Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigating File Menu Setup Menu Edit Menu Score Window Toolbar Notes Menu Notes Palette Measures Menu QWERTY Keyboard Mode View Menu Layout Windows Menu Miscellaneous

This is a list of the various keystroke combinations or keyboard equivalents that can be used to navigate and execute commands within Encore. Keys are indicated by the presence of brackets. A plus sign indicates that you should press and hold the first key and then press the second key before releasing them both. (Flip Tie Direction requires that you hold three keys down simultaneously.) A comma between the keystrokes indicates that you should press and release the first key and then immediately press the second key. Some commands, such as Cut, Copy, and Paste, have two keyboard equivalents (the common Windows equivalent and the Mac-based equivalent which has also been adopted by several Windows programs). Use the keys with which you are most comfortable.

Navigating
To go to Press First beat of next measure Right Arrow First beat of previous measure Left Arrow Next staff down Down Arrow Next staff up Up Arrow Beginning of song Home End of song End Up one screen Page Up Down one screen Page Down Go to another open file Ctrl+Tab

File Menu
New [Ctrl]+[N] Open [Ctrl]+[O] Close [Ctrl]+[W] Save [Ctrl]+[S] Revert To Saved [Ctrl]+[R] Print/Print Selection [Ctrl]+[P]

Edit Menu
Undo [Alt]+[Backspace] or [Ctrl]+[Z] Cut [Shift]+[Delete] or [Ctrl]+[X] Copy [Ctrl]+[Insert] or [Ctrl]+[C] Paste [Shift]+[Insert] or [Ctrl]+[V] Clear [Delete] or [Backspace] Select All [Ctrl]+[A] Nudge Left [Ctrl]+[ [ ] Nudge Right [Ctrl]+[ ] ]

Nudge Up [Ctrl]+[=] or [Ctrl]+[Gray +] Nudge Down [Ctrl]+[ - ] or [Ctrl]+[Gray -]

Notes Menu
Note Attributes [Ctrl]+[I] Set to voice 1 [Ctrl]+[1] Set to voice 2 [Ctrl]+[2] Set to voice 3 [Ctrl]+[3] Set to voice 4 [Ctrl]+[4] Set to voice 5 [Ctrl]+[5] Set to voice 6 [Ctrl]+[6] Set to voice 7 [Ctrl]+[7] Set to voice 8 [Ctrl]+[8] Enharmonic [Ctrl]+[E] Stem Up [Ctrl]+[U] coad Stem Down [Ctrl]+[D] Tie Notes [Ctrl]+[T] legtur Flip Tie Direction [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[T] Slur Notes (above) [Ctrl]+[L] Slur Notes (below) [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[L] Beam Group [Ctrl]+[M] Beam On Beat [Ctrl]+[B] Guess Durations [Ctrl]+[G]

Measures Menu
Align Spacing [Ctrl]+[J]

View Menu
Show/Hide [Ctrl]+[H] Show/Hide Control Points [Ctrl]+[ ' ] Linear View [Ctrl]+[Y] Show/Hide Floating Windows [Ctrl]+[K]

Windows Menu
Staff Sheet Tile Cascade [Ctrl]+[/] [Shift]+[F4] [Shift]+[F5]

Setup Menu
Click On/Off [Ctrl]+[F]

Score Window Toolbar

Show all voices Show voice 1 Show voice 2 Show voice 3 Show voice 4 Show voice 5 Show voice 6 [V], [A] or [V], [ - ] [V], [1] [V], [2] [V], [3] [V], [4] [V], [5] [V], [6]

Show voice 7 [V], [7] Show voice 8 [V], [8] Arrow tool [A] Eraser tool [E] Pencil tool [P] Record [enter] Play [Space bar] Stop [Space bar] Jump To Measure [M] Zoom/Restore [Z] Zoom in 1 level [Shift]+[Z] Zoom out 1 level [Shift]+[Ctrl]+[Z]

Notes Palette
Double whole note [0] Whole note [1] Half note [2] Quarter note [3] Eighth note [4] Sixteenth note [5] 32nd note [6] 64th note [7] 128th note [8] Rest [R] Sharp [S] Double sharp [Shift]+[S] Flat [F] Double flat [Shift]+[F] Natural [N] Parentheses [Shift]+[N] Dot [D] Double dot [Shift]+[D] Tuplet [T] NOTE: To select different rest values, you must press [R], then press one of the number keys (1 through 8). The number key is determined by the time value you want. For example, if you want a quarter rest, press [R], then press [3], which is the shortcut for a quarter note; if you want a sixteenth rest, press [R], then press [5], the shortcut for a sixteenth note; etc. To make the note buttons available after selecting a rest, press the [R] key again.

QWERTY Keyboard Mode

QWERTY Note Entry on/off [Q] Dot [.] Double Dot [Shift]+[ . ] Rest [,] Tuplet [/] Tie notes [Shift]+[ / ] Octave up [ = ] or [Keypad + ] Octave down [ - ] or [Keypad - ]

NOTE: the rules listed in the above section (Notes palette) for applying rests and switching from rests to notes also apply to QWERTY Keyboard Mode.

Layout
Flow measures out of system Flow measures into system [

] [Ctrl]+drag note/rest using right mouse button

Stretch the contents of a measure

Stretch a measure (entire system) [Shift]+[Ctrl]+drag note/rest using right mouse button Adjust position of all subsequent staves/systems

[Ctrl]+drag with arrow pointer

Miscellaneous
To audition notes, click on staff with right mouse button. To copy notes/rests/graphic objects, hold [Ctrl] and drag with arrow pointer. To tie notes while step-entering from a keyboard, enter the first note, hold [Shift]+[T] and enter another note of the same pitch. Use [Shift]+[ / ] in QWERTY Note Entry mode. Percussion head pop-up: Hold [Ctrl] when using the mouse to enter a note in a mapped percussion staff to see a pop-up menu of the head types available for that staff position.