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5.Alternatively, you can use the search function in the 
dialog to find the desired item.
For a description of how to use the search function, see below.
6.When you have found and selected the desired item, 
click in the “Type in Key” field and enter a new key com-
mand.
You can choose any single key or a combination of one or several modi-
fier keys ([Alt]/[Option], [Ctrl]/[Command], [Shift]) plus any key. Just 
press the keys you want to use.
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5.Repeat the procedure to add more commands to the 
macro.
Note that commands are added after the currently selected command in 
the list. This allows you to insert commands “in the middle” of an existing 
macro.
A macro with three commands
To remove a command from the macro, select it in the 
Macros list and click Delete.
Similarly, to remove an entire macro, select it in the 
Macros list and click Delete.
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4.Navigate to the file you want to import and click “Open”.
The file is imported.
5.Click OK to exit the Key Commands dialog and apply 
the imported settings.
The settings in the loaded key commands or macros file now replace the 
current settings.
About the “Reset” and “Reset All” functions
These two buttons in the Key Commands dialog will both 
restore the default settings. The following rules apply:
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The default key commands
Below, the default key commands are listed according to 
category.
As described in the section “Key command conventi-
ons” on page 12, modifier keys are written as: 
[Win modifier key]/[Mac modifier key].
For example, “[Ctrl]/[Command]-[N]” in the list below means “press [Ctrl] 
under Windows or [Command] under Mac OS X, then press [N]”.
Audio category
Automation category
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Editors category
File category
Media category
MIDI category
Navigate categoryNudge category
Project category
Option Key command
Show/Hide Info view [Ctrl]/[Command]-[I]
Show/Hide Inspector [Alt]/[Option]-[I]
Show/Hide Overview [Alt]/[Option]-[O]
Option Key command
Close [Ctrl]/[Command]-[W]
New [Ctrl]/[Command]-[N]
Open [Ctrl]/[Command]-[O]
Quit [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Q]
Save [Ctrl]/[Command]-[S]
Save As [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Shift]-[S]
Save New Version [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Alt]/[Option]-[S]
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Tool category
Transport category
Workspace category
Zoom category
Option Key command
Delete tool [5]
Draw tool [8]
Drumstick tool [0]
Glue tool [4]
Mute tool [7]
Next Tool [F10]
Play tool [9]
Previous Tool [F9]
Range tool [2]
Select tool [1]
Split tool [3]
Zoom tool [6]
Option Key command
Auto Punch In [I]
Auto Punch Out [O]
Cycle Num [/]
Exchange time formats [.]
Fast Forward [Shift]-Num [+]
Fast Rewind [Shift]-Num [-]
Forward Num [-]
Input Left Locator [Shift]-[L]
Input Position...

Part II:
Score layout and printing 

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About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
 How the Score Editor and MIDI data relate.
 What Display Quantize is and how it works.
Welcome!
Welcome to scoring in Cubase! The Score Editor has 
been created to allow you to get any possible piece of 
music displayed as a score, complete with all the neces-
sary symbols and formatting. It allows you to extract parts 
out of a full orchestra score, to add lyrics and comments, 
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Display Quantize
Let’s say you used the Project window to record a figure 
with some staccato eighth notes. When you open the 
Score Editor, these notes are displayed like this:
This does not look anything like what you intended. Let’s 
start with the timing – obviously, you were off at a couple of 
places (the third, fourth and last note all seem to be a 32nd 
note late). You can solve this by quantizing the figure, but 
this would make the passage sound too “stiff”, and...