag a group handle

Select a staff name (or names).

Click a staff name handle, or drag-enclose staff name handles

Add the staff name to the selection. If a


staff name is already selected, remove
the staff name from the selection.

SHIFT-click a full or abbreviated staff name handle

Edit a full or abbreviated staff name


using the Edit Text window.

OPTION+double-click a full or abbreviated staff name handle, or right/CONTROL-click the


handle and select Edit Full Staff Name or Edit Abbreviated Staff Name from the contextual
menu

Position the selected staff name using


the Position Full Staff Name or Position
Abbreviated Staff Name dialog box.

OPTION+SHIFT-click a full or abbreviated staff name handle, or right/CONTROL-click the


handle and select Position Full Staff Name or Position Abbreviated Staff Name from the
contextual menu.

Revert the position of the full or


abbreviated staff name to its default
position.

Press CLEAR for a selected staff name handle

Adjust the position of the selected staff


name.

Drag a full or abbreviated staff name handle

Select a bracket (or brackets).

Click a bracket handle, or drag-enclose several bracket handles

Add the bracket to the selection. If a


bracket is already selected, remove the
bracket from the selection.

SHIFT-click a bracket handle

Remove the selected brackets.

Press DELETE for selected brackets, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete
from the contextual menu.

Revert the selected brackets to their


default length.

Press CLEAR for selected brackets

Make a bracket taller or shorter.

Drag a bracket handle vertically

Move a bracket closer to or away from


bracketed staves.

Drag a bracket handle horizontally

Select a clef for the staff.

CONTROL-click the staff handle and select Select Clef from the contextual menu.

Remove Staff Styles from selected


region.

Click the Staff Style bar and press DELETE. Or, Select the measures, right click and choose
Clear Staff Styles From (and then the desired score/part Option).

Clef tool
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display the Change Clef dialog box

Double-click in a measure

To change the clef for a region

Select the region (if you want a mid-measure clef, select a part of a measure) and then
double click the highlighted region.

To change the clef from a measure to the


next clef change

Double-click an unselected measure or a fully selected measure.

Adjust the mid-measure clef position

Drag the handle of the mid-measure clef

Delete a mid-measure clef

Select the handle and press DELETE, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select
Delete from the contextual menu.

Change a mid-measure clef to another clef

OPTION-click the clef's handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Clef
Definition.

Measure tool
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display the Add Measures dialog box

OPTION-click the Measure tool

Add single blank measure to the score

Double-click the Measure tool

Display the Measure Attributes dialog


box

Double-click the top barline handle or measure, or right/CONTROL-click a handle (or upper
handle) and select Edit Measure Attributes from the contextual menu.

Make the Measure wider or narrower

Drag the top barline handle right or left

Display a beat chart

Click the second barline (or middle if there are three) handle, or right/CONTROL-click the
handle and select Edit Beat Chart from the contextual menu.

Display a split-point bar

Click the third (bottom) barline handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit
Split Points from the contextual menu.

Move a beat horizontally in all staves

Drag one of the lower handles in the beat chart

Move a beat and all subsequent beats


horizontally in all staves

SHIFT+drag one of the lower handles in the beat chart

Add another pair of beat positioning


handles

Double-click between two upper handles of a beat chart

Display the Beat Chart Element dialog


box

Double-click an upper handle in the beat chart

Delete a beat chart pair from the beat


chart

Click on an upper handle to select it and press DELETE

Change a barline

CONTROL-click the handle and select Barline, then the desired barline type (Normal,
Double, Final, Solid, Dashed, Invisible, Tick) from the contextual menu.

Display a handle on every measure


number

Click the Measure tool

Display the Measure Number dialog box SHIFT+double-click on the Measure tool.
Reset measure number positioning

Press CLEAR, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Restore Defaults from the
contextual menu.

Hide a measure number

Click the measure number's handle and press DELETE.

Move a measure number

Drag the measure numbers handle

Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display the Enclosure Designer dialog


box

Double-click a measure numbers handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit
Enclosure from the contextual menu.

Force a measure number to appear

OPTION-click a measure without a measure number

Force measure numbers on a measure in OPTION+SHIFT-click on a measure


all staves of a staff system
Remove a multimeasure rest

CONTROL-click the handle and select Multimeasure Rest > Break from the contextual
menu.

