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The Tools tab toolbar contains functions that are useful for things other than inserting and deleting symbols… such as tools for extracting or combining parts and voices (Score Structure) or adding parts (System Manager).
Tool names and what they do …
Open:
Click to open ENF, TIF, PDF and MIDI files (file formats supported by SmartScore). Image files (TIF, TIFF, PDF) are opened in the Image Editor. ENF files are the actual SmartScore project files. These will open in the Note Editor. MIDI files appear in SmartScore’s MIDI Editor.
Save: Saves the currently open document to last saved location on your computer. To save to another location or a different name, use the menu command (see also Exporting your work).
Page Setup: This is a critical environment that lets you set up your document for printing or for exporting to MusicXML and PDF formats. Set page type, margins and even reformat the entire score (see Page formatting and layout).
Properties tool: When activated, the Properties tool can be used to view and change playback properties of many symbols that are clicked on. It also activates staff and system spacing tabs (see Properties Tool).
Selector tool: The Selector tool is used to grab and highlight objects by a dragging around them. Dragging over a range of measures with right-mouse down = Select temporary play range (see Selecting symbols).
Open Playback Console: Open and control MIDI instruments assigned to parts and to contrapuntal voices (see Playback Console).
Toggle Mini-Console: On = Float the Mini-console inside the main window. Off = Put it back into the toolbar (see Mini-console).
Score Structure: Go to this environment for viewing the structure of the entire score in a top-down hierarchical format. Isolate one or more parts and extract them to new documents without affecting the original ENF document (see Score Structure).
System Manager: This environment lets you control part names and visibility of the active system as well as view and edit the “Super System” which contains all possible parts (e.g. optimized scores with expanding and collapsing systems, see System Manager).
Hidden mode: Pushing this button allows you to insert symbols into the score that may affect playback but which you’d rather not appear in the main view or when printed out (e.g. entering "implied tuplets" or time signatures for pickup and closeout measures, see Hidden mode).
Unify key and time signature: Activate this function if you want key and/or time signatures to become unified throughout the score. You can choose to unify based on the topmost staff line of each system or the first measure of the first system (helpful for orchestral scores).
Automatic spacing: When activated, this function will automatically arrange notes and rests within the measure you are working with. Symbols will become properly spaced based on the duration value of each symbol in the measure (referred to as “pagination”).
Automatic beaming: When activated, this function will automatically attempt to beam notes with values less than a quarter note into acceptable groupings. NOTE: This tool may cause consternation. Use with caution.
Undo: By clicking this button you can undo the last editing step carried out. Alternatively, use the keyboard shortcut 
+ 
.
Redo: The last step you undid can be redone using this button. Alternatively, use the keyboard shortcut + 
.
Zoom: Increases or decreases the view size of the loaded image document. To zoom in, click with the left mouse button, to zoom out with the right mouse button. If your computer mouse has a scroll wheel, you can also use it to zoom in/out. Hold down the button and turn the scroll wheel.
Back page: If your scanned music contains more than one page, you can easily browse through your image files using the page forward/
Page forward: Opens the next page of your image document (see above)Next page ➜
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