Sudden switch to layer 2!

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Starkman
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Post by Starkman » Fri Dec 27, 2013 6:51 am

Hello all,

Well, this was weird! I was entering notes into PM 2011 and suddenly I realized that some of the sections were in layer 2 (I guess it's called...when you want a second voice). I hadn't switched to layer 2, however, and even when cutting that section out, going to layer 1 and pasting it there, it still puts itself in layer 2.

Any ideas what's going on here?

Thanks,

Starkman
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Fri Dec 27, 2013 1:59 pm

1) There are keyboard shortcuts for switching between the layers.
You might have hit a keyboard shortcut.


2) When you copy/paste music, layer info is included in the music.
In Other Words:
If you copy Layer 2 music, and paste it elsewhere, it will be pasted as Layer 2 music.
You can, however, move/copy music to another layer, but that is a separate operation.
And I do not know whether PrintMusic can do it.
In the "full Finale" the command is located in the Edit menu:
Move/Copy Layers
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Post by miker » Fri Dec 27, 2013 3:30 pm

Yes, PM can do it, both from the Edit menu, and the Selection Tool context menu.
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Post by Starkman » Fri Dec 27, 2013 4:57 pm

Well, thanks all. Indeed, I found the Edit > Move/Copy Layer command. Whew!

Now I gotta find out what I pressed in what combinination with what hand to cause that miscreant section of obstreperous notes to have found their way into layer 2!

Thanks again, all,

Starkman
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Post by Starkman » Fri Dec 27, 2013 5:38 pm

I believe I clicked (or double-clicked) on a section of layer 2 while working in layer 1, and that put me into Layer 2. I just discovered that this is how you can switch quickly between layers, which I do NOT like; I'd rather have to press the layer 2 button at the lower left corner or do a key combination of some sort.

At any rate, I'm sure now that that's what happened.

Thanks,

Starkman
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