Simple Entry tool


Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Accidental: Double Flat

SHIFT+ - (minus)

Accidental: Double Sharp

SHIFT+ =

Accidental: Flat

Accidental: Sharp

Accidental: Half Step Up

Numpad +

Accidental: Half Step Down

Numpad -

Accidental: Natural

Accidental: Show/Hide courtesy accidental

COMMAND+SHIFT+ - (hyphen)

Add Interval: Unison through octave above

1 through 8 (number row only)

Add Interval: Ninth above

COMMAND+SHIFT 9 (number row only)

Add Interval: Second through ninth below

SHIFT+2 through 9 (number row only)

Add Pitch: A-G

SHIFT+A through G

Add Pitch: At caret pitch (no selection)

COMMAND+ENTER

Add/Change Items: Articulation (trigger articulation


entry)

OPTION+A or Numpad * (and then the articulation Metatool or press the


keystroke again to choose articulation)

Add/Change Items: Articulation-Sticky

COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+A or COMMAND+Numpad *

Add/Change Items: Clef (trigger clef entry)

OPTION+C

Add/Change Items: Key Signature (trigger key signature


entry)

OPTION+K

Add/Change Items: Time Signature (trigger time


signature entry)

OPTION+T

Add/Change Items: Expression (trigger expression


entry)

X or OPTION+X

Change Pitch (caret or selected note): Step Down


Diatonically

DOWN ARROW

Change Pitch (caret or selected note): Step Up


Diatonically

UP ARROW

Change Pitch: Octave Down Diatonically

SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

Change Pitch: Octave Up Diatonically

SHIFT+UP ARROW

Change Duration: 64th through Double Whole

OPTION+Numpad 1-8 or OPTION+1-8

Change Duration: 128th note

OPTION+SHIFT+` or OPTION+0

Change Duration: Augmentation Dot

. (Decimal point in Numpad) or . (Period)

Change Duration: Create Tuplet

9 or Numpad 9

Change Duration: Create User-Defined Tuplet

OPTION+Numpad 9 or OPTION+9 (or SHIFT-click in a measure with the


Simple Tuplet tool chosen)

Enter Note: At Caret Pitch

ENTER or RETURN (with Simple Entry caret active)

Enter Note: A-G

A-G

Enter Rest

Numpad 0, 0, OPTION+ENTER, SHIFT+ENTER or TAB

Modify: Beam - Break/Join

Modify: Beam - Flat

OPTION+/

Modify: Change Pitch Enharmonically

\ or OPTION+E

Modify: Delete

Delete or SHIFT+CLEAR

Modify: Grace Note

OPTION+G

Modify: Show/Hide

Modify: Stem - Flip

Modify: Stem - Use Default

SHIFT+L

Modify: Tie to Next Note

T or Numpad /

Modify: Tie to Previous Note

SHIFT+T or COMMAND+Numpad /

Modify: Move note just entered with caret up


diatonically

OPTION+UP ARROW

Modify: Move note just entered with caret down


diatonically

OPTION+DOWN ARROW

Toggle note to rest (selected note or note just entered


with caret)

Combine rest with or split rest from rests on the same


beat in other layers

Navigation: Caret/Selection - Clear

CLEAR

Navigation: Caret - Step Down

DOWN ARROW

Navigation: Caret - Step Up

UP ARROW

Navigation: Caret - Octave Down

SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

Navigation: Caret - Octave Up

SHIFT+UP ARROW

Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Navigation: Selection - Down

COMMAND+DOWN ARROW

Navigation: Selection - Up

COMMAND+UP ARROW

Navigation: Selection - One Entry Left

LEFT ARROW

Navigation: Selection - One Entry Right

RIGHT ARROW

Navigation: Selection - One Measure Left

COMMAND+LEFT ARROW

Navigation: Selection - One Measure Right

COMMAND+RIGHT ARROW

Navigation: Selection - Select All

COMMAND+A

Navigation: Switch Tool (and clear other selections)

Double-click tool or quickly repeat tool selection keyboard shortcut

Selection: Select a note within a chord without clearing


previous selection (in entry)

OPTION+SHIFT-click the note or rest

Tool: Accidental - Flat

OPTION+ - (Minus)

Tool: Accidental - Natural

OPTION+ N

Tool: Accidental - Sharp

OPTION+ =

Tool: Augmentation Dot

COMMAND+ Numpad . (decimal point) or SHIFT+. (Period)

Tool: Eraser

OPTION+CLEAR or OPTION+DELETE

Tool: Grace Note

COMMAND+G

Tool: 64th Note through Double Whole Note

Numpad 1-8 (or COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT 1-8)

