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Editor Context Menu Commands (No Selection)

The following commands are available in the notation editor when no items are currently selected. These can be accessed either by: hitting the right mouse button (on a two or three button mouse), or by pressing the Menu key on the computer keyboard. After this action, the appropriate notation editor context menu pops up with the choices below:

• Note: Adds a note
• Rest: Adds a rest
• Chord Member: Adds a note member to a chord
• Bar Line: Adds a standard bar line
• Paste: Pastes the contents of the clipboard at insertion point
• Select All: Selects everything in the active staff
• Staff Properties: Allows the properties of the active staff to be modified
• Multi-point Controller: Adds a generic MIDI controller
• Instrument Patch: Adds a change of instrument
• Styled Bar Line: Adds special bar lines
• Clef: Adds a bass or treble clef
• Dynamic: Adds dynamics such as ppp or mf
• Dynamic Variance: Adds dynamic variance, such as crescendo
• Flow Direction: Adds flow direction symbols such as To Coda
• Key Signature: Adds a key signature
• Performance Style: Adds a performance style, such as Legato
• Special Ending: Adds special endings
• Sustain Pedal: Adds sustain pedal symbols
• Tempo: Adds tempo designations
• Tempo Variance: Adds tempo variances, such as fermata and accel.
• Text: Adds a text expression of your choice
• Time Signature: Adds a time signature designation