Keyboard Shortcuts

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Display the Fit Measures dialog box	Ctrl--M (in Page View)
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” (selected measures in all staves)
Extend selection of measure horizontally to end or beginning	While holding down Shift, press right arrow or left arrow. Shift-right arrow or Shift-left arrow selects the end or beginning of the measure
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 a selected section of music	Drag the region so it is superimposed on the beginning of an unselected region and release the mouse button
Delete selected music or Delete measure stack	Press delete
Move selected measures to the previous or next staff system	up or down arrow
Erase selected music (leaving blank measures)	Press backspace or shift-delete
Cancel a Selection tool operation	Press esc
Transpose	Select the measures you want to affect, then press any number between 6 and 9 on your computer keyboard. 6=Up M2, 7= Down M2, 8= Up Octave, 9=Down Octave.

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	N
Accidental: Show/Hide parenthesized accidental	P or Ctrl-= (Press P again to toggle between parenthesized and non-parenthesized accidental)
Accidental: Show/Hide courtesy accidental	Ctrl-Shift- (minus)
Add Interval: Unison through octave above	1-8
Add Interval: Ninth above	Ctrl-Shift 9
Add Interval: Second through ninth below	Shift 2-9
Add Pitch: A-G	Shift A-G
Add Pitch: At caret pitch	Ctrl-Enter
Add/Change Items: Articulation	Alt-Shift-A or Numpad * (and then the articulation metatool or press the keystroke again to choose articulation)
Articulation-Sticky	Ctrl-Alt-Shift-A or Ctrl-Numpad *
Add/Change Items: Clef	Alt-Shift-C
Add/Change Items: Key Signature	Alt-Shift-K
Add/Change Items: Time Signature	Alt-Shift-T
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	Alt-Shift-down arrow
Change Pitch: Octave Up Diatonically	Alt-Shift-up arrow
Duration: 12864th through Double Whole	Alt-Numpad 10-8 or Alt 10-8
Duration: 128th note	Alt-Shift ‘ or Option-0 (zero)
Duration: Augmentation Dot	. (Decimal point in Numpad) or . (Period)
Duration: Tuplet - Create Default	9 or Numpad 9
Duration: Tuplet - Create User-Defined	Ctrl-Numpad 9 or Ctrl-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, Alt-Enter, Shift-Enter or Tab
Modify: Beam - Break	/
Modify: Beam - Flat	Alt-/
Modify: Beam - Use Default	Shift-/
Modify: Delete	Delete or Shift-Backspace
Modify: Grace Note	Ctrl-G
Modify: Show/Hide	H
Modify: Stem - Flip	L
Modify: Stem - Use Default	Shift-L
Modify: Tie to Next Note	T or Numpad /
Modify: Tie to Previous Note	Shift-T or Ctrl-Numpad /
Modify: Move note just entered with caret up diatonically	Alt-up arrow
Modify: Move note just entered with caret down diatonically	Alt-down arrow
Toggle note to rest (selected note or note just entered with caret)	R or Shift-Tab or Alt-0
Navigation: Caret/Selection - Clear	Backspace or Escape
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	Ctrl-down arrow
Navigation: Selection - Up	Ctrl-up arrow
Navigation: Selection - One Entry Left	Left arrow
Navigation: Selection - One Entry Right	Right arrow
Navigation: Selection - One Measure Left	Ctrl-left arrow
Navigation: Selection: One Measure Right	Ctrl-right arrow
Navigation: Selection: Select All	CtrlCommand-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)	Ctrl-shift-click the note or rest
Tool: Accidental - Flat	Alt-- (Minus)
Tool: Accidental - Natural	Alt-N
Tool: Accidental - Sharp	Alt-=
Tool: Augmentation Dot	Ctrl- Numpad . (decimal point) or Shift-. (Period)
Tool: Eraser	Alt-Clear or Alt-Delete
Tool: Grace Note	Alt-G
Tool: 64th Note through Double Whole Note	Numpad 1-8 (or Ctrl-Alt-Shift 1-8)
tool: 128th Note	Ctrl-Alt-Shift 0
tool: 64th Rest through Double Whole Rest	Ctrl-Numpad 1-8
Tool: Repitch	Shift-‘ (Accent) or Ctrl-R
Tool: Toggle Note/Rest	Alt-R
Tool: Tuplet	Alt-9 or Alt-Numpad 9
Tool: Tie	Alt-Numpad / or Ctrl-Shift-T

Laptop users: To use this set, from the Simple Menu, choose Keyboard Shortcut Set, then Laptop Shortcut Set.