Tool: 128th Note

COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT 0

Tool: 64th Rest through Double Whole Rest

COMMAND+Numpad 1-8

Tool: Repitch

SHIFT+` or SHIFT+R

Tool: Toggle Note/Rest

OPTION+R

Tool: Tuplet

COMMAND+9 or COMMAND+Numpad 9

Tool: Tie

OPTION+Numpad / or COMMAND+SHIFT+T

TAB-Add Note on String: At Caret Pitch

COMMAND+ENTER

TAB-Add Note at Caret String

ENTER

TAB-Change Pitch: Increment Fret Number

= or Numpad +

TAB-Change Pitch: Decrement Fret Number

- or Numpad -

TAB-Change String: Down One

OPTION+DOWN ARROW

TAB-Change String: Up One

OPTION+UP ARROW

TAB-Change to Fret Number: 0-9

OPTION+SHIFT 0-9 or OPTION+Numpad 0-9 (type two numbers quickly


for two digit numbers)

TAB-Duration: 64th through Double Whole

SHIFT 1-8

TAB-Duration: 128th Note

OPTION+SHIFT (Accent)

TAB-Duration: Augmentation Dot

. (period) or Numpad . (decimal point)

TAB-Duration:Tuplet - Create Default

OPTION+0 or COMMAND+OPTION 9 or COMMAND+OPTION+Numpad


9

TAB-Duration:Tuplet - Create User Defined

SHIFT+0

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

COMMAND+numpad 0-9 or L-Q

TAB-Enter Rest

TAB or SHIFT+ENTER or OPTION+ENTER

TAB-Modify: Delete

DELETE or SHIFT+CLEAR

TAB-Modify: Grace Note

OPTION+G

TAB-Modify:Show/Hide

OPTION+H

TAB-Modify: Tie to Next Note

T or Numpad /

TAB-Modify: Tie to Previous Note

SHIFT+T or COMMAND+Numpad /

TAB-Modify: Toggle Note/Rest

R or SHIFT+SPACEBAR

TAB-Navigation: Caret/Selection - Clear

CLEAR

TAB-Navigation: String Up

UP ARROW

TAB-Navigation: String Down

DOWN ARROW

TAB-Tool: Augmentation Dot

COMMAND+Numpad . (decimal) or SHIFT+. (period)

TAB-Tool: Eraser

OPTION+CLEAR or OPTION+DELETE

TAB-Tool: Grace Note

COMMAND+G

TAB-Tool: Note - 64th through Double Whole

COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT 1-8 or COMMAND+OPTION+Numpad 1-8

TAB-Tool: Repitch

SHIFT+R or SHIFT+ (Accent)

TAB-Tool: Tie

COMMAND+SHIFT+T or OPTION+Numpad /

TAB-Tool: Toggle Note/Rest

OPTION+R

TAB-Tool: Tuplet

0 or COMMAND+OPTION+Numpad 0

Simple Entry Laptop Set


Laptop users: To use this set, choose Simple > Simple Entry Options and click Edit Keyboard Shortcuts. In the
Edit Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box, from the Name popup menu, choose Laptop Shortcut Table.

Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Accidental: Half Step Up

Accidental: Half Step Down

Accidental: Natural

Accidental: Show/Hide courtesy accidental

COMMAND+SHIFT+-(minus)

Add Interval: 2nd through octave above

F2 through F8

Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Add Interval: Ninth above

COMMAND+SHIFT+F9

Add Interval: Second through ninth below

SHIFT+F2 through F9

Add Pitch: A-G

SHIFT+A through G

Add Pitch: At caret pitch

COMMAND+ENTER

Add/Change Items: Articulation

(accent) or OPTION+A

Add/Change Items: Articulation-Sticky

COMMAND+SHIFT+ (accent)

Add/Change Items: Clef

OPTION+C

Add/Change Items: Key Signature

OPTION+K

Add/Change Items: Time Signature

OPTION+T

Add/Change Items: Expression

OPTION+X (or X)

Change Pitch (caret or selected note): Step Down Diatonically

DOWN ARROW

Change Pitch (caret or selected note): Step Up Diatonically

UP ARROW

Change Pitch: Octave Down Diatonically

SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

Change Pitch: Octave Up Diatonically

SHIFT+UP ARROW

Duration: 128th through Double Whole

OPTION+0 through 8

Duration: Augmentation Dot

. (period)

Duration: Tuplet - Create Default

Duration: Tuplet - Create User-Defined

OPTION+9

Enter Note: At Caret Pitch

RETURN

Enter Note: A-G

A through G

Enter Rest

OPTION+RETURN (or SHIFT+RETURN or TAB)

