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Help Start Page
1 - Getting Started
Step 1: Installing NoteAbilityPro
Step 2: Setting up your MIDI Connections
Step 3: Authorizing NoteAbilityPro
Step 4: Observing the Application Layout
Step 5: Setting up your initial preferences
Step 6: Create a New Score
Step 7: Enter Some Music into the Score
2 - Overview
Introduction to NoteAbilityPro
Basic Steps for Creating a Score
Contacting Opus 1 Music
3 - Basic Program Operation
Create a new document
Document setup
Customizing your document setup
Set NoteAbilityPro preferences
Using the Score Controls
Using the NoteAbilityPro tools
Music Images and Score Structure panels
Multi-Page Display
Open an existing document
Save a new document
Save changes
Save document under a new name
Save in another file format
Close a document
Hide NoteAbilityPro
Quit NoteAbilityPro
4 - Entering Music Into the Score
Entering music images
Entering notes with the mouse
Entering notes with the on-screen keyboard
Entering notes in step-time with a MIDI keyboard
Entering notes with the MIDI recorder
Entering notes from MIDI file
Entering chords
Entering text
Entering lyrics
Adding graphic images
Working with Adobe Illustrator
5 - Adjusting and Editing the Music
NoteAbilityPro Layers
Adjusting the Score Layout
Selecting and Editing Images
Cut, Copy and Paste Operations
About the pasteboard
6 - Music Images Panel
Working with the Music Images Panel
Playback Controls Pane
Image Attributes Pane
Note Attributes Pane
Accidentals, Articulations, Ties Pane
Graphics, Lines & Tuplet Pane
Symbols & Glissandi Pane
Lyrics Pane
Performance Settings Pane
Beams, Tremolo Beams, Tremolo Pane
7 - Score Structure Panel
Working with the Score Structure Panel
Time Signatures Pane
Clefs & Key Signatures Pane
Barlines & Braces Pane
Measure/Page Numbers Pane
Staff Hide/Show/Spacing Pane
Staff Attibutes Pane
Measures & Systems On Page Pane
Transpose / Shift Images Pane
Edit Filter / Delete Pages Pane
Panel & Edit Buttons Pane
8 - NoteAbilityPro Menus
NoteAbilityPro menu
File menu
Edit menu
Format menu
Tools menu
Tools/Score Following submenu
Tools/Score Following/IIMPE submenu
Modify menu
Modify/Notes submenu
Modify/Accidentals submenu
Modify/Tuplets submenu
Modify/Beams submenu
Modify/Beams/Beam Extensions submenu
Modify/Rests submenu
Modify/Barlines submenu
Modify/Cresc-Decresc submenu
Modify/Text submenu
Modify/Font menu
Modify/Font/Text Format submenu
Modify/Page submenu
Audio-MIDI menu
Window menu
Help menu
9 - Other NoteAbilityPro Panels
Document Size panel
Overview Panel
Colors panel
Font panel
Staff Spacing Panel
Part Extraction Panel
Panic Panel
Image List Panel
Text Library Panel
Image Library Panel
Meter Map Panel
Playback Map Panel
Tempo Map Panel
Lute Entry Panel
Guitar Tablature Panel
Dulcimer Tablature Panel
Speech Recognition Controls
Guido Panel
Max Settings Panel
Transport Controls
Extended Note Panel
Network Port Panel
Antescofo Support
OpenMusic Support
NoteWriter Controls
Custom Noteheads Panel
Custom Key Signature Panel
Custom Staves Panel
Nested Tuplets Panel
Irrational Time Signatures Panel
Velocity Editor
GFWD Editor Panel
GFWD Note Editor Panel
Antescofo Monitor Panel
10 - Page Setup and Printing
Page Layout
Print a document
11 - Audio and Playback
Audio Options
Track Setup Panel
Midi Ports Panel
Audio Units Panel
Adding Audio Files
Breakpoint Functions
Advanced Midi Controls
12 - Reference
QuickScrawl
QuickKeys
Figured Bass symbols
Command list
Hot Button
Control Points
Cursors
Questions and answers
Keyboard alternatives and shortcuts
Music Font layout
NoteAbilityPro definitions
Music Performance Terms
Glossary
NoteAbilityPro features
NoteAbilityPro package contents
NoteAbilityPro system requirements
NoteAbilityPro registration
NoteAbilityPro licensing agreement
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Release Notes
13 - Example Scores and Tutorials
Example scores
Tutorial 1
Tutorial 2
Interfacing Max/MSP and NoteAbilityPro
© Keith A. Hamel 1998-2005 - All Rights Reserved