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Accidental: Half Step Up	=
Accidental: Half Step Down	-
Accidental: Natural	N
Accidental: Show/Hide courtesy accidental	Ctrl-Shift--(minus)
Add Interval: 2nd through octave above	F2 through F8
Add Interval: Ninth above	Ctrl-Shift-F9
Add Interval: Second through ninth below	Shift-F2 through F9
Add Interval: Ninth below	Shift-F9
Add Pitch: A-G	Shift-A through G
Add Pitch: At caret pitch	Ctrl-Enter
Add/Change Items: Articulation	‘ (accent) or Option-A
Add/Change Items: Articulation-Sticky	Ctrl-Shift-‘ (accent)
Add/Change Items: Clef	Alt-C
Add/Change Items: Key Signature	Alt-K
Add/Change Items: Time Signature	Alt-T
Add/Change Items: Expression	Alt-X (or X)
Change Pitch (caret or selected note): Step Down Diatonically	Alt-Down Arrow
Change Pitch (caret or selected note): Step Up Diatonically	Alt-Up Arrow
Change Pitch: Octave Down Diatonically	Alt-Shift-Down arrow
Change Pitch: Octave Up Diatonically	Alt-Shift-Up Arrow
Duration: 128th through Double Whole	Alt-0 through 8
Duration: Augmentation Dot	. (period)
Duration: Tuplet - Create Default	9
Duration: Tuplet - Create User-Defined	Alt-9
Enter Note: At Caret Pitch	Enter
Enter Note: A-G	A through G
Enter Rest	Alt-Enter (or Shift-Enter or Tab)
Modify: Beam - Break	/
Modify: Beam - Flat	Alt-/
Modify: Beam - Use Default	Shift-/
Modify: Change Pitch Enharmonically	Alt-E
Modify: Delete	Delete
Modify: Grace Note	Alt-G
Modify: Show/Hide	H
Modify: Stem - Flip	L
Modify: Stem - Use Default	Shift-L
Modify: Tie to Next Note	T
Modify: Tie to Previous Note	Shift-T
Modify: Flip Tie	Ctrl-Shift-F
Toggle note to rest (selected note or note just entered with caret)	R
Navigation: Caret/Selection - Clear	Backspace
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	Ctrl-Down Arrow
Navigation: Selection - Up	Ctrl-Up Arrow
Navigation: Selection - One Entry Left	Left Arrow
Navigation: Selection - One Entry Right	Right Arrow
Navigation: Selection: Select All	Ctrl-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)	Ctrl-shift-click the note or rest
Tool: Accidental - Flat	Alt-- (minus)
Tool: Accidental - Natural	Alt-N
Tool: Accidental - Sharp	Alt-=
Tool: Augmentation Dot	Shift-.
Tool: Eraser	Alt-Backspace
Tool: Grace Note	Ctrl-G
Tool: 128th Note through Double Whole Note	Ctrl-Alt-Shift 0 (or with no selection, 0 through 8)
Tool: Repitch	Ctrl-R or Shift-‘ (accent)
Tool: Toggle Note/Rest	Alt-R
Tool: Tie	Ctrl-Shift-T

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Flip a selected Slur	Ctrl- F
Change a selected Slur back to Automatic	Ctrl-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	Ctrl-A
Change the slur’s ending or starting note	Drag an endpoint handle
Change the slur’s arc height	Drag a center curve handle.
Change the slur’s arc height and angle	Shift-drag a center curve handle
Change the slur’s arc and inset asymmetrically	Drag an inner curve handle
Change the slur’s arc and inset symmetrically	Ctrl-drag an inner curve handle
Create an 8va below the staff or 8vb above the staff	Ctrl-double-click and drag
Add a slur	S
Add a crescendo	<
Add a decrescendo	>
Add a trill	T
Add a trill extension	E
Add an 8va or 8vb marking	8
Add a double-ended bracket	O
Add a bracket	K
Add a line	L
Add a dashed line	D
Add a glissando	G

