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Reference
Preferences

Default ENF display characteristics can be changed. Select Edit >
Document Preferences
or Edit > Program Preferences depending on whether the characteristic is document or program-dependant.

Document Preferences
Text symbols

Reset default font size and type for text symbols such as triplets, dynamics and expression marks. For text and lyric defaults including part names, push the "Text Styles" button. Push Apply to change. See "To modify font styles of text fields or lyric blocks,".

Systems

Reset display characteristics for systems including part names, measure numbers, lyric display and printing, cross-staff pointer lines and constraining system scrolling when the score is reformatted.

Score symbols

Change display options for

Triplet bracketing (square, arc, none)
Note overlap control (overlap voices or offset noteheads)
Rehearsal symbol display (numbers or letters).
Chord symbols

Change display options for chord symbols and fretboard font type, size and color, fretboard size scaling and how chord symbols will be displayed:

Show both chord name and guitar fretboard symbols.
Show only guitar fretboards.
Show only chord names.
Show neither chord nor fretboard symbols.
Long Minor will display "min" instead of "m" for the word "minor".
Page number

Change display options for page number display and page position.

Playback

Change default playback characteristics for grace notes:

Before the beat
After the beat (accaciatura)
Program Preferences
User Interface

Turn tool palette recycling off and on, turn display of active staff and margins off and on and show Task Window at startup. Reset disabled windows including post-recognition pop-up notifications.

Page type

Reset default page size and orientation.

Units and Zoom

Reset default ruler display units and reset zoom - screen size ratios.

Color settings

Reset color properties of notes and other symbols.

MIDI channel color

Reset the colors displayed for MIDI channels 1-16

Karaoke settings

Control appearance during playback including scroll and ball behavior as well as background and lyric colors. These options are also available in Karaoke mode under the Options menu.

Autosave

Reset default Autosave rules.

Every n minutes - even if no editing takes place.
Every n actions - based on number of editing actions, e.g. Inserting, Changing, Deleting, etc.
What is first - based on which is first; the number of minutes selected or the number of actions performed.
Never - deactivates Auto Save of the ENF file.
Notifications

Control whether or not to display certain warning and caution notices.

Music XML

Change default options for saving ENF to Music XML files.



Properties Tool

Playback properties of many markings, including dynamics and articulations, may be adjusted singly or globally by clicking with this tool.whick is located in the SmartScore toolbar. See "Playback Properties" and for more details.

Tool Palettes


Notes and Rests palette
Notes ("Inserting Notes and Rests (F2 / R keys)")
Cluster tool ("Editing note clusters")
Rests ("Inserting Notes and Rests (F2 / R keys)")
Tuplets ("Tuplets and Slurs (Legatos)")
Beam ("Inserting, changing and deleting beamed notes")
Grace notes ("Grace Notes")
Dots ("Dots of Prolongation")
Ties ("Ties")
Accidentals ("Accidentals")
Courtesy accidental tool (See "To insert a courtesy accidental,")


Articulations palette

Turn to "Articulations and Trills" for editing details.

Slur (Legato)

Note durations associated with slurs are increased about 10% giving an overlapping or "connected" effect when played back.

Expressions (See "To insert expression marks,")
Turn

Click on note head or note stem apply a turn. Turns play as follows:

Turn
Fermata (bird's eye)

Click on note head or note stem to apply a fermata. Tempo is slowed by 50% for the duration of the note to which the fermata is attached.

Staccato

Click on note head to apply a staccato. Duration of the associated note is shortened by 25%.

Tenuto

Click on note head to apply a tenuto. Duration of the associated note is extended by 125%.

Accent

Click on note head to apply an accent. Accent increases the velocity of its associated note by 150%.

Soft Accent

Click on note head to apply a soft accent. Soft accent increases the velocity of its associated note by 125%.

Trill

With tr (trill) selected, click on a note to insert a single trill marking. To create an "extended" trill, hold the Shift button down (Nudge mode) and drag the yellow control handle on the trill marking to the right. See also "Articulations and Trills".

Trill and Extended Trill
Sharp, Flat and Natural

With one of these modifiers selected, clicking on a trill marking will insert the accidental above the trill and cause playback of the trill to "flatten", "sharpen" or "neutralize" target pitches while considering the active key signature.

Mordent

Click on notehead to apply a mordent. Mordents play back as follows:

Mordent
Inverted Mordent

Inverted mordent play back as follows:


Inverted Mordent
Tremolo (single, double, triple, quadruple)

Tremolos repeat the note affected by dividing the associated note by four times the selected tremolo value. See also, "To change existing half notes to beamed tremelos,".