Modify: Beam - Break

Modify: Beam - Flat

OPTION+/

Modify: Change Pitch Enharmonically

Modify: Delete

Delete

Modify: Grace Note

OPTION+G

Modify: Show/Hide

Modify: Stem - Flip

Modify: Stem - Use Default

SHIFT+L

Modify: Tie to Next Note

Modify: Tie to Previous Note

SHIFT+T

Modify: Flip Tie

COMMAND+F

Modify: Auto Tie

COMMAND+SHIFT+F

Toggle note to rest (selected note or note just entered with caret)

Navigation: Caret/Selection - Clear

SHIFT+DELETE

Navigation: Caret - Step Down

DOWN ARROW

Navigation: Caret - Step Up

UP ARROW

Navigation: Caret - Octave Down

SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

Navigation: Caret - Octave Up

SHIFT+UP ARROW

Navigation: Selection - Down

COMMAND+DOWN ARROW

Navigation: Selection - Up

COMMAND+UP ARROW

Navigation: Selection - One Entry Left

LEFT ARROW

Navigation: Selection - One Entry Right

RIGHT ARROW

Navigation: Selection: Select All

COMMAND+A

Navigation: Switch Tool (and clear other selections)

Double-click tool or quickly repeat tool selection keyboard


shortcut

Selection: Select a note within a chord without clearing previous


selection (in entry)

OPTION+SHIFT-click the note or rest

Tool: Accidental - Flat

OPTION+- (minus)

Tool: Accidental - Natural

OPTION+N

Tool: Accidental - Sharp

OPTION+=

Tool: Augmentation Dot

SHIFT+.

Tool: Eraser

OPTION+DELETE

Tool: Grace Note

COMMAND+G

Tool: 128th Note through Double Whole Note

0 through 8

Tool: Repitch

SHIFT+ (accent)

Tool: Toggle Note/Rest

OPTION+R

Tool: Tie

COMMAND+SHIFT+T

Speedy Entry tool


Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Navigation: previous note

LEFT ARROW

Navigation: next note

RIGHT ARROW

Navigation: move to first note or rest in measure

OPTION+LEFT ARROW

Navigation: move just beyond last note or rest in measure

OPTION+RIGHT ARROW

Navigation: jump to previous measure

[ or SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Navigation: jump to next measure

] or SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

Navigation: move editing frame down a staff

RETURN

Navigation: move editing frame up a staff

SHIFT+RETURN

Navigation: voice 1/2

'

Navigation: move to next/previous layer

SHIFT+UP/DOWN ARROW

Navigation: crossbar down a step

DOWN ARROW

Navigation: crossbar up a step

UP ARROW

Navigation: exit measure and redraw/re-enter measure

Toggle insert mode

SHIFT+I

Entry with MIDI: enter note

Hold note and press 1-8, OPTION+0

Entry with MIDI: enter rest

1-8, OPTION+0

Entry with MIDI: change note/rest duration

1-8, OPTION+0

Entry with MIDI (insert mode): insert note

Hold note and press 1-8, OPTION+0

Entry with MIDI (insert mode): insert rest

1-8, OPTION+0

Entry without MIDI: enter note

Position crossbar and press 1-8,


OPTION+0

Entry without MIDI: enter rest

CONTROL+ OPTION+SHIFT+1-7
(number row only)

Entry without MIDI: change note/rest duration

1-8, OPTION+0

Entry without MIDI (insert mode): insert note

Position crossbar and press 1-8,


OPTION+0

Entry without MIDI (insert mode): insert rest

CONTROL+ OPTION+SHIFT+1-7
(number row only)

Step-time entry with MIDI (caps lock): enter note

1-8 and play note

Step-time entry with MIDI (caps lock): enter rest

1-8 and play any cluster of three


consecutive half-steps

Step-time entry without MIDI (caps lock): specify pitch, high C-B

Q-W-E-R-T-Y-U

Step-time entry without MIDI (caps lock): specify pitch, middle C-B

A-S-D-F-G-H-J

Step-time entry without MIDI (caps lock): specify pitch, low C-B

Z-X-C-V-B-N-M

Step-time entry without MIDI (caps lock): raise all pitch keys an octave

Step-time entry without MIDI (caps lock): reset all pitch keys octave

Step-time entry without MIDI (caps lock): lower all pitch keys an octave

Step-time entry without MIDI (caps lock): enter note

1-8, OPTION+0

Step-time entry without MIDI (caps lock): enter rest

CONTROL+ OPTION+SHIFT+1-7
(number row only)

Edit: add augmentation dot

Edit: begin a tuplet (dupletoctuplet)

OPTION+2 through OPTION+8

Edit: define a tuplet

OPTION+1

Edit: change to/from a grace note

; or G

Edit: change to/from a slashed flagged grace note (Note: this requires that Always Slash
Flagged Grace Notes is deselected in the Document Options - Grace Notes dialog box)

