Igor Engraver Manual

CHAPTER 2
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until the notehead of your choice is selected). Now press B-+. The note gets
raised a quarter-tone and a natural marking will be inserted, if appropriate.
A feature that is very useful is the contextual menu, which appears if you Control-click
the page or any object on the screen (this is done by Right-clicking in
the Windows version). This can be used to delete or hide a note, for example. A
“hidden” note, that is, a note that will not show on a printout, will be displayed
in grey on the screen, if the menu command Show/Hide is selected from the contextual
menu or H is typed after an entry in Input Mode.
If you would like, you can now try Igor Engraver’s tablature feature: Controlclick
the staff and choose Add tab.... Observe how Igor Engraver calculates the
best way to fret the notes. (For more information about tablature, and for tablature
examples, turn to the Tablature chapter on page 200.)
By now, you should be acquainted with some of the basic functions of Igor
Engraver. Experiment with the palettes and the Input mode commands for a
while if you like. Save your work by selecting Save from the File menu.
Igor Engraver has several features that simplify input even more:
• The function keys both select and enter a pitch in one operation. Pressing F1 inputs a
c in the current octave, F2 inputs a d, etc. F8 inputs a c in the higher octave. F9 brings
the input caret’s cursor an octave down, and F10 brings the cursor an octave up.