Tremolo (Double)
Arpeggio

Arpeggiated chords will offset the start time of all members of a cluster and will keep them sustained throughout the duration of the chord.


Arpeggio
Glissando

Glissandos divide connecting notes into equal notes of 1/4 base value.

Glissando)


Clefs and Signatures palette

In Insert mode, Quick-select (Ctrl+click) the any nearby clef of the desired type. Or select any clef from the "Clefs" palette.

Click anywhere in the active staff to insert the selected clef.

Click on any existing clef (yellow highlighted) to change it to the selected clef. Notes will not reposition themselves when a clef is changed either by a change-of-clef sign or by Unifying Clefs.

To delete a clef,
Quick-select (Ctrl+click) any clef, press the "X" key and click on a clef to remove it.
NOTE: Note positions do not move when a clef sign is changed. To change a clef while keeping original note pitches of a part or selected region, note positions must be shifted. Refer "Transposition by Key and Clef".
Alto / Tenor / Mezzo-soprano ("C") clefs

The midpoint of the "C" clef indicates where C below middle C (MIDI C3) is to be located.

Treble Octava / Bass Octava clefs

Playback in these clefs will be an octave higher than with a standard clef.

Treble Octavo / Bass Octavo clefs

Playback in these clefs will be an octave lower than with a standard clef.



Percussion clef

When the Percussion clef is inserted into a staffline, MIDI channel assignment of the staff switches to 10; the default drum channel. Notes are entered normally, but playback as MIDI drums. Note pitch-to-MIDI drum assignments are mapped in Drumset option under the Playback menu. Refer to "Playback > Drum Set" to assign drums.

Octava / Octavo tools

These are not clefs per se. Rather than insert with a mouse click, they are applied to selected notes by dragging to select the notes to be modified. Playback of selected notes will be an octave higher when selecting with Octava tool and an octave lower when selecting with Octavo tool.

To assign Octava or Octavo to a range of selected notes
a. Select either Octava or Octavo tool.
b. Drag the cursor to select notes in the active staff.

Octava

Notice that the Octava or Octavo mark will appear at the beginning of the range of selected notes an the applied range will be indicated by a dashed line above the selected notes.

Signatures (Key and Time)

See "Signatures (Key and Time)"

Barlines and Repeats palette

See "Barlines palette (I)".

Also see "Jumps, Repeats and repeat symbols".

Dynamics palette

See "To insert a crescendo or decrescendo,"

Tempo palette

See "Tempo Markings"

Tools palette
Text

Selecting the Text button sets the cursor to the Text Edit mode. See "Text mode".

Lyrics

Selecting the Lyric button sets the cursor to the Lyric Edit mode. See "Lyrics".

Guitar Fretboard

Selecting the Guitar chord fretboard button resets the cursor to "Insert Guitar Chord" mode. See "Guitar Fret and Chord Symbols".

Rehearsal

Ten Rehearsal Markings can be placed anywhere in the ENF view.

Pedals

Four Pedal Markings can be placed anywhere in the ENF view.

Bowings

Two Bowing Markings can be placed anywhere in the ENF view.

Breaths

A Breath Marking can be placed anywhere in the ENF view.

ENF FILE Menu
File > New ENF / New MID

Select between a new ENF or a new MIDI. Choosing New ENF will open the New SmartScore Document window. Select a Template or use Custom to create a unique score. Choosing New MIDI will open a blank MIDI Overview and Piano Roll for MIDI input.



File > Open (Ctrl +O Win / Cmnd+O)

Opens File Selection dialog box and lists saved files. A selected file will be loaded into memory and will display on the screen.

File > Close (Cmnd+W)

Closes active ENF document. If changes have been made, a Save As dialog box will open.



File > Save (Ctrl +S / Cmnd+S for Mac)

This will save an open SmartScore document to the same drive the file was opened from. The original name remains unchanged. If ENF and Image are displayed, only the ENF file is saved.

