PreSonus Notion 6 - Notation Software (Boxed) - Manual (Page 154)

10.5
Notion offers ways to change the duration of notes and rests you’ve already added to the notation staff .
Change Individual Note/Rest Values
To change the duration of individual notes or rests already in your score you could delete it and add
the correct item in its place, but it is faster to substitute a new value for the existing one:
1 . Place the target time value on the Music Cursor, either by clicking its icon in the Entry Palette or by pressing its
keyboard shortcut .
2 . Position the new symbol directly on top of the existing score item .
3 . Either click your mouse or press Enter .
» The substitution is complete .
4 . Since a replacement time value alters the timing of the whole measure, you also need to adjust timing for other
existing rests/notes in the measure .
> If you substituted a longer value, one or more existing items at the end of the measure will now exceed the meter
and appear red in color .
> If you substituted a shorter value, you do not have a full measure notated and, if you do not “fill” these beats,
Notion will play the empty beats silently on playback .
Change Multiple Notes/Rests
If you have a group of notes, rests, or both, that require the same time value, you can
use an “equals sign” keyboard shortcut to quickly make this change .
1 . Have the cursor be the Pointer . If it is not, press Esc .
2 . Inform Notion which notes/rests you want affected by the change . Complete one of the following:
> If the items are contiguous, you can highlight the notes/rests involved .
» Notion draws a box around these items to show they are selected .
> If the items needing change are scattered, hold down Shift and click the individual items .
» Each selected item appears orange in color .
3 . Press the equals sign (=) key and then press the keyboard shortcut for the value you want for all the notes and rests
you selected:
Double whole note/rest = . then Shift + W 8th note/rest = , then E
Whole note/rest = , then W 16th note/rest = , then S
Half note/rest = , then H 32nd note/rest = , then T
Quarter note/rest = , then Q Augmentation dot = , then D
» Immediately all selected/highlighted notes and rests have the new time value . Remember you need to correct the
excess or inadequate counts in affected measures . If notes where click-selected in step 2, they still appear in orange:
remove the orange color by clicking anywhere in the score area .
◙ Before and after an equals sign keyboard shortcut.
= , then S
TIP: If needed, you can Undo your change .
Change Note/Rest Time Values