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NickG
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Posted 12/25/2016 7:35 PM (GMT -6)

I create a cautionary accidental using P. How do removed it?

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Andrew Emmet
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Posted 12/25/2016 7:45 PM (GMT -6)

One way is to erase it with the Simple Entry eraser.

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NickG
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Posted 12/25/2016 8:07 PM (GMT -6)

Thanks.

NickG
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Posted 12/25/2016 9:05 PM (GMT -6)

Funny, I've been using Finale for many years and never used the eraser.

Jim Coull
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Posted 12/25/2016 9:13 PM (GMT -6)

I'm using 2012, but you can erase the cautionary accidental in speedy by placing the cursor on the note and pressing P. You don't have to have the crosshairs on the notehead.

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Andrew Emmet
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Posted 12/25/2016 9:57 PM (GMT -6)

Discovered it by accident only a few weeks ago!
Had been using speedy and * before.

Mike Rosen
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Posted 12/25/2016 10:21 PM (GMT -6)

Thanks, Andrew. A good catch that will help me, too!

Is it a bad memory, or do I remember older versions where the P key cycled accidental, accidental with parentheses, and accidental off?

Now it just parentheses on/off.

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Motet
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Posted 12/26/2016 12:23 AM (GMT -6)

I use A in speedy (which toggles the cautionary on and off) because it won't remove a real accidental, whereas * will (very bad).

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Dr. Wiggy
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Posted 12/26/2016 3:44 AM (GMT -6)

In Simple Entry, just press P a second time to remove the parenthesis. If you want to remove an unnecessary accidental altogether, Command shift Hyphen.

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Mike Rosen
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Posted 12/26/2016 10:43 AM (GMT -6)

Thanks, Wiggy. That's the one I can never remember! (Not particularly intuitive.)

NickG
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Posted 12/26/2016 11:47 AM (GMT -6)

Dr. Wiggy said...
In Simple Entry, just press P a second time to remove the parenthesis. If you want to remove an unnecessary accidental altogether, Command shift Hyphen.

Great...Thanks to the Doctor.

Motet
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Posted 12/26/2016 12:43 PM (GMT -6)

Mike Rosen said...
...do I remember older versions where the P key cycled accidental, accidental with parentheses, and accidental off?

I remember that, too.

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Mike Rosen
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Posted 12/26/2016 3:48 PM (GMT -6)

AHA! I couldn't get that shortcut to work, until I went through the Simple Entry Keyboard shortcuts. I had already reprogrammed Remove Courtesy Accidental to CTRL+P, keeping all those commands on the P key.

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