File > Save As

You can save files in several file formats other than SmartScore's native ENF format. These include MIDI (.MID), NIFF (.NIF for Lime and .NIF for Sibelius) and (.FIN) file. Saving in the .FIN format will create a file that can be opened in Finale 2000c or greater with page layout and formatting intact. To save open ENF document into one of these formats or to save open file with a new name,

a. Go to File > Save As.
b. In the Filetype/Format window, choose a format to save the file.
c. Browse to another directory and change the name if necessary.
d. Press OK. The file will be saved in the last directory used to "save".
NOTE: Use File > Save (Ctrl +S /Cmnd+S) to update the current ENF file.
NOTE: When saving ENF to MIDI files, a dialog box will open to explain that articulations such as slurs, staccatos and tenutos will create MIDI events that are not quantized. You will be given a choice to save the MIDI files with articulations removed or kept. For the purpose of playback only, it is recommended that articulations be kept. If t is recommended that articulations be removed if MIDI files are to be imported into other notation-based programs.
File > Save as PDF

This opens file browser and saves current active ENF file as an Adobe® Acrobat® PDF format file. (Windows requires PDF 995 from installer)



File > Scan Music
Acquire: Initiates scanning. Same as Scan in Navigator.
Select Scanner: Opens list of available TWAIN drivers to select.
Choose Interface:
> SmartScore's = selects the SmartScore scanning interface. Refer to "Selecting your scanner and interface in SmartScore" for details.
> Your Scanner's = selects scanning software from your scanner.


File > Recognize

This initiates the recognition sequence for recognition of pre-scanned images. See "Recognition Sequence" for details.



File > Page Setup

This opens the document layout control panel. See "Document Page Setup" for details.



File > Print (Ctrl+P / Cmnd+P)


File > Print Preview

Use to check for proper page layouts. Also seen in Page Setup view.

File > CD Writer

Using the CD Writer feature, you will be able to record one or more ENF (MIDI playback) performances as a audio CD playable in your car, home stereo, etc. It will be necessary to have a CD-R (CD Writable) device installed and connected to your system. CD Writer will also record and burn MIDI files.

To record ENF or MIDI files and burn them to audio CD,
a.

Push the CD Writer icon at the bottom of the Navigator.
b. Push "Add Files" and select one or more ENF or MIDI files to be recorded to CD.

CD Writer window
c. Each selected file must undergo a conversion to an audio format. (.WAV is the default). After converting, the selected file(s) will appear in the "Files to Burn" list as an audio.
Files may be reordered using the "Move Up" or "Move Down" buttons. They may be removed from the list separately or all together with "Remove" or "Remove All" buttons.
d. Insert an unused writable CD (CD-R) into your CD tray. Burn Method = Auto. Change to another method if you have trouble.
e. Push "Burn Last Track and Finalize CD" to record and finalize your ENF files to CD. All selected files will record on a single CD track. To record individual tracks, use "Burn New Track" as described below.
NOTE: "Finalizing" a CD is necessary before a can be played back. Once Finalize is applied, you will not be able to record anything more to the CD.
f. If you wish to continue burning new selections without finalizing the CD, push "Burn new track". Each set of converted files in the "Files to Burn" list will record to one track. Select "Burn Last Track and Finalize CD" to record last track and finalize the CD.
Most recently opened ENF files

The last four ENF files are listed and may be opened by clicking their names.

Exit

Saves and closes all open ENF files and closes SmartScore.

ENF EDIT Menu


Undo (Ctrl +Z / Cmnd+Z)

Reverses the last action you performed. SmartScore has ninety-nine layers of Undo.


Redo (Ctrl +Y / Cmnd+Y)

Reapplies the last action that has most recently been Undone.

Edit > Cut (Ctrl+X / Cmnd+X)
To Cut selected objects from the score and place them on the clipboard,
a.

Hit "O" key or choose the Select tool from the Toolbar.
b. Click and drag a box with the cursor until objects you wish to cut (and store to the clipboard) are highlighted orange.
c.

Press the Cut button in the Main toolbar, hit Ctrl + X / Cmnd + X or select Edit > Cut from the menu.


Edit > Copy
To Copy selected objects for pasting elsewhere in the score,
a. Activate the Select tool then click and drag a box to select a region of interest.
b. Press Ctrl +C / Cmnd+C or go to Edit > Copy.
NOTE:

To copy selected region of the page to the clipboard for pasting as a bitmap image into another program, activate the Select tool and drag a region with the right mouse button (Alt + click for Mac).


Edit > Paste (Ctrl +V / Cmnd+V)
To Paste the contents of the clipboard into an ENF file,
Select Paste (Ctrl +V / Cmnd+V) from the Edit menu and click anywhere in the score. The contents of the clipboard will be added to the score without replacing the existing notes.
Edit > Paste Replace (Ctrl+R or Cmnd+R)
To Paste the copied material into an ENF file and replace existing notation,
Select Paste Replace from the Edit menu (Ctrl+R or Cmnd+R) and click anywhere in the score.
TIP: Use Paste Replace to quickly replace a complex passage that was poorly recognized with an identical passage that is correct.




