- Click the Selection tool
. Or, highlight
a region with any tool that allows regional selection. For details, see
Selecting music.
- Select a region. Click or drag-enclose any region of music to select it.
- The selection must occur on a single staff,
not spanning multiple staves. Only rhythms and markings in the
current layer of the source region are used for the pattern matching and
painting process.
- Choose Edit > SmartFind and Paint
> Set SmartFind Source. A outline box appears around the selected
region. If you selected the wrong region, choose Edit > Deselect SmartFind Source
from the Edit menu, and try again.
- Optional: select a target region to paint.
If no region is selected, SmartFind will assume you wish to scan the entire
document. You may include partial measures in your target region.
- Choose Edit > SmartFind and Paint
> Apply SmartFind and Paint. The SmartFind and Paint dialog
box appears. See SmartFind
and Paint dialog box.
- Check the box for the markings you want to
copy. If you’ve already entered some markings into your document,
you may wish to check “Delete Target Markings Before Paint.” With this
box checked, SmartFind will erase the markings before painting the new
markings, so you get an exact duplicate. Note that checking this option
will only erase markings checked to paint. For example, if all markings
to paint were checked except articulations, SmartFind would erase markings
in the target but leave articulations untouched. The checked marking types
will be deleted regardless of whether the markings appear in the source
region.
- Click Find. SmartFind shows you the
first match, if any. SmartFind will look for matches in all layers of
the target region, regardless of the source layer. SmartFind will search
the first measure of the top staff selected to the last measure of the
top staff in the region, then continue through layers, then down through
the rest of the staves. SmartFind will search for a match based on the
rhythmic or note durations and therefore will consider tied notes. SmartFind
will ignore grace notes, Voice 2 and mirrored notes.
- Click Paint to apply the markings to the match,
or Paint All to apply the markings to all matches, or click Find Next
to skip this match. SmartFind copies the select markings from the
source region onto the rhythmic match target region. Only the first note
of a tied note will receive copied markings.
- When you’re finished, click Cancel or Close.
You return to the document.
