Keyboard Shortcuts and Special Mouse Clicks

Keyboard shortcuts and special mouse clicks
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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
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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
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
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music)
Scrub onscreen music - clicked staff only
OPTION+SHIFT+SPACEBAR (and drag

across music)
File menu
Command
Launch Window

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
Print
COMMAND+P
Quit
COMMAND+Q
Edit menu
Command
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
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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 CONTROL+COMMAND+V

the clipboard)
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 COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+V. The Edit Filter dialog box appears where
Clip Files
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 COMMAND+SHIFT+F

Paint
Utilities menu
Command
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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
Check Elapsed Time
View menu
Command
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+[
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Add Bookmark
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
Display the Document Options dialog box COMMAND+OPTION+A
Window menu
Command
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
Switch to Selection
tool
ESC or COMMAND+SHIFT+A
Select an item
Click on the item
Select the appropriate
With item selected, double-click or press RETURN
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tool to edit item

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 dragenclosing.
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.
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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. 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
UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW
stack (double-click) and press DELETE
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system
Cancel an operation
Press COMMAND+period (.)
Implode Music
(displays the Implode
Music dialog box)
Select the measures you want to affect, then press 1 on your computer
keyboard.
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
tempo (displays the
Elapsed Time dialog
box)
Select the measures you want to affect, then press 3 on your computer
keyboard.
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
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Display the Apply

SmartFind and Paint
dialog box
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COMMAND+SHIFT+F
Staff tool
Command
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

SHIFT-click a staff or a staff handle
selection. If a staff is already
selected, remove the staff
from the selection.
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
Press DELETE for selected staves, or right/CONTROL-click the handle

and select Delete Staves and Reposition from the contextual menu.
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remaining staves.
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 is
already selected, remove
the group from the
selection.
SHIFT-click a group handle
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 OPTION+SHIFT-click a group handle, or right/CONTROL-click the

the Position Full Group
handle and select Position Full Group Name or Position Abbreviated
Name or Position
Group Name from the contextual menu.
Abbreviated Group Name
dialog box.
Revert the position of the
Press CLEAR for selected groups
group names to their default
position.
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
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
OPTION+double-click a full or abbreviated staff name handle, or

right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Full Staff Name or Edit
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Text window.
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
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 Press CLEAR for selected brackets

to their default length.
Make a bracket taller or
shorter.
Drag a bracket handle vertically
Move a bracket closer to or Drag a bracket handle horizontally

away from bracketed staves.
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
Display the Change Clef dialog

Double-click in a measure
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box
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

Double-click an unselected measure or a fully selected measure.
measure to the next clef change
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

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
Display the Add Measures
dialog box

OPTION-click the Measure tool
Add single blank measure to Double-click the Measure tool

the score
Display the Measure
Attributes dialog box
Double-click the top barline handle or measure, or right/CONTROLclick 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
Double-click between two upper handles of a beat chart
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positioning handles
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
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 all staves of a
staff system
OPTION+SHIFT-click on a measure
Remove a multimeasure rest CONTROL-click the handle and select Multimeasure Rest > Break
Simple Entry tool

Command
Accidental: Double Flat
SHIFT+ - (minus)
Accidental: Double Sharp
SHIFT+ =
Accidental: Flat
Accidental: Sharp
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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 OPTION+K

key signature entry)
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)
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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
Navigation: Selection - Down
COMMAND+DOWN ARROW
Navigation: Selection - Up
COMMAND+UP ARROW
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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 -
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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 /
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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
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
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
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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
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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 OPTION+SHIFT-click the note or rest
previous selection (in entry)
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
Navigation: jump to next measure
] or SHIFT+RIGHT
ARROW
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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 18, 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 18, 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
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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+ +
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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
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
Indicate where to begin transcription

Click a measure
End HyperScribe in the middle of a measure OPTION-click anywhere on the score

