Speedy Entry

This tool allows you to rapidly enter one note, chord, or rest at a time. You specify the rhythmic value of each entry by pressing a number key on your computer keyboard; you can specify the pitches either by pressing the desired keys on your MIDI keyboard or by pressing the appropriate letter keys on your computer keyboard. The Speedy Entry keyboard commands are summarized in the diagram that appears on your Quick Reference Card.

Note: When entering or editing music with Speedy Entry, shift-delete provides the same function as clear. This key combination was added for laptop owners who do not have clear on the keyboard.

Press Option-number when you're editing a measure to tell PrintMusic that the next notes you enter are part of a tuplet (triplet, quintuplet, and so on). Press Option-2 through Option-8 to signify tuplets from duplets to octuplets, respectively. If you press Ctrl-1, PrintMusic assumes you want to enter a tuplet that's more complex than one of the 2-through-8 tuplets. The Tuplet Definition dialog box appears, in which you can specify the temporal and visual aspects of more complex tuplet groupings.
Press Caps Lock before pressing a rhythmic-value key to tell PrintMusic that you're about to enter a whole series of notes that all have that same rhythmic value. Now you can play notes on your MIDI instrument, rapidly, and PrintMusic will automatically enter them into the score, without your having to press a rhythmic-value key each time. Caps Lock with Use MIDI Keyboard unchecked will also allow the use of the alphabet pitch entry keys.
Press caps lock and the QWERTY keys with Use MIDI Device for Input turned off to enter pitches without a MIDI keyboard.

Enharmonics

When cycling through the enharmonic spelling of entries, PrintMusic directly cycles through all the possibilities.

When the cursor is on a notehead, press 9 to change the note to its enharmonic spellings.

Arrow keys

Press left arrow when the insertion point is at the beginning of the editing frame to move the insertion point just beyond the last entry of the previous measure.
Press right arrow when the insertion point is on the last entry in the editing frame to move the insertion point just beyond the last entry in the editing frame.
Press right arrow when the insertion point is just beyond the last entry in the editing frame to move the insertion point to the first entry of the next measure.

Speedy Entry tool