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TablEdit uses the standard Windows hotkeys allowing you to open menus from the keyboard by pressing [Alt] plus the letter underlined in the menu name. Items within each menu can then be opened by pressing the letter underlined in each.
In addition, TablEdit uses the following shortcuts:
Editing - Basics
[return] (in stave) enter note on current position
[0..49] (in tablature) enter note on current position
[ . (decimal)] enter rest of current note duration
[Shift]+[A..J] (in tablature) enter note [10..19] on current position
[delete] Remove selected item(s)
[+/-] (positioned on a note) increase/decrease note value with half tone
[Ctrl]+[Z] Cancel the last editing action
[Ctrl]+[Y] Redo the last canceled editing action
[return] (in tablature, on anchor point) open related edit window
Editing - Select, delete, copy, find
[Ctrl]+[A] Select entire current module as a block
[Shift]+[arrow] extend selection block
[Ctrl]+[Insert] Copy selected measures (or notes, depending on context)
[Shift]+[Insert] Paste copied measures (or notes, depending on context)
[Ctrl]+[C] Copy a selected block, note or anchor
[Ctrl]+[X] Cut a selected block, note or anchor
[Ctrl]+[V] Paste a copied or cut block, note or anchor to the cursor position
[Q] Search the module for next occurrence of the of the same element type (chord diagram, cres/dim marker, text, etc.) as that beneath the cursor (in tablature).
[Shift]+[Q] repeat last occurrence search [Q] to the right
[Shift]+[R] repeat last occurrence search [Q] to the left
Editing - moving cursor, view
[Ctrl]+[Space] Toggle automatic cursor advance on/off
[Shift]+[F7] 1/8th Note View
[Shift]+[F8] 1/16th Note View (default)
[Shift]+[F9] 1/32nd Note View
[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[F9] 1/64nd Note View
[page up/down] Scroll tablature and notation left or right
[tab] Move cursor forward (offset: current default note duration)
[Ctrl]+[ 
]Once: Go to end of current measure. Twice: Go to beginning of following measure
[Ctrl]+[ 
]Once: Go to beginning of current measure. Twice: Go to end of previous measure
[Ctrl]+[ 
](in notation) move cursor one octave up
[Ctrl]+[ 
](in notation) move cursor one octave down
[Ctrl]+[ ](in tablature) move cursor to the first string
[Ctrl]+[ ](in tablature) move cursor to the last string
[Shift]+[F5] Open "Go to Measure" dialog (also available by clicking to right of the "Notes" zone in the status bar)
[Ctrl]+[Page up/Page down] (in multitrack mode) Scroll tablature and notation up or down within TablEdit window
Editing - correction
[Alt]+[Delete] Moves everything to the right of the cursor the distance of the current duration to the left
[Alt]+[Insert] Moves everything to the right of the cursor the distance of the current duration to the right
[Ctrl]+[+/-] with cursor in tablature: Move a note downwards or upwards across the neck of the instrument. Press [Ctrl]+[+] (to move toward the bass) or [Ctrl]+[-] (to move toward the treble).
[I] Quantize notes in the selection
[J] Automatically correct duration and note placement errors
Formatting
[+] [-] increase/decrease vertical position (of rest, text, ...)
[A] [Z] [E] Stems up, stems down, automatic stem direction.
[X] Inhibit note beams from current position
[Alt]+[D] Force sharp.
[Alt]+[B] Force flat.
[Alt]+[=] Back to alteration standard display.
[O] Offset note head to the right
[Shift]+[O] Offset note head to the left
[K] Add a line break
[W] Horizontal note spacing
[D] Make note invisible in stave
[|] (pipe) control beam position and stem length
[!] remove note stem
[<] [>] horizontal positioning (of fingering, musical symbol, ... )
[Shift]+[U] First press: Hides notes with a dynamic value of pp in the tablature. Second press: Hides them in the Notation. Third press: Re-activates the standard display.
[Shift]+[X] First press: Displays "Dead notes" as X's in the tablature. Second press: Blocks the display of "Dead notes". Third press: Re-activates the display of "Dead notes" within a greyed-out border.
[Shift]+[Y] Systematically displays complete stems for all notes in the tablature (including whole and half notes).
[ _ ] Blocks/Activates the display of "Ringing Notes".
[Ctrl]+[+/-] with cursor in notation: Set position of middle C
Duration
[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F4] Auto-duration
[F4] Set current duration to whole note
[F5] Set current duration to 1/2 note
[F6] Set current duration to 1/4 note
[F7] Set current duration to 1/8th note
[F8] Set current duration to 1/16th note
[F9] Set current duration to 1/32nd note
[Ctrl]+[F9] Set current duration to 1/64th note
[*] (asterisk) Apply current duration to selected note(s)
[Ctrl]+[ . (decimal)] Toggle dotted note mode on/off
[:] Double dotted note
[Ctrl]+[3] Triplet mode
[Ctrl]+[5] Quintuplet
[Ctrl]+[7] Septuplet
[Ctrl]+[9] Nonuplet
[Ctrl]+[0] Decuplet
[L] Tied note
[<] [>] Decrease/increase duration of selected note(s)
Special Effects
[Alt]+[G] Open Grace Note dialog
[B] Brush
[C] Choke
[G] "Ghost" note
[H] Hammer-on
[M] Muted note
[P] Pull-off
[S] Slide
[R] Roll
[N] Remove special effects
[F3] Re-applies the last used Special Effect or, if the cursor is placed on an empty position, repeats the last insertion.
Playback
[F12] Play entire Reading List
[Pause] or [Spacebar] Pause/Resume playback
[F11] Play from current measure to end
[Shift]+[F11] Play from current position to end
[F10] Play current measure
[Shift]+[F10] Play current selection
[Alt]+[F10] Play selected measures.
[Pause] Pause playback
[Escape] Stop playback
[Shift]+[F12] Activates "Monitor" feature
[Ctrl]+[K] Define MIDI options
[Ctrl]+[R] open Reading List dialog
[Shift]+[T] open Midi Event dialog
[<] frequency (of "tremolo" or "vibrato" special effect)
[>] speed (of "roll" special effect)
[>] amplitude (of "vibrato" special effect)
[( ] [ )] Decrease/increase dynamic level of selected note(s)
[V] Toggle dynamics display on/off
[Ctrl]+[H] Note pitch change dialog
Windowing
[F1] Opens this Help file
[Ctrl]+[F1] Open this hotkey list
[F2] Toggle ruler and palettes on/off
[Shift]+[F2] Toggle "Track window" on/off
[Ctrl]+[F2] Toggle "Quick Preview" on/off
[Ctrl]+[B] Toggle Fingerboard on/off
[Ctrl]+[D] Open Chord Manager
[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[D] Open Chord Editor
[Ctrl]+[T] Open Text Manager
[T] Open Text Editor
[Ctrl]+[F] Open Strokes and Fingerings dialog
Tablature management
[Ctrl]+[O] Open a tablature file on disk
[Ctrl]+[S] Save the current tablature file
[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[S] Protected save (for printing/saving)
[Ctrl]+[N] Create a new tablature file
[Ctrl]+[P] Print tablature
[Ctrl]+[G] Open Tablature Manager
[Ctrl]+[I] Title Information
[Ctrl]+[Q] Quit TablEdit