Edit > Delete

In this mode, clicking on objects that are moused over (and highlight yellow) are deleted.

Edit > Select All (Ctrl+A or Cmnd+A)
To select all objects on the current page for cut, copy or paste / replace action,

Choose Select All from the Edit menu (Ctrl+A or Cmnd+A).

Edit > Bracketing (Ctrl+B or Cmnd+B)

Refer to "Bracketing".

Edit > System Manager (Ctrl+M or Cmnd+M)

Refer to "System Manager".

Edit > Staff Spacing

Refer to "Globally applying line, staff and system spacing" for details.

Edit > Text Styles

Refer to "To modify font styles of text fields or lyric blocks," for more details.

Edit > Part Linking (Ctrl+L or Cmnd+L)
(Collapsing and expanding systems)

Many printed scores "collapse" or "optimize" systems to show only actively playing parts. Similarly, instruments that appear in one part may split into two or more parts anywhere in the score causing systems to "expand" in size. SmartScore automatically senses expanding systems when, for example, a piano solo introduction precedes a vocal/piano arrangement. Expanding and collapsing parts are easily linked or re-linked in a simple-to-use environment called Part Linking. Part Linking is also used when merging staves with brackets that were cut off. Turn to "Re-linking parts" for details on this feature.

Edit > Score Structure

This special environment is used to perform useful functions such as creating a conductor's score from different parts and for isolating or joining parts and voices. For detailed discussion on using this powerful feature, turn to "Score Structure".

Edit > System > Insert Above/Insert Below/Remove

Use this feature to insert an entire empty system above or below the currently active system. Use to delete a system, if you need to.

a. Position the cursor over the current system to make it active.
b. To remove a system from a score, position the cursor over the system you wish to delete and select Edit > System > Remove.
NOTE: When an ENF score structure is changed by adding or deleting staves and/or systems from the Edit menu, synchronization with the scanned images will be lost. We recommend that you complete all needed edits/corrections or save a copy of the ENF file before using the Edit menu to change structure of your scanned music. See "View >Associate Image Files" for more about keeping synchronization.
Edit > Staff > Insert Above/Insert Below/Remove

Use this feature to expand or collapse a system.

TIP:

Keep in mind that when you add a part to a system, you are also adding a new part to the score. When adding a part to a system, the new part will not be visible in any system except the active system. For details, see "Part Visibility".
Edit > Score-Part

Use this feature to append a new Score-Part to the ENF document. When a new Score-Part is added, it will begin playback at measure #1 along with all other Score-Parts that have been created. For definition of Score-Part, see "Score-Part - Scores that are printed in sets for each individual instrument. Players read from their own unique set of pages. For example, a duet for guitar and flute would be printed in two separate sets: one for the flute player and one for the guitar. Staves of part scores flow like a book where each staff line appends to the one above it.".

Edit > Add Empty Pages



Use to add new pages. Also found in Status Bar (lower right corner).

Add Empty Page window
Edit > Unify Signatures (U)

Refer to "Unify Score ("U")".

Format Score

This tool is used to entirely reformat the ENF score.

Format Score window
Measures per system
Select a fixed number of measures for every system in the score.
Apply punctuation
Apply auto-spacing to reformatted measures.
Setup indents
Set indent for 1st system.
Setup spacing.
Set staff and system spacing.
Default Voices (Ctrl + U)

Use this feature to revert a selected set of notes within a measure to their default voice / color assignment. Useful if voice / color assignments become confused after repeated over-riding of voices.

Edit > Instrument Templates (Ctrl+S or Cmnd+S)

Refer to "Instrument Templates".

Edit >Score Header

Refer to "Score Header".

Edit >Default Tempo
To set the default tempo,
a. Select desired Beats per Minute from the horizontal slider.
b. Choose a base note Tempo Value (4/4 default = quarter note).
c. Check the Metronome Mark Visibility box to display the Metronome Mark in the ENF document in the first measure.

Refer to "Tempo Markings" for entering change-of-tempo (metronome) markings.



Automatic Drum Track

Opens the "assign drum pattern" window. See "Add drum tracks" for details on creating automatic drum tracks.



Edit > Guitar Chord Library

The Guitar Chord library contains preset guitar chords and associated chord symbols. Add, change, delete and store any custom chords. Guitar frets and chord symbols automatically transpose with key transposition. Refer to "Guitar Fret and Chord Symbols" for details.

