LIST OF ALL HOTKEYS COVERED IN COURSE 1

NAVIGATION

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘ + ’ = zoom in

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘ - ’ = zoom out

‘ctrl’ (⌘) and mouse scroll wheel = zoom in and out

mouse scroll wheel = scroll up and down

‘shift’ and mouse scroll wheel = scroll left and right

‘alt’ (opt) and mouse scroll wheel = scroll left and right quickly (one page at a time)

INPUT HOTKEYS - PART 1

‘ + ’ on keypad = tab through keypad options

F7 to F12 = select different keypad options

Cursor can be deactivated by pressing ‘Esc’ or arrows left or right

A B C D E F G = corresponding pitches

‘Backspace’ = delete last typing error

‘ctrl’ (⌘) and arrow up = send note up an octave

‘ctrl’ (⌘) and arrow down = send note down an octave

INPUT HOTKEYS - PART 2

‘ctrl’ (⌘) + number = tuplet, triplet, etc

‘shift’ ‘alt’ (opt) ‘K’ = continue writing in triplets

numbers 1 to 9 = create interval above note

‘shift’ + numbers 1 to 9 = create interval below note

‘alt’ (opt) ‘1’ = change to blue voice

‘alt’ (opt) ‘2’ = change to green voice

‘alt’ (opt) ‘3’ = change to orange voice

‘alt’ (opt) ‘4’ = change to pink voice

‘shift’ ‘alt’ (opt) + number = change notehead symbol

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ + arrow up = send note up a stave

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ + arrow down = send note down a stave

INPUT HOTKEYS - PART 3

‘L’ = open ‘lines’ window

‘S’ = add slur

‘H’ = add crescendo

‘shift’ + ‘H’ = add decrescendo

‘spacebar’ = extend a line to the right

‘shift’ + ‘spacebar’ = extend a line to the left

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘E’ = add ‘expression’ text

when editing ‘expression’ text:

hold ‘ctrl’ (⌘) when typing the letters f p m n r and s to produce ‘music notation’ text

hold ‘ctrl’ ‘shift’ ‘alt’ (⌘ shift opt) when typing the letter z to produce ‘music notation’ text

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ ‘C’ = cresc.

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ ‘D’ = dim.

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘T’ = add ‘technique’ text

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘B’ = add additional bar to end of score

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ ‘B’ = add additional bar at selected position in score

‘alt’ (opt) ‘B’ = open ‘create bars’ window

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘L’ = add lyrics

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘K’ = add chord symbols

‘T’ = open ‘time signature’ window

‘K’ = open ‘key signature’ window

‘Q’ = open ‘clef’ window

‘I’ = open ‘instruments’ window

‘Z’ = open ‘symbols’ window

‘R’ = directly copy and paste selected material into following passage

‘alt’ (opt) + click = copies and pastes a selected passage whereever is clicked

SELECTION HOTKEYS

when clicking a bar:

single click = select bar

double click = select all bars in system

triple click = select all bars in score

‘ctrl’ (⌘) + single click = ‘purple’ select bar

‘ctrl’ (⌘) + double click = ‘purple’ select all bars in system

‘ctrl’ (⌘) + triple click = ‘purple’ select all bars in score

‘shift’ + click and drag = select area of score

‘shift’ + arrow keys = expand selected area one object at a time

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ + arrow keys = expand selected area one bar at a time

‘shift’ ‘alt’ (opt) ‘A’ = ‘purple’ select everything in a current selection

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘A’ = ‘purple’ select everything in the entire score

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ (⌘ opt) ‘A’ = open ‘select bars’ window

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ ‘A’ = select all other similar objects to the object selected

‘alt’ (opt) ‘shift’ ‘D’ = select dynamics

‘ctrl’ ‘shift’ ‘alt’ (⌘ shift opt) + numbers 1 to 4 = select voices 1 to 4 from stave

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ (⌘ opt) ‘1’ = select top note of chord

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ (⌘ opt) ‘2’ = select 2nd note in chord

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ (⌘ opt) ‘3’ = select 3rd note in chord

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ ‘shift’ (⌘ opt shift) ‘B’ = select bottom note of chord

‘ctrl’ (⌘) + arrow left or right = jump to first note of next or previous bar

LAYOUT HOTKEYS

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ ‘C’ = align objects vertically

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ ‘R’ = align objects horizontally

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ ‘N’ = reset note spacing

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ ‘P’ = reset object’s position

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ ‘D’ = reset object’s design

‘X’ = flip an object

‘alt’ (opt) ‘shift’ ‘M’ = make into system

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ ‘shift’ (⌘ opt shift) ‘M’ = make into page

with a selected bar line:

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘return’ = make a page break

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ ‘return’ = open ‘special page break’ window

‘alt’ (opt) + up or down arrow = move stave up and down

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ (⌘ opt) + up or down arrow = move stave up and down in bigger intervals

‘alt’ (opt) ‘shift’ + up or down arrow = move stave up and down independent of other staves

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ ‘shift’ (⌘ opt shift) + up or down arrow = move stave up and down independent of other
staves in bigger intervals

arrow keys = move objects around

‘ctrl’ (⌘) + arrow keys = move objects around in larger intervals

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ ‘H’ = make object invisible

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ ‘shift’ (⌘ opt shift) ‘H’ = hide empty stave

‘alt’ (opt) ‘shift’ + left or right arrow = expand and contract note spacing

CUSTOMIZING HOTKEYS

‘ctrl’ (⌘) + comma (,) = open ‘preferences’ window

My own customized hotkey system (particularly good for keyboards without a keypad):

‘V’ = rest

‘alt’ ‘B’ = whole note (semi-breve)

 ‘N’ = half note (minim)

‘M’ = quarter note (crotchet)

comma ( , ) = 8th note (quaver)

full stop ( . ) = 16th note (semi-quaver)

slash ( / ) = 32nd note (demi-semi-quaver)

‘K’ = dot rythmes

‘J’ = tie notes

‘L’ = sharp

semi colon ( ; ) = natural

apostrophe ( ‘ ) = flat

‘U’ = accent

‘I’ = staccato

‘O’ = legato

HOTKEYS FROM THE ‘SETUP’ SECTION

‘alt’ (opt) ‘shift’ ‘H’ = hide/show hidden objects

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ (⌘ opt) ‘K’ = open ‘keypad’ window

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ (⌘ opt) ‘B’ = open ‘keyboard’ window

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ (⌘ opt) ‘Y’ = open ‘transport’ window

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ ‘I’ = open ‘inspector’ window

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ (⌘ opt) ‘M’ = open ‘mixer’ window

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ (⌘ opt) ‘I’ = open ‘ideas’ window

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ (⌘ opt) ‘N’ = open ‘timeline’ window

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ (⌘ opt) ‘I’ = open ‘’ window

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ (⌘ opt) ‘X’ = hide all windows

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘F1’ = hide menu ribbon

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘U’ = view full screen

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘D’ = open ‘document setup’ window

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ ‘shift’ (⌘ opt shift) ‘T’ = open ‘text styles’ window

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ ‘E’ = open ‘engraving rules’ window

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘shift’ ‘M’ = turn multirests on/off

‘ctrl’ (⌘) ‘R’ = add rehearsal mark

PART HOTKEYS

‘ctrl’ ‘alt’ ‘shift’ (⌘ opt shift) ‘V’ = paste as cue