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, or drag-enclose staff handles
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.	-click the handle and select Edit Staff Attributes from the contextual menu.
Display the Bracket Attributes dialog box.	Press Delete.
Delete the selected staves and reposition the remaining staves.	Press shift-delete for selected staves, or right-click the handle and select Delete Staves and Reposition from the contextual menu.
Adjust the staff’s position in every staff system in Page View and the position of the staff in Scroll View. When the top staff is adjusted, SongWriter adjusts the distance between staves, as well as staff systems.	Drag a staff or a staff handle in Page View. Note: If two handles appear on a staff, drag the top handle
Adjust the staff’s position only in the current staff system (drag the top handle to adjust the position of the staff in all staff systems in Page View).	Drag the bottom staff handle in Page View. Note: If Allow Individual Staff Spacing is selected in the Page Layout tool, two handles will appear on each staff.
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	Double-click a staff or a staff handle, or double-click a full or abbreviated staff name handle, or right-click the handle and select Edit Staff Attributes from the contextual menu. Change the text in the Full Staff Name or Abbr. Staff Name text fields.
Revert the position of the full or abbreviated staff name to its default position.	Press backspace or shift-delete 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 mouse control-click the handle and select Delete from the contextual menu.
Revert the selected brackets to their default length.	Press backspace or shift-delete 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

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Left Justify text in a text block	Ctrl- [ (left square bracket)
Right Justify text in a text block	Ctrl- ] (right square bracket)
Center Justify text in a text block	Ctrl- ' (apostrophe)
Align Text block to the Left	Ctrl-Shift- [ (left square bracket)
Center Text block Horizontally	Ctrl-Shift- ' (apostrophe)
Align Text block to the Right	Ctrl-Shift- ] (right square bracket)
Bold	Ctrl-Shift- B
Italic	Ctrl-Shift- I
Underline	Ctrl-Shift- U
Page Number Text Insert	Ctrl-Shift- P
Sharp sign Text Insert	Ctrl-Shift- S
Flat sign Text Insert	Ctrl-Shift- F
Natural sign Text Insert	Ctrl-Shift- N
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 mouse 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-click the handle and select Delete from the contextual menu.
Adjust the text block’s position in the score	Drag a selected text block handle

File Menu	Chord tool	Measure tool	Smart Shape tool
Edit Menu	Clef tool	Page Layout tool	Staff tool
Window Menu	Expression tool	Repeat tool	Text tool
View Menu	HyperScribe tool	Resize tool	Tuplet tool
General	Lyrics tool	Playback
Articulation tool	Selection tool	Simple Entry tool

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
New	Ctrl-N
Open	Ctrl-O
Close	Ctrl-W
Save	Ctrl-S
Print	Ctrl-P
Quit	Alt-F4

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Undo	Ctrl–Z
Redo	Ctrl–Y
Cut	Ctrl–X
Copy	Ctrl–C
Insert	Ctrl–I
Paste	Ctrl-V
Paste Multiple	Ctrl-Alt-V
Clear All Items	Backspace
Delete Measure Stack	Delete
Select All	Ctrl-A
Update Layout	Ctrl–U

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Show/Hide Main tool palette	Ctrl-Shift–T
Switch between open windows	Ctrl-Tab
Show/Hide Mixer	Ctrl-Shift–M

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Page View	Ctrl-E
Scroll View	Ctrl-E
Redraw Screen	Ctrl–D
Zoom In	Ctrl–+ or hold down Ctrl-Shift and right-click
Zoom Out	Ctrl–- (minus) or hold down Ctrl-Shift and right-click
View At 200%	Ctrl–2
View At 100%	Ctrl–1
View At 75%	Ctrl–3
View At X %	Ctrl–0
Fit in Window (Page View)	Ctrl–[
Change layers	Alt-Shift-layer number (1-4)