Edit >Transpose (Ctrl +T / Cmnd+T)

Transpose your score by key or by clef. Limit to a part, a voice or select a range. Refer to "Transposition" for details.

Edit > Edit Mode
Zoom
Select tool (Ctrl+O / Cmnd+O)
Insert / Change - See "Insert/Change mode".
Delete - See "Deleting notes and symbols (X)".
Vertical Alignment (Y) - See "Working with Contrapuntal Voices".
Beam Notes (B) - See "To convert a sequence of flagged notes into one beamed group,".
Split Voices (H) - See "Voice Splitting (Select + "H")".
Flip Stems (S) - See "Stem direction (S)".
Delete Selected Ties/ Articulations (G) - See "Select tool ("O")".
ENF VIEW Menu
View > Toolbars
Navigator

Opens and closes the SmartScore Navigator.

Main

Opens and closes Main Toolbar

SmartScore

Opens and closes SmartScore Toolbar

Image

Opens and closes Image Editing Toolbar

Text and Controllers

Opens and closes the toolbar containing control buttons for text and graphical controllers.

Mini Console

Opens and closes the Mini playback console in ENF view.

MIDI Toolbar

Opens the MIDI toolbar in the active ENF view.

Print Preview Toolbar

Open and closes the Print Preview toolbar when Print Preview is active.

Status Bar

Opens and closes Status Bar at the bottom of display. Displays current page, cursor position, image size, zoom, page view type and add page.

View > Palettes

Refer to "Tool Palettes (F2-F8 keys)" for details.

View > Show Active Staff

This selection will cause the ENF display to highlight the active staff in black while other staves become grey. The active staffline is the staff that the cursor was last positioned over.

TIP:

Show Active Staff is useful when notation objects do not respond to editing actions. Using this view option might reveal that they actually belong to an adjacent staffline.
TIP:

If an object does not delete even if it shows itself to be in an active staff, use the Select tool ("O" key) to highlight it and then hit Delete. All selected objects will be removed with the Delete key, whether they are in the active staff or not.
View > Reset Tools and Palettes (F1)

Resets tool palettes and toolbars to their default (program launch) positions and maximizes the ENF display.

View > Hidden Symbols

Refer to "Hidden Symbols" for details.

View > Show Part Names
To display the part name or abbreviation on the left staffline margin,
a. Selecting Show Part Names and Abbreviations displays Part Names in the first system and the Part Abbreviations in subsequent systems.
b. Select Show Part Names Only or Part Numbers Only to display just name or number in the 1st system and nothing more.
NOTE: For information on selecting and modifying Part Names, see "Instrument Templates".
c. Selecting Do Not Show will nor display any Part Names or abbreviations in the ENF display.
View > Lyric Show/Don't Show

Checking this option off will remove the display and printing of lyrics.

View >Associate Image Files

Synchronization between the ENF and TIFF panes assumes exact ENF correspondence to the original score structure. Synchronization may become lost after systems are inserted, removed or if page margins are changed. Once a system rolls from one page to another, ENF-TIFF synchronization will become lost for all subsequent pages.

TIP:

To keep ENF to TIFF panes synchronized for as long as possible, complete all ENF editing before inserting systems (Edit > System > Insert). Synchronization may be regained by resizing top and/or bottom margins in Page Setup after making small changes; e.g. after altering line spacing. Refer to "File > Page Setup" for more details on controlling page margins.
To synchronize ENF and TIFF views,
a. Go to View > Associate Image Files...

Associate Image File Window
b. Push Add to locate the TIF file associated with the open document. Browse your computer to find the image file. If the file contains several pages of images, they will appear as xxxP1, xxxP2, xxxP3, etc.
c. Click to highlight a page in the image-page list. A preview of the page will appear in the view window if Preview is checked. Then click on the appropriate ENF page in the list of ENF pages.
d. Push the Associate button to associate the image page with the appropriate ENF page. Continue as necessary.
View > Image Information

Provides information on the structure and type of the currently displayed image file.

Next Page

Displays next page of ENF document

Previous Page

Displays previous page of ENF document

Go to Page (Ctrl +G / Cmnd+G)

Presents a dialog box to select a page number to jump to. Refer to "Paging" for details.

Zoom

Lists available view percentages. Changing zoom will affect both the image and the ENF file simultaneously. Range is from 8% to 400% view scale.

