<< Click to Display Table of Contents >> Appendix A: Notation Musician Keyboard Shortcuts |
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Shortcuts Using Special Keys
Keystroke (Combinations) |
Context |
Action |
ENTER |
Viewing or editing the score. |
Toggle between Select Mode and Add Mode. |
SHIFT+ENTER |
Viewing or editing the score. |
For some types of objects, open the Properties dialog box. |
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SPACE |
Almost any time except when editing text. |
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SPACE |
A lyric is selected. |
Advance to the next note or chord to continue adding the next lyric. |
CTRL+SPACE |
A staff or region has been selected for recording. |
Start recording (only in Composer). |
ALT+SPACE |
You have previously specified section that you want to practice. |
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PAGEUP (or PAGEDOWN) |
Vertical scrollbars are displayed in Page View or Window View. |
Scroll up or down the page by a window's worth. If the page is already at the top (or bottom), advance to the top of the next page (or bottom of the previous page). |
SHIFT+PAGEUP (or SHIFT+PAGEDOWN) |
Window View or Page View. |
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CTRL+HOME |
Window View or Page View. |
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CTRL+END |
Window View or Page View. |
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TAB or SHIFT+TAB |
A lyric or chord name is selected. |
Advance to the next (or previous) note or chord to continue adding or editing the next lyric or next chord name. |
Ctrl + (increase) or Ctrl + (decrease) (for machines with a NumPad) OR CTRL + SHIFT + > (increase) CTRL + < (decrease)
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One or more lyric or text items are selected, OR one or more notes are selected. |
Increase or decrease the font size of the selected text items OR increase or decrease the pitch of selected note(s) by half step. |
CTRL+N |
Almost any time. |
Create new file (only in Composer). |
CTRL+O |
Almost any time. |
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CTRL+F4 |
Almost any time. |
Close a file. |
CTRL+S |
Almost any time. |
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SHIFT+CTRL+S |
During or after playback. |
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CTRL+P |
Almost any time. |