Edit Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box

How to get there

1. Choose the Simple Entry tool . The Simple menu appears.
2. Choose Simple > Simple Entry Options.
3. Click Edit Keyboard Shortcuts.

What it does

In this dialog box, you can edit the keystroke commands used for note entry and editing in Simple

Entry.

• Tool: Simple Entry • Simple Entry Tablature. From this drop-down menu, choose Simple Entry to define keyboard shortcuts for use while entering into a standard staff. Choose Simple Entry Tablature to define keyboard shortcuts for use while entering into a tablature staff.
• Add. Click Add to open the Define Keyboard Shortcut dialog box where you can create a new keystroke association for any Simple Entry command. See Define Keyboard Shortcut dialog box.
• Edit. Click Edit to open the Define Keyboard Shortcut dialog box where you can change the currently highlighted command.
• Delete. Click Delete to remove the currently highlighted command.
• New Set. Click New Set to create a new collection of keyboard shortcuts. New sets created appear under the Name drop-down menu.
• Delete Set. Click Delete Set to delete the keyboard shortcut set currently selected under the Name drop-down menu. The Default Shortcut Table set, which supplies Finale’s default short-cuts, cannot be deleted.
• Duplicate Set. Click Duplicate Set to duplicate the keyboard shortcut set currently selected under the Name drop-down menu.
• Reset to Defaults. Click Reset to Defaults to reset the currently selected keyboard shortcut set to Finale’s default set.
• Name: Default Shortcut Table. From the Name drop-down menu, choose the keyboard shortcut set you want to use. Any new sets you have created or duplicated are available in this list.
• OK • Cancel. Click OK (or press enter) to confirm, or Cancel to discard, the keyboard shortcuts you’ve added, edited, or deleted. You return to the score.

See also:

Simple menu

Simple Entry Tool

Define Keyboard Shortcut