View > Scan View

Provides options for the floating zoom window including whether to display ENF or TIFF close-ups in the zoom window and selecting additional zoom views. Refer to "Split-screen and Scan View reference views" for details on the floating zoom window.

New MIDI View (Ctrl +I / Cmnd+I)

Opens New MIDI View dialog box. Select type of MIDI view.

Overview - Displays all staves as MIDI tracks.
Piano Roll - Displays selected stave as MIDI track.
Event List - Displays MIDI events of selected staff line.
ENF PLAYBACK Menu
Playback > Set Playback Range

Refer to "Playing back a selected section".

Playback > Play / Stop / Rewind

Used to control playback functions from menu.

Playback > Thru

Sets MIDI device to play "live" without MIDI Record on.

Playback > Console

Opens Playback Console (Ctrl+9 / Cmnd+9).

Playback > Mini Console

Opens and closes Mini Console toolbar.

Playback > MIDI Devices

Opens MIDI device dialog box. Select MIDI input and output sources. Refer to "MIDI Setup" for details.

Playback > Swing

Turns swing playback on or off. Refer to "Swing".

Playback > Drum Set

This window allows you to map MIDI Drum instruments to staff lines and spaces when percussion clef is assigned to a staff. For more details, turn to "Percussion clef (Clefs Palette)".

Playback > Lock to Time Signature

Refer to "Pickup and split measures".

Playback > Graphical Controller

Refer to "ENF Graphical controllers".

ENF WINDOW Menu
Task Window (Ctrl + W)
a. Opens the SmartScore task window:

Task Window
Clone Document

Duplicates and opens currently open ENF file.

Cascade

Display, overlap and offset all open ENF files.

Tile

Display all open windows of all open ENF files with no overlap.

Split

Activates the ENF / Scan view split control tool.

Scan View Window

Removes the split-screen Image pane and activates the floating scan view window. See "Split-screen and Scan View reference views" for more details.

Karaoke

Opens the Karaoke view window. See "Karaoke View" for more details.

Overview / Piano Roll / Event List

Opens MIDI view window and displays the selected MIDI environment, Overview, Piano Roll or Event List. See "MIDI Views" for more details.

ENF Help Menu
Help > SmartScore Manual (PDF)

In CD versions, this selection will open the file, SSManual.pdf. This file is the full Using SmartScore 5 manual in Adobe Acrobat format. It is located in the SmartScore directory and is opened by Adobe Acrobat.

In download versions, this selection will attempt to open an Internet connection and begin downloading of the file, SSManual.pdf from the Musitek website. If the file is moved to the SmartScore directory, the local file will open when the Help > SmartScore Manual (PDF) is selection is made again.

Help > Online Help

This selection will attempt to launch your Internet browser and connect to a special interactive help system online at musitek.com. The Online Help system is fully interactive and contains index links, table of contents links and text hyperlinks to related subjects.

Check for Updates

Opens Internet browser and attempts to locate the SmartScore online updates page at: http://www.musitek.com/updates.html

Registration

Opens Internet browser and attempts to locate the Musitek online registration page at: http://www.musitek.com/registration.html

About SmartScore 5

Displays version / update number. Pushing the graphic icon reveals author / programming information.

MIDI FILE Menu
File > New

Select between a new ENF or a new MIDI. Choosing New ENF will open the New SmartScore Document window. Select a Template or use Custom to create a unique score. Choosing New MIDI will open a blank MIDI Overview and Piano Roll for MIDI input.

File > Open (Ctrl +O / Cmnd+O)

Opens File Selection dialog box and lists saved files. A selected file will be loaded into memory and will display on the screen.

File > Close - (Cmnd+W Mac)

Closes all MIDI views. If any changes were made to the MIDI file, option to Save MIDI file. Return to main SmartScore window.

File > Save (Ctrl +S / Cmnd+S)

Writes currently displayed file to the hard disk.

File > Save As

Opens Windows File Selection dialog box

Save processed or modified MIDI files to hard disk following MIDI Recording or Editing procedures.

Use to save selected files to directory other than the working directory

File > Show Task Window (Ctrl + W)

Opens SmartScore Task Window.

File > CD Writer

Opens CD Writer / Burn window. See "File > CD Writer".

File > Recent (1,2,3, or 4)

Automatically loads one of the last four files accessed by SmartScore.

File > Exit/ Quit- (Cmnd+Q)

Exit SmartScore. Save current file. Go to Windows main desktop.