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Tuplet tool
Command
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
COMMAND+double-click the Tuplet tool
Document Options Tuplets dialog box
Reset all manual
CLEAR
bracket and number
adjustments
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
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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+doubleclick 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
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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)

double-click and
drag)
Add a hammer-on above slur or tie

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
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and drag)
Add a 15ma or 15mb marking

double-click and
drag)
Add a bend hat

double-click and
drag)
Add an 8va or 8vb marking

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
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Display the
Click on, above, or below a note or rest that doesnt have an articulation
Articulation
attached, or click on a note whose articulation handles are visible, OR dragSelection/Apply
enclose a group of notes without articulations.
Articulation dialog box
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 dragenclose 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
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 point
Drag the selected handles
Move the expression without

changing the attachment point
OPTION+drag the selected handles
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

Select an expression handle and press OPTION+HOME or
staves above/below (Non-Score OPTION+END to add the expression to all staves above or below
List expressions only)
(respectively).
Add selected expression to all
staves (Non-Score List
Select an expression handle and press COMMAND+RETURN to

add the expression to all staves.
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expressions only)
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.
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 Double-click an expression handle (text expression), or

dialog box
right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Expression
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
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
Display the Repeat menu
Click the Repeat tool
Display the Repeat

Selection dialog box
Double-click a selected measure
Delete a text repeat, repeat Click on the handle and press DELETE, or right/CONTROL-click the
barline
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
Double-click a text repeat handle, or right/CONTROL-click the handle
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Designer dialog box
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
Display
positioning
triangles

Click the staff (but not on a note or rest)
Display the
Double-click a note with no chord symbol attached (With Manual Input selected in
Chord Definition the Chord menu), or double-click a chord symbol handle, or right/CONTROL-click
dialog box
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 With One- or Two-Staff Analysis selected in the Chord menu, click on a note in the
one or two
chord.
staves
Select a Suffix
(type into score
mode)
Type root followed by :0
Remove manual
adjustments
(symbol or
fretboard)
CLEAR
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Lyrics tool
Command
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 Select Lyrics menu > Edit Word Extension or click on the Edit Word
handle
Extension button ( ) in Lyrics Window
Move Syllables
Select Lyrics menu > Adjust Syllables or click the Adjust Syllables button (
) in the Lyrics 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 COMMAND+SHIFT+ [ (left square bracket)

Left
Center syllable block
Horizontally
COMMAND+SHIFT+ ' (apostrophe)
Align syllable block to the COMMAND+SHIFT+ ] (right square bracket)

Right
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
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Command
Left Justify text in a text
block

COMMAND+ [ (left square bracket)
Right Justify text in a text COMMAND+ ] (right square bracket)

block
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

Right
COMMAND+SHIFT+ ] (right square bracket)
Center Text block

Vertically
COMMAND+SHIFT+ = (equals)

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
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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, fixedsize 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/CONTROLclick 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
Click on the notehead or right/CONTROL-click and select Resize

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

Rest from the 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, In Page View, click the upper-left corner of the page or right/CONTROLor a range of pages
click and select Resize Page from the contextual menu.
Page Layout tool

Command
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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
Temporarily switch to Hand Grabber Tool COMMAND+OPTION (and drag in the score)
Zoom tool
Command
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 COMMAND+SHIFT+drag-enclose an area
selected area
Special Tools
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Command
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
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

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
Align Left
COMMAND+SHIFT+ [ (left square bracket)
Center Horizontally
Align Right
COMMAND+SHIFT+ ] (right square bracket)
Center Vertically
COMMAND+SHIFT+ = (equals)
Align Bottom
COMMAND+SHIFT+ - (minus)
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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
Display handles Click the Ossia tool in Page View

on every ossia
measure
Display a
handle on a
measureassigned 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/CONTROLclick 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
Press DELETE, or right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Delete from the
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contextual menu.
Display the
SHIFT+double-click a page-assigned floating measures handle, or right/CONTROLPage
click the handle and select Edit Ossia Assignment from the contextual menu (in Page
Assignment for View).
Ossia Measure
dialog box
Display the
SHIFT+double-click a measure-assigned floating measures handle, or
Measure
right/CONTROL-click the handle and select Edit Ossia Assignment from the
Assignment for contextual menu.
Ossia Measure
dialog box
Mirror tool
Command
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

COMMAND+B
Send to Front COMMAND+F

Group
COMMAND+G
Ungroup
COMMAND+U
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Keyboard Shortcuts and Special Mouse Clicks

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Keyboard shortcuts and special mouse clicks