New in notion 6.1 – PreSonus Notion 6 - Notation Software (Boxed) User Manual

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Chords and enharmonics:

you can now use the enharmonic tool (Shift+E) with attached chord symbols

Dynamic parts list:

Score>Dynamic Parts is now in your current score order, rather than the order in which the

instruments were created

Home and End:

End key now navigates to end of score (as Home does, to the start of a score)

School network:

Notion now has the facility during network installs to copy preferences from the system level – this

saves a lot of time in the classroom every time a new user logs on to a different machine . For more information about

PreSonus’ Unlimited Site licences for education, contact musiceducation@presonus .com

Plus over 40 fixes and enhancements to keyboard sound bundle, Studio One interop, Video, notation, Rules

New in Notion 6.1

Enter notes and chords with QWERTY keyboard:

In Step time you can now use a,b,c,d,e,f,g to enter pitch . See

Preferences>General>Step Time to switch keyboard sets . See Chapter 9 .2 and the Shortcuts pdf, available via

Help>Shortcuts

Create and extend range selections with keyboard shortcuts:

Press Enter to start a range selection wherever the

cursor is . Or press Alt+A to select the current measure . You can extend the range selection with keyboard shortcuts, and

then edit as required . You can also press Enter again, to select individual notes within the selection .

Navigate around measures, staves and systems with keyboard shortcuts

You can now navigate around your score in

all directions with just your keyboard . Check the Shortcuts pdf in Help>Shortcuts for full details

Selected items can be nudged with cursor keys:

As well as dragging with the mouse, you can also use the arrow keys to

move rests, text, dynamics, fermata etc . Use Shift+arrow keys for fine tuning the position

New keyboard shortcuts:

quicker ways around with new shortcuts - check the menus or the Shortcuts PDF for the full

list

Echo note entry and selection:

Echo note entry and echo note selection now sounds notes on all methods of note entry

and any time a note is highlighted . To change, go to Preferences>General and uncheck . (Use the A key to Audition any

time)

Plus over 50 fixes and enhancements to handwriting, Studio One interop, ReWire, MIDI and MusicXML,