MIDI EDIT Menu
Edit > Undo (Ctrl +Z / Cmnd+Z)

Reverses the last action you performed. SmartScore has ninety-nine layers of Undo.

Edit > Redo (Ctrl +Y / Cmnd+Y)

Reapplies the last action that has been Undone.

Edit > Select

Opens the Select window for defined note selection.

Edit > Select All (Ctrl +A / Cmnd+A)

Selects all MIDI events in every track.

Edit > Cut (Ctrl +X / Cmnd+X)

Removes the highlighted notes from the score and places them in the clipboard.

Edit > Copy (Ctrl +C Win / Cmnd+C Mac)

Places selected notes on the clipboard without removing them from the score.

Edit > Paste (Ctrl +V / Cmnd+V)

Insert the contents of the clipboard back into the score without deleting the existing notes.

Edit > Paste Special

Opens the Paste Special window. The Paste Special window offers several options for pasting the contents of the clipboard back into the music.

Edit > Delete (Del)

Deletes the selected section from the MIDI file.

Edit > Delete Track

Deletes the currently displayed MIDI track.

Edit > Program Change (Piano Roll only)

Opens the Change Instrument window. Insert a change to a new MIDI patch.

Edit > Velocity/ Duration

Opens the Velocity and Duration window. Adjust the Velocity and/ or Duration of the selected MIDI events.

Edit > Create Automatic Drum Pattern

If you wish to convert a MIDI drum pattern and add it to the SmartScore drum pattern library, load the MIDI drum pattern file and select this option. For more information, see "Adding custom drum patterns from ENF".

Edit > Convert MIDI to ENF

Converts MIDI data in the currently open file to ENF notation.

MIDI VIEW Menu
View > Navigator

Opens and closes the SmartScore Navigator.

View > Main Toolbar

Opens and closes Main Toolbar.

View > SmartScore Toolbar

Opens and closes SmartScore Toolbar.

View > Image Toolbar

Opens and closes Image Editing Toolbar.

View > Text and Controllers Toolbar

Opens the Text and Controllers toolbar.

View > Mini Console

Opens Mini Console transport control.

View > MIDI Toolbar

Opens the MIDI toolbar.

View > Synchronize

Synchronizes measure sizes in all MIDI views to that of current MIDI view. All horizontal resizing is synchronized between all MIDI views.

View > Show Actual Playback

When selected, all MIDI events (including articulations such as trills and tremelos) are visible in the Piano Roll view. When selected, MIDI events cannot be edited (behavior of articulations is controlled with Properties tool in the ENF view. Turn off to edit MIDI events.

MIDI OPTIONS Menu
Options > Snap to (Quantization)

Quantities selected MIDI "Note On" events to the nearest "tick" specified. Also determines default quantization value for MIDI recording and for horizontal nudging of selected MIDI events by mouse dragging or by use of the arrow keys. Quantization values range from 32nd triplet to whole note.

Options > File Settings

Opens Sequence Settings window. Shows the MIDI header information including: tempo, time base, time signature, key, and MIDI instrument.

Options > Track (not in Overview)

Opens Track Properties dialog box. Select a different track view, delete, duplicate, rename, or transpose the selected track.

Options > MIDI Devices

Opens MIDI device dialog box. Select MIDI input and output sources.

Options > Instrument Settings

Opens Instrument Settings dialog box. Allows for selection of Port, Bank, and MIDI channel assignment for Instrument and Drum sources.

Options > Metronome Settings

Opens Metronome Settings dialog box. Allows for selection of Port, MIDI Channel, number of lead in measures, MIDI sound and volume for Primary and Secondary beats.

Options > Shuttle On

Activate/ deactivate SmartScore's shuttle tool.

Options > Virtual Drums Definition

Opens the keyboard map editor for changing computer keyboard key assignments for the Virtual Drum feature. See "Recording a virtual drum track" for more details.

MIDI PLAYBACK Menu
Playback > Set Playback Range

Opens Set MIDI Play Range dialog window.

Playback > Play/ Pause "Spacebar"

Begins/ pauses/ resumes playback of current MIDI file. In Record Mode will start and pause MIDI recording.

Playback > Stop

Stops playback or recording of current MIDI file.

Playback > Rewind "," (comma)

Rewinds to beginning of Set Playback Range.

Playback > Record

Check to activate MIDI Record mode

Playback > External Timer

Set recording to begin from an external signal.

Playback > Synchro Start

Active only in Record Mode, check to synchronize start of MIDI recording with first note played on MIDI keyboard.

