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A grace note is a short-hand way of writing a brief note that precedes a longer note, as illustrated here:

You can convert a written-out short note to a displayed grace note, as described in Converting Short Notes to Grace Notes. You can also do the reverse, that is, convert a displayed grace note to a written-out short note.
 To convert one or more displayed grace notes to written-out short notes:
| 1. | Select the grace notes. | 
| 2. | Click the Convert Grace Note Back to Normal Note  | 
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Hit the BACKSPACE key.

 To completely delete a grace note and its performance:
| 1. | Select the grace note. | 
| 2. | Click the Delete Grace Note  | 

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Hit the 
 key.