Edit: add a note to a chord at crossbar

ENTER (FN+RETURN)

Edit: change a rest to a note

ENTER

Edit: remove note from chord

CLEAR or SHIFT+DELETE

Edit: change single note to rest

CLEAR or SHIFT+DELETE

Edit: change entry to rest

Edit: remove note, rest or chord

DELETE

Edit: hide/show note or rest

O or H

Edit: double-sharp

Edit: sharp note

Edit: natural note

Edit: flat note

Edit: double-flat

Edit: raise by a half step

+ or SHIFT+S

Edit: lower by a half step

or SHIFT+F

Edit: raise by a half step (and subsequent notes of this pitch in measure)

OPTION+SHIFT+ +

Edit: lower by a half step (and subsequent notes of this pitch in measure)

OPTION+SHIFT+

Edit: show/hide any accidental

Edit: show/hide a courtesy accidental

SHIFT+A

Edit: restore courtesy accidental to optional status

OPTION+*

Edit: change single note's pitch enharmonically

Edit: change pitch enharmonically throughout measure

OPTION+9 (cursor on first note in


measure)

Edit: add or remove accidental parentheses

Edit: flip stem in opposite direction

Edit: restore stem direction to floating status

OPTION+L

Edit: break/join beam from previous note

/ or B

Edit: restore default beaming

SHIFT+B

Edit: flatten a beam

\ or SHIFT+M

Edit: tie/untie to next note

= or T

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Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Edit: tie/untie to previous note

OPTION+= or SHIFT+T

Edit: flip a tie

COMMAND+F

Edit: restore tie direction to automatic

COMMAND+SHIFT+F

Edit: constrain dragging a note/rest (horizontal/vertical)

SHIFT+drag

Edit: return a rest to its default position

Edit: combine rest with or split rest from rests on the same beat in other layers

Display the Edit Frame dialog box (when Speedy Entry cursor is not active)

OPTION-click any measure that


contains music

HyperScribe tool
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Indicate where to begin transcription

Click a measure

End HyperScribe in the middle of a measure OPTION-click anywhere on the 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/CONTROL-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/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Tuplet Definition from the contextual menu.

Display the Document


Options - Tuplets dialog box

COMMAND+double-click the Tuplet tool

Reset all manual bracket and


number adjustments

CLEAR

Smart Shape tool


Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Flip a selected Slur or Bend

Flip a selected Slur or Bend (reverse linking behavior)

COMMAND+F

Change a selected Slur or Bend back to Automatic

OPTION+SHIFT+F

Display handles on all Smart Shapes

Click the Smart Shape tool

Edit or Delete a Smart Shape

Click the handle of the Smart Shape

Select all Smart Shapes on the page

COMMAND+A

Change the slurs ending or starting note

Drag or nudge an endpoint handle

Change the slurs arc height

Drag or nudge a center curve


handle

Move from any secondary (diamond) handle to another

TAB

Hide secondary handles

ESC

Move between primary Smart Shape handles

TAB

Change the slurs arc height and angle

SHIFT+drag a center curve handle

Change the slurs arc and inset asymmetrically

Drag or nudge an inner curve


handle

Change the slurs arc and inset symmetrically

OPTION+drag an inner curve


handle

Create an inverted bracket with the hook pointing away from the staff instead of toward the
staff. It will also change the text for an 8va or 15ma below the staff or 8vb or 15mb above the
staff

OPTION+double-click and drag

Display the Smart Line Selection dialog box

OPTION-click the Custom Line Tool

Add an artificial harmonic (A.H.)

A (Hold down A, then double-click


and drag)

Add a bend curve

B (Hold down B, then double-click


and drag)

Add a dashed line

D (Hold down D, then double-click


and drag)

Add a trill extension

E (Hold down E, then double-click


and drag)

Add glissando without text

F (Hold down F, then double-click


and drag)

Add a glissando with text

G (Hold down G, then double-click


and drag)

Add a pick harmonic (H)

H (Hold down H, then double-click


and drag)

Add a pull-off (P)

3 (Hold down 3, then double-click


and drag)

Add a release (R)

5 (Hold down R, then double-click


and drag)

Add a bend (B)

4 (Hold down 4, then double-click


and drag)

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Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Add a hammer-on above slur or tie

2 (Hold down 2, then double-click


and drag)

Add a solid line

L (Hold down L, then double-click


and drag)

Add a palm mute (P.M.)

M (Hold down M, then double-click


and drag)

Add a natural harmonic (N.H.)