Playback > Thru

Allows MIDI input to sound

Playback > Metronome

Activates/ deactivates Metronome in recording

Playback > Playback Console (Ctrl + 9 / Cmnd+9)

Opens the Playback Console.

MIDI WINDOW Menu

See "ENF WINDOW Menu".

IMAGE FILE Menu Items
File > New

Select between a new ENF or a new MIDI. Choosing New ENF will open the New SmartScore Document window. Select a Template or use Custom to create a unique score. Choosing New MIDI will open a blank MIDI Overview and Piano Roll for MIDI input.

File > Open (Ctrl +O / Cmnd+O)

Opens File Selection dialog box and lists saved files. A selected file will be loaded into memory and will display on the screen.

File > Save (Ctrl +S / Cmnd+T)

Writes currently displayed file to the hard disk.

File > Save As

Opens Windows File Selection dialog box

Save processed or modified Image files to hard disk following Scanning and Editing. Use to save selected files to directory other than the working directory.

File > Save As PDF

Saves currently open TIFF image as a PDF file (Windows requires PDF 995 from installer).

File > Scan Music

Selects scanner or initiates scanner to acquire image.

File > Recognition

Initiates Recognition to begin processing saved image file(s).

File > Print (Ctrl +P Win / Cmnd+P Mac)

Initiates Windows Print Monitor. Current Image file is output to default printer from selected printer port.

File > CD Writer

Opens CD Writer / Burn window. See "File > CD Writer".

File > Recent (1,2,3, or 4)

Automatically loads one of the last four files accessed by SmartScore (Win). Select any recent files by type (Mac)

File > Exit/ Quit (Cmnd+Q Mac)

Exit SmartScore. Save current file. Go to Windows main desktop.

Image EDIT Menu
Edit > Undo (Ctrl +Z / Cmnd+Z)

Reverses the last action you performed. SmartScore has ninety-nine layers of Undo.

Edit > Redo (Ctrl +Y / Cmnd+Y

Reapplies the last action that has been Undone.

Edit > Cut (Ctrl +X / Cmnd+X)

Removes the selected section from the image file and places it on the clipboard

Edit > Copy (Ctrl +C / Cmnd+C)

Places selected section on the clipboard without removing it from the image file.

Edit > Paste (Ctrl +V / Cmnd+V)

Insert the contents of the clipboard back into the image file

Edit > Delete (Del)

Deletes the selected section from the image file.

Select All

Selects the entire image for moving / centering.

Edit > Crop

Trims the image file down to the selected region

Edit > Invert

Switches the colors of the image file.

Edit > Rotate
Left: Rotates the image file counter-clockwise
Right: Rotates the image file clockwise
Any: Opens the Rotate window for rotation by defines degrees.
Edit > Delete Page

Deletes currently displayed page. Does not delete the entire file.

Edit > Selection

Activates the Area Selection tool.

Edit > Line

Activates the Line drawing tool.

Edit > Brush

Activates the Brush tool.

Edit > Deskew

Activates the Deskew tool for straightening "crooked" scans

Edit > Selection Mode
Opaque
When a selected area is moved to the clipboard the background will be included
Transparent
When a selected area is moved to the clipboard only the black portion of the selected area with be moved.
Edit > Pen Color

Select the color used by the Brush and Line drawing tools.

Image VIEW Menu
View > Navigator

Opens and closes the SmartScore Navigator.

View > Main Toolbar

Opens and closes Main Toolbar

View > SmartScore Toolbar

Opens and closes SmartScore Toolbar

View > Image Toolbar

Opens and closes Image Editing Toolbar

View > Status Bar

Opens and closes Status Bar at the bottom of main SmartScore Window. Displays current page, cursor position, image size, and zoom percentage.

View > Palettes

Opens and closes tool palettes for ENF document editing.

View > Image Information

Provides information on the structure and type of the currently displayed image file.

View > Next Page

Displays next page of ENF document

View > Previous Page

Displays previous page of ENF document

View > Go to Page (Ctrl +G Win / Cmnd+G Mac)

Presents a dialog box to select a page number to jump to. Use scroller to select desired page and click OK.

View > Zoom

Lists available view percentages. Changing zoom will affect both the image and the ENF file simultaneously.

View > Reset Tools and Palettes (F1)

Resets windows, toolbars and palettes to their default position.

View > Reset Warnings

Resets warning messages to their default.

Image Realtime Menu
Realtime > Thru

Allows MIDI input to sound while recording.

Realtime > MIDI Devices

Opens MIDI Device window.


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