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Hotkeys
TablEdit uses the following shortcuts:
Editing - Basics
[return] (in stave) Enter note on current position
[0..49] (in tablature) Enter note on current position
[ . (decimal)] Enter rest of current note duration
[shift]+[A..J] (in tablature) enter note [10..19] on current position
[delete] Remove selected item(s)
[+/-] (positioned on a note) Increase/decrease note value with half tone
[ 
]+[Z]Cancel the last editing action
[ ]+[Y]Redo the last canceled editing action
[return] (in tablature, on anchor point) Open related edit window
Editing - Select, delete, copy
[ ]+[A]Select entire current module as a block
[shift]+[arrow] extend selection block
[ ]+[C]Copy a selected block, note or anchor
[ ]+[X]Cut a selected block, note or anchor
[ ]+[V]Paste a copied or cut block, note or anchor to the cursor position
Editing - moving cursor, view
[alt]+[Space] Toggle automatic cursor advance on/off
[page up/down] Scroll tablature and notation left or right
[tab] Move cursor forward (offset: current default note duration)
[ctrl]+[ 
]Once: Go to end of current measure. Twice: Go to beginning of following measure
[ctrl]+[ 
]Once: Go to beginning of current measure. Twice: Go to end of previous measure
[ctrl]+[ 
](in notation) Move cursor one octave up
[ctrl]+[ 
](in notation) Move cursor one octave down
[ctrl]+[ ](in tablature) Move cursor to the 1st string
[ctrl]+[ ](in tablature) Move cursor to the 6th string
Editing - correction
[ctrl]+[+/-] with cursor in tablature: Move a note downwards or upwards across the neck of the instrument. Press [ctrl]+[+] (to move toward the bass) or [ctrl]+[-] (to move toward the treble).
[I] Quantize notes in the selection
[J] Automatically correct duration and note placement errors
Formatting
[+] [-] Increase/decrease vertical position (of rest, text, ...)
[A] [Z] [E] Stems up, stems down, automatic stem direction.
[X] Inhibit note beams from current position
[alt]+[D] Force sharp
[alt]+[B] Force flat
[alt]+[=] Force natural
[O] Offset note head to the right
[shift]+[O] Offset note head to the left
[K] Add a line break
[W] Horizontal note spacing
[D] Make note invisible in stave
[ | ] Control beam position and stem length
[ ! ] Remove note stem
[<] [>] Horizontal positioning (of fingering, musical symbol, ... )
[shift]+[U] Hides notes with a dynamic value of pp in the tablature.
[shift]+[X] First press: Displays "Dead notes" as X's in the tablature. Second press: Blocks the display of "Dead notes". Third press: Re-activates the display of "Dead notes" within a greyed-out border.
[shift]+[Y] Systematically displays complete stems for all notes in the tablature (including whole and half notes).
[ _ ] Blocks/Activates the display of "Ringing Notes".
[ctrl]+[+/-] with cursor in notation: Set position of middle C
Duration
[F4] Set current duration to whole note
[F5] Set current duration to 1/2 note
[F6] Set current duration to 1/4 note
[F7] Set current duration to 1/8th note
[F8] Set current duration to 1/16th note
[F9] Set current duration to 1/32nd note
[*] (asterisk) Apply current duration to selected note(s)
[ctrl]+[ . (decimal)] Toggle dotted note mode on/off
[ : ] Double dotted note
[Ctrl]+[3]/[5]/[7]/[9] Triplet, Quintuplet, Septuplet, Nonuplet
[L] Tied note
[<] [>] Decrease/increase duration of selected note(s)
Special Effects
[alt]+[G] Open Grace Note dialog
[B] Brush
[C] Choke
[G] "Ghost" note
[H] Hammer-on
[M] Muted note
[P] Pull-off
[S] Slide
[R] Roll
[N] Remove special effects
[F3] Re-applies the last used Special Effect or, if the cursor is placed on an empty position, repeats the last insertion.
Playback
[F12] Play entire Reading List
[Pause] or [Spacebar] Pause/Resume playback
[F11] Play from current measure to end
[shift]+[F11] Play from current position to end
[F10] Play current measure
[shift]+[F10] Play current selection
[Pause] Pause playback
[Escape] Stop playback
[shift]+[F12] Activates "Monitor" feature
[ ]+[K]Define MIDI options
[ ]+[R]Open Reading List dialog
[<] Set frequency (of "tremelo" or "vibrato" special effect)
[>] Set speed (of "roll" special effect)
[>] Set amplitude (of "vibrato" special effect)
[( ] [ )] Decrease/increase dynamic level of selected note(s)
[V] Toggle dynamics display on/off
[ ]+[H]Note pitch change dialog
Windowing
[ ]+[B]Toggle Fingerboard on/off
[ ]+[D]Open Chord Manager
[ ]+[T]Open Text Manager
[T] Open Text Editor
[ ]+[F]Open Strokes and Fingerings dialog
[ ]+[W]Close window
Tablature management
[ ]+[O]Open a tablature file on disk
[ ]+[S]Save the current tablature file
[ ]+[shift]+[S]open Security (for printing/saving)
[ ]+[N]Create a new tablature file
[ ]+[P]Print tablature
[ ]+[I]Title Information
[ ]+[Q]Quit TablEdit