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Posted By : NickG - 12/25/2016 7:35 PM

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

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Posted By : Andrew Emmet - 12/25/2016 7:45 PM

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

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Posted By : NickG - 12/25/2016 8:07 PM

Thanks.

Posted By : NickG - 12/25/2016 9:05 PM

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

Posted By : Jim Coull - 12/25/2016 9:13 PM

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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Posted By : Andrew Emmet - 12/25/2016 9:57 PM

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

Posted By : Mike Rosen - 12/25/2016 10:21 PM

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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Posted By : Motet - 12/26/2016 12:23 AM

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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Posted By : Dr. Wiggy - 12/26/2016 3:44 AM

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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Posted By : Mike Rosen - 12/26/2016 10:43 AM

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

Posted By : NickG - 12/26/2016 11:47 AM

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.

Posted By : Motet - 12/26/2016 12:43 PM

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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Posted By : Mike Rosen - 12/26/2016 3:48 PM

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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