Shift to Alt when clicking, the result is that the selection is copied to its default vertical

position.

1. In a multiple instrument score, create a p expression mark followed by a crescendo

line, f, diminuendo, and a final p.
2. Multiple select (click the first object, and then Ctrl -click the rest) all of the objects
and use Ctrl+ down arrow keys to move all the objects down a bit all at once.
3. Then use the right arrow to move them to the right a bit
4. With the objects still selected, Alt– click into the same horizontal position in
another instrument staff in the score.

You will see that the copied objects in the destination staff retain the same vertical
and horizontal position relative to the staff as the objects in the source staff. Turn on
Selection Rulers or Object Rulers to confirm the vertical position: View > Rulers >
Object Rulers. The Magnetic Layout vertical group line will confirm the horizontal
position

A clear example of this is selecting bars by simply clicking in the bar with the mouse
or Ctrl+ or Command+clicking in the bar with the mouse. The first, with the single
blue marquis (Sibelius 6 or earlier) or blue highlight (Sibelius 7), is mainly for the
purpose of editing; and the second, with the double purple marquis (Sibelius 6) or
purple highlight (Sibelius 7) is mainly for the purpose of deleting bars.

But there are other interesting examples such as this one: if one selects a single note
with an accidental by clicking on just the notehead (so it turns blue), and then uses the
arrow keys to move it up or down, the accidental disappears. However, if one selects a
passage of notes with accidentals so that there is a blue marquee (v6) or highlight (v7)
around or on the passage, and then moves them all with the arrow keys, the
accidentals remain, maintaining their intervallic relationships: two different ways of
selecting, two different visual cues, two different results when editing.

So the question is: if I want to move just one note and have the accidental remain,
how do I select it so that it has the blue marquee (v6) or the blue highlight (v7) on it?
As we have seen, selecting just the notehead does not give us the desired result. The
answer? Simply passage select the single note by clicking on it and then Shift-
clicking on it, or use the following keyboard shortcut and mouse-sweep the notehead:
Shift or Command mouse-sweep, starting outside the staff. Either way, the single
note will now have a blue marquee around it (v6), or it will have the new v7 highlight
on it! Now it can be moved with the arrow keys, maintaining the accidental.

Another type of selection having to do with editing involves editing

accidentals. For example, if you have a passage of notes that are all G-
flats, outside the key, and you decide they should all be G-naturals, or
maybe you want to copy the passage to a place where they are all G-
naturals, clicking on the first notehead and turning off the flat causes
the next note to have the flat accidental. This is purposeful, as it allows
one to edit just one accidental, leaving all notes after the edit
unchanged. But if one wanted what we first started out to accomplish, it
would be very frustrating to have to click and edit each note! Instead,
make a passage selection of all the G-flats and then click the natural
from the Keypad or hit 7 on the numeric keypad. You can also use this
method to add flats or sharps to a selection. Note Selection: non-mouse

Once one is in the score with something selected, one can easily select notes or bars
without using the mouse:

1. To select to the right by note, simply use the shortcut: Shift-right arrow. To select
to the left, use Shift-left arrow. This not universal (not in Word) as universally, Shift-
left arrow would unselect. But because undo unselects in Sibelius, this is not needed
and the key stroke is allocated to select to the left: very cool!
2. To select by bar, simply add Ctrl or Command to Shift+left or right arrow, as
Ctrl or Command is the modifier for “more”.
3. To select vertically, either up or down, use Shift-up or down arrow.

Often, objects such as slur lines and hairpins are positioned such that it is difficult to
select, with the mouse, the handles that allow for adjustments to those objects. And
besides, one should be using the mouse less anyway! So it is good to know the
following non-mouse methods of selection:

1. If you hit Tab with nothing selected in the score, the first handle of the first object
attached to the first note in the first staff of the score will be selected.
2. The next Tab will take one to the first handle of the second object, and so on until
one runs out of objects and then the actual notehead that the objects are attached to
becomes selected. The next Tab takes one on to the first handle of the first object
attached to the second note in the same staff. – and so on. 3. Shift–Tab takes one in
the opposite direction, as Shift is the modifier for “opposite”.
4. Once an object handle is selected, one can navigate all of the object’s handles by
using Alt– or Opt-right arrow. Left arrow will take you in the opposite direction.
Once one runs out of handles, the selection moves on to the note all of the objects are
attached to – and so on.

! Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T. Once the dialogue opens up, you will see that the correct text
style of the piece of text that is selected will be highlighted and ready for editing.

Selection for Going to and from Panorama, and to and from Score and
Part, Maintaining Selection in View

Often, one wants to go back and forth from page view to Panorama view with the
same selection in both views. This is also the case when going from score to part. By
default, Sibelius does a pretty good job of making sure a bar selected in Page view
remains in view when going to Panorama view and back, and the same with going
from score to part and back. This is because by default, Follow selection is turned on,
on the Score Position page of Preferences.

However, sometimes when entering notes or editing, it is better to have Follow

selection turned off, particularly when in page view, so that the score does not
unwantedly move or advance to the next page. But when Follow selection is turned
off, selection views are not always maintained when going in and out of Panorama
and switching from score to part. If you have Follow selection turned off and still
want to get the same selection in view whether you are in Panorama or Page view, or
in a score or part, then simply zoom in or zoom out: hold Ctrl or Command and type
+ or –. This works because in Sibelius, zooming in or out automatically centers in on
the selection, even if it is not in view. This method can also be used when Follow
selection is turned on and the selection is on the far right or left of the screen. Finally,
if you have an optimized score (i.e. empty staves are hidden) and you have an empty
bar selected in Panorama, then switch to page view, the bar may or may not be
selected when going to page view as the staff could be hidden at that point due to
optimization.

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