Choose Simple > Simple Entry Options > Select Tablature Notes on Entry (if it isn’t already checked).
Click OK.
Choose a rhythmic value from the Simple Entry
Palette.
Click in the tablature staff. You will
see a “0” on the line you clicked (or the number of the default lowest
fret specified in the Tablature Staff Attributes). It should already be
selected.
Type the fret number on the numeric keypad.
You can also hold down CTRL+SHIFT and type the number on your
QWERTY keyboard. Note: The QWERTY keyboard is the letter keys and the
numbers above them. The Numeric Keypad is the set of number keys on the
right side of a standard desktop keyboard. In addition to entering tablature
by clicking, you can also use the Simple Entry caret.
Choose Simple > Simple Entry Options.
Ensure Use Simple Entry Caret is selected and click OK. The Simple Entry caret appears in the score. If not, press ENTER.
Move the caret to the tablature staff.
Use the LEFT and RIGHT ARROW keys to move the caret horizontally. Hold
down CTRL
and press the UP or DOWN ARROW to move the caret between staves. To
activate the caret at a specific location, CTRL+click a fret number to select
it and press Enter (or CTRL+click an empty measure). For detailed information
on navigation using the Simple Entry caret, see Simple
Entry.
Choose a rhythmic duration. Either click
a duration icon in the Simple Entry Palette or hold down CTRL and ALT and type the desired rhythmic
duration number on the numeric keypad. Or, hold down CTRL+ALT+SHIFT and type the duration on
the QWERTY keyboard.
On the QWERTY keyboard, type the string number.
For example, on a standard 6-string guitar tab staff, type 1 to move the
caret to the top E string.
Type the fret number on the numeric keypad.
Hold down CTRL
to add a fret number greater than 9 (for example, type CTRL+numpad 2 to add 12). The caret
moves to the right in preparation for the next entry.
To add a fret number with the caret, you can
also press Enter to add a fret number (0) on the chosen string, and then
hold down CTRL+SHIFT
and type the number on your QWERTY keyboard. Do this if your computer
keyboard does not have a numeric keypad.
To change the number of the fret number you
just entered, hold down CTRL
and type the new number on the numeric keypad. Or, hold down CTRL+SHIFT
and type the number on your QWERTY keyboard.
To change the duration of the fret number you
just entered hold down CTRL
and ALT
and type the desired rhythmic duration in the QWERTY keyboard.
To change the string of the fret number you
just entered, hold down ALT
and press the UP and DOWN ARROW.
To add another fret number to the previous
entry, hold down ALT
and type the string number in the QWERTY keyboard. Then, while holding
down ALT,
type the fret number in the numeric keypad. (Or, hold down CTRL+SHIFT and type the number on your QWERTY keyboard.)
For a list of Simple Entry Tablature commands and their associated
keystrokes, from the Simple menu, choose Tab Specific Commands.
. The Simple menu
appears.