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Select Yes or No dialog boxes	Type N for “No” and Y for “Yes”
Scroll up or down the page in Page View	Page Up or Page Down
Next or Previous Page	Ctrl-PageUp or Ctrl-PageDown
Change layers	Alt-Shift-layer number
Home Position	Home key
End Position	End key

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Display the Articulation Selection dialog box	Click on, above, or below a note or rest that doesn’t have an articulation attached, or click on a note whose articulation handles are visible, OR drag-enclose a group of notes.
Display articulation handle	Click a note to which an articulation has been attached
Select an articulation	Click, or shift-click the handle.
Move an articulation	Drag the handle (ctrl-drag the handle to move without using dynamic drawing)
Delete an articulation	Select the handle and press delete, or right mouse control-click the handle and select Delete from the contextual menu. Drag-enclose a group of notes while holding backspace to delete articulations on all the notes.

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Display positioning arrows	Click the staff (but not on a note or rest)
Delete a chord symbol	Click the note and press delete
Input chord symbols using MIDI keyboard	With MIDI Input selected click a note and play chord on the MIDI keyboard

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Display the Change Clef dialog box	Click a measure

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Display the Expression Selection dialog box	Double-click on, above, or below a measure or note
Display expression handles	Click the Expression tool
Select an expression handle	Click, or shift-click to select multiple handles or press ctrl-A to select all available handles
Move selected expressions	Drag the selected handles
Delete selected expressions	Press delete, or right mouse control-click the handle and select Delete from the contextual menu
Display the Text Expression Designer dialog box	Double-click an expression handle (text expression), or right mouse control-click the handle and select Edit Text Expression Definition from the contextual menu

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Indicate where to begin transcription	Click a measure
End HyperScribe recording	Click anywhere on the score

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Display a Word Extension handle	Click the Lyrics tool
Move Syllables	Click within the staff lines at the position of the syllable with Adjust Syllables selected from the Lyric Menu
Move to the previous or next verse.	Down arrow or up arrow using Type into Score

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Display the Add Measures dialog box	Ctrl-click the Measure tool.
Add single blank measure to the score	Double-click the Measure tool, or right mouse click the Measure tool and select Add One Measure from the context menu
Display the Measure Attributes dialog box	Double-click the top barline handle, or right-click the handle and select Edit Measure Attributes from the contextual menu.
Make the Measure wider or narrower	Drag the barline handle right or left
Change a barline	Right-click the handle and select the desired barline type (Normal, Double, Final, Solid) from the contextual menu.
Display a handle on every measure number	Click the Measure tool
Delete a measure number	Press delete, or right-click the handle and select Delete from the contextual menu.
Move a measure number	Drag the measure number’s handle
Force a measure number to appear	Ctrl-click a measure without a measure number
Force measure numbers on a measure in all staves of a staff system	Ctrl-shift-click on a measure

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 Ctrl and drag the center of a staff system
Select handles	Drag-enclose to select handles
Select all handles	Ctrl-A

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Display the Repeat Selection dialog box	Double-click a measure
Display handle on all repeats	Click the Repeat tool
Delete a text repeat, repeat barline	Click on the handle and press delete, or right mouse 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’s bracket	Drag the repeat bracket handle up or down, left or right
Display the Backward Repeat Bar Assignment dialog box	Double-click a repeat barline handle, or right mouse 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 mouse 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 mouse control-click the handle and select Edit Repeat Assignment from the contextual menu.

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Reduce or enlarge a staff	In Page View, click to the left of the staff or right mouse control-click and select Resize Staff 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 mouse control-click and select Resize Page from the contextual menu.

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-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 mouse control-click the handle and select Edit Tuplet Definition from the contextual menu.

Command	Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Click
Begin/Pause playing (Playback Controls open)	Alt-D-P or Alt-D-O
Begin playing (Playback Controls closed) from the current measure	Spacebar–click in staff
Begin playing from the clicked measure in the clicked staff only	Shift-spacebar–click in staff
Begin playing from the clicked measure in all staves	Spacebar–click in between staves
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	Ctrl-spacebar (and drag across music)
“Scrub” onscreen music - clicked staff only	Ctrl-Shift-spacebar (and drag across music)

Keyboard Shortcuts and Special Mouse Clicks