N (Hold down N, then double-click


and drag)

Add a slur

S (Hold down S, then double-click


and drag)

Add a trill

T (Hold down T, then double-click


and drag)

Add a dashed slur

V (Hold down V, then double-click


and drag)

Add a TAB slide

X (Hold down X, then double-click


and drag)

Add a single-hooked dashed line

Y (Hold down Y, then double-click


and drag)

Add a double hooked dashed line

Z (Hold down Z, then double-click


and drag)

Add a 15ma or 15mb marking

1 (Hold down 1, then double-click


and drag)

Add a bend hat

6 (Hold down 6, then double-click


and drag)

Add an 8va or 8vb marking

8 (Hold down 8, then double-click


and drag)

Add a single hooked line

K (Hold down K, then double-click


and drag)

Add a double-hooked line

O (Hold down (letter) O, then


double-click and drag)

Add a crescendo

< (Hold down <, then double-click


and drag)

Add a pedal down/pedal up marking

P (Hold down P, then double-click


and drag)

Add a custom line (as defined)

C (Hold down C, then double-click


and drag)

Add a decrescendo

> (Hold down >, then double-click


and drag)

Add a rit.

R (Hold down R, then double-click


and drag)

Reset all manual adjustments

CLEAR

Articulation tool
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display the Articulation


Click on, above, or below a note or rest that doesnt have an articulation attached, or click on a
Selection/Apply Articulation dialog note whose articulation handles are visible, OR drag-enclose a group of notes without
box
articulations.
Select an articulation

Click, or SHIFT-click the handle.

Delete an articulation

Select the handle and press DELETE, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete from
the contextual menu. Drag-enclose a group of notes while holding delete to delete articulations on
all the notes.

Display the Articulation Designer


dialog box

Double-click an articulation handle, right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Articulation
Definition from the contextual menu, or drag-enclose a group of notes with articulations and
press RETURN

Highlight the note to which the


articulation is assigned

OPTION-click and hold a handle of an articulation.

Remove manual adjustments

CLEAR

Expression tool
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display the Expression Selection dialog


box

Double-click on, above, or below a measure or note.

Select an expression handle

Click, or SHIFT-click to select multiple handles or press COMMAND+A to select all


available handles.

Move selected expression and attachment Drag the selected handles


point
Move the expression without changing the OPTION+drag the selected handles
attachment point
Add selected expression to adjacent staff
(Non-Score List expressions only)

Select an expression handle and press OPTION+UP ARROW or OPTION+DOWN


ARROW to add the expression to the staff above or below (respectively).

Add selected expression to all staves


above/below (Non-Score List expressions
only)

Select an expression handle and press OPTION+HOME or OPTION+END to add the


expression to all staves above or below (respectively).

Add selected expression to all staves


(Non-Score List expressions only)

Select an expression handle and press COMMAND+RETURN to add the expression to all
staves.

Add selected expression to specific staves


(Non-Score List expressions only)

Select an expression handle and press COMMAND+OPTION+RETURN to add the


expression to all staves.

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Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Delete selected expressions

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

Resize a shape expression

Double-click an expression handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit


Score Shape Expression Graphically from the contextual menu.

Display the Expression Designer dialog


box

Double-click an expression handle (text expression), or right/CONTROL-click the handle


and select Edit Expression Definition from the contextual menu.

Display the Shape Expression Designer


dialog box

OPTION+double-click an expression handle (shape expression), or right/CONTROL-click


the handle and select Edit Shape Expression Definition from the contextual menu.

Display the Expression Assignment dialog


box

SHIFT+double-click an expression handle, or right-CONTROL-click the handle and select


Edit Expression Assignment from the contextual menu.

To quickly change one expression to


another using Metatool shortcuts

Highlight the Expression handle and double-press the Metatool key corresponding to the
expression you want to switch to

Remove manual adjustments

CLEAR

Repeat tool
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display the Repeat menu

Click the Repeat tool

Display the Repeat Selection dialog


box

Double-click a selected measure

Delete a text repeat, repeat barline

Click on the handle and press DELETE, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete
from the contextual menu.

Move a text repeat

Select the handle and drag.

Change the size of a repeat barline


bracket

Drag the repeat bracket handle up or down, left or right

Display the Repeat Designer dialog


box

Double-click a text repeat handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Repeat
Definition from the contextual menu.

Display the Backward Repeat Bar


Assignment dialog box

Double-click a repeat barline handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit
Repeat Assignment from the contextual menu.

Display the Ending Repeat Bar


Assignment dialog box

Double-click a repeat ending number handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select
Edit Repeat Assignment from the contextual menu.

Display the Repeat Assignment dialog


box

SHIFT+double-click a text repeat handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit
Repeat Assignment from the contextual menu.

Reset bracket /ending text position

CLEAR

Chord tool
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display positioning
triangles

Click the staff (but not on a note or rest)

Display the Chord


Definition dialog box

Double-click a note with no chord symbol attached (With Manual Input selected in the Chord menu), or
double-click a chord symbol handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Chord Definition
from the contextual menu.

Delete a chord symbol

Select the handle and press DELETE, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete from the
contextual menu

Input chord symbols using


MIDI keyboard

With Allow MIDI Input checked, click a note and play chord on the MIDI keyboard

Analyze chord in one or


two staves

With One- or Two-Staff Analysis selected in the Chord menu, click on a note in the chord.

Select a Suffix (type into


score mode)

Type root followed by :0

Remove manual
adjustments (symbol or
fretboard)

CLEAR

Lyrics tool
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display the Lyrics Window

COMMAND+L

Click Assign lyrics one syllable at a


time

Click within the staff lines at the position of the note

Click Assign lyrics all at once

OPTION-click within the staff lines at the position of the first note

Display a Word Extension handle

Select Lyrics menu > Edit Word Extension or click on the Edit Word Extension button (
Lyrics Window

Move Syllables

Select Lyrics menu > Adjust Syllables or click the Adjust Syllables button (
Window. Click and drag handle

Move to the previous or next verse,


chorus or section.

UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW using Type into Score

Left Justify syllable

COMMAND+ [ (left square bracket) (with Adjust Syllables Selected)

Right Justify syllable

COMMAND+ ] (right square bracket) (with Adjust Syllables Selected)

Center Justify syllable

COMMAND+ ' (apostrophe) (with Adjust Syllables Selected)

Align syllable block to the Left

COMMAND+SHIFT+ [ (left square bracket)

Center syllable block Horizontally

COMMAND+SHIFT+ ' (apostrophe)

Align syllable block to the Right

COMMAND+SHIFT+ ] (right square bracket)

) in

) in the Lyrics

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Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Disable "floating" syllable

Click the Adjust Syllables button ( ) in the Lyrics Window, then right/CONTROL-click a syllable
handle and choose Align Default and Justify Default.

Clear manual positioning (Adjust


Syllables)

CLEAR

Text tool
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Left Justify text in a text block

COMMAND+ [ (left square bracket)

Right Justify text in a text block

COMMAND+ ] (right square bracket)

Center Justify text in a text block

COMMAND+ ' (apostrophe)

Forced Full Justify text in a text


block

COMMAND+SHIFT+ ; (semicolon)

Bold

COMMAND+SHIFT+B

Underline

COMMAND+SHIFT+U

Increase Point Size by one

COMMAND+SHIFT+ . (period)

Decrease Point Size by one

COMMAND+SHIFT+ , (comma)

Display Line Spacing dialog box

COMMAND+SHIFT+L

Align Text block to the Left

COMMAND+SHIFT+ [ (left square bracket)

Center Text block Horizontally

COMMAND+SHIFT+ ' (apostrophe)

Align Text block to the Right

COMMAND+SHIFT+ ] (right square bracket)

Center Text block Vertically

COMMAND+SHIFT+ = (equals)

Align Text block to the Bottom

COMMAND+SHIFT - (minus)

Display the Custom Frame dialog


box

COMMAND+SHIFT+M

Display the Frame Attributes dialog


box

COMMAND+SHIFT+ T or SHIFT+double-click a text block handle, or right/CONTROL-click the


handle and select Edit Frame Attributes from the contextual menu.

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 unbounded frame that


expands as you enter text

Double-click in the score

Create a bounded, fixed-size frame


for text

Double-click and drag in the score

Edit the text block

Double-click a text block handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Text from
the contextual menu.

Delete the selected text blocks

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

Adjust the text blocks position in


the score

Drag a selected text block handle

Resize tool
Command
Reduce or enlarge a notehead

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click


Click on the notehead or right/CONTROL-click and select Resize Notehead from the contextual
menu.

Reduce or enlarge an entire note or Click on the note stem or right/CONTROL-click and select Resize Note or Rest from the
beam group
contextual menu.
Reduce or enlarge a staff

In Page View, click on the staff or right/CONTROL-click and select Resize Staff from the
contextual menu.

Reduce or enlarge a system

In Page View, click between any two staves in the system or right/CONTROL-click and select
Resize System from the contextual menu.

Reduce or enlarge a page, or a


range of pages

In Page View, click the upper-left corner of the page or right/CONTROL-click and select Resize
Page from the contextual menu.

Page Layout tool


Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display Page and System margins

Click the Page Layout tool

Resize page, margins or system

Drag a handle in Page View

Move a system

Drag the system in Page View

Move a system without moving other systems Hold down OPTION and drag the center of a staff system
Select handles

Drag-enclose to select handles

Select all system handles

COMMAND+A

Reset staff system positioning

CLEAR

Hand Grabber tool


Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Temporarily switch to Hand Grabber Tool COMMAND+OPTION (and drag in the score)

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Zoom tool
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Zoom in

Click the score or press COMMAND+ + (plus)

Zoom out

OPTION-click the score or press COMMAND+ - (minus)

Temporary switch to Zoom Tool: zoom in

COMMAND+SHIFT-click

Temporary switch to Zoom Tool: zoom out

COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT-click

Fill the screen with the selected area

Drag-enclose an area

Temporary switch to Zoom Tool: fill the screen with the selected area COMMAND+SHIFT+drag-enclose an area

Special Tools
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display handles in the measure

Click the Special Tool you want to use and click on the measure

Select a handle or handles

Click, SHIFT-click or drag-enclose, or COMMAND+A

Reset the note to its original state

Press DELETE, or CLEAR or SHIFT+DELETE

Move selected items very slightly (nudge) Use the arrow keys
Remove manual adjustments

CLEAR

Note Mover tool


Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display a handle on every notehead in


the measure

Click a measure

Select a handle or handles

Click, SHIFT-click, drag-enclose or SHIFT+drag-enclose the handles

Delete selected notes (still in their


original measure)

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

Move or Copy notes to another measure Drag a note or a group of notes to the end of the measure and the selected action in the Note
Mover menu will take place
Copy notes to the beginning of a
measure

Drag a note or a group of notes to the beginning of the measure (if the measure isnt
rhythmically full)

Graphics tool
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Align Left

COMMAND+SHIFT+ [ (left square bracket)

Center Horizontally

COMMAND+SHIFT+ ' (apostrophe)

Align Right

COMMAND+SHIFT+ ] (right square bracket)

Center Vertically

COMMAND+SHIFT+ = (equals)

Align Bottom

COMMAND+SHIFT+ - (minus)

Place a graphic in the Shape Designer

Click in the Shape Designer display area, the Open dialog box appears

Select a graphic or graphics

Click a graphic or drag-enclose graphics, SHIFT-click a graphic

Display the Graphic Attributes dialog box

Double-click a graphic

Place a graphic in the score

Double-click in the score, the Open dialog box appears

Select a region containing the musical example to export Double-click and drag to enclose a region in Page View
Resize selection rectangle proportionally

SHIFT-click and drag a corner editing handle.

Delete the selected graphics

Press DELETE for one or more selected graphics

Adjust the graphics position in the score

Drag a selected graphic

Resize the graphic horizontally or vertically

Drag a graphics bounding handle

Resize the graphic proportionally

SHIFT-click and drag a corner editing handle

Ossia tool
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display handles on every


ossia measure

Click the Ossia tool in Page View

Display a handle on a
measure-assigned ossia
measure

Click the Ossia tool in Scroll View and click the measure to which the Ossia measure is attached

Display the Ossia


Measure Designer dialog
box

In Page View, double-click anywhere on the document; In Scroll View click a measure with no ossia
measure attached, or double-click a measure with an ossia measure attached; Double-click a floating
measures handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Ossia Definition from the contextual
menu.

Select an ossia measure

Click the ossia measures handle

Move a selected ossia


measure

Drag the handle

Delete a selected ossia


measure

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

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Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display the Page


Assignment for Ossia
Measure dialog box

SHIFT+double-click a page-assigned floating measures handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and


select Edit Ossia Assignment from the contextual menu (in Page View).

Display the Measure


Assignment for Ossia
Measure dialog box

SHIFT+double-click a measure-assigned floating measures handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle


and select Edit Ossia Assignment from the contextual menu.

Mirror tool
Command

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click

Display Mirror and Placeholder icons

Click the Mirror tool

Display the Placeholder dialog box

Highlight a measure with notes or with a Placeholder icon

Display the Tilting Mirror dialog box

Double-click an empty measure or a measure with a Mirror icon

Display the Mirror Attributes dialog box SHIFT+double-click a measure with a Mirror icon

Shape Designer
Command
Send to Back

Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click


COMMAND+B

Send to Front COMMAND+F


Group

COMMAND+G

Ungroup

COMMAND+U

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