To break (or create) a beam

1. Click the Speedy Entry tool , and click the measure in question. The editing frame appears. Use the arrow keys to position the insertion bar on the note at the end of the desired beam.
2. Or click the Simple Entry tool , and CONTROL+click the note at the end of the desired beam.
3. Press the / (slash key). If the note was beamed to the previous note, the beam breaks. If the note wasn’t beamed to the previous note, two notes are now beamed together. Press the slash key again to restore the beam to its previous form.

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