Content Areas

The pages in this sections are organised per the official Sibelius 6 reference for ease of looking things up.

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• 1.0 Inputting
  
• 2.0 Notations
  
• 3.0 Text
  
• 4.0 Playback And Video
  
• 5.0 Power Tools
  
• 6.0 Plugins
  
• 7.0 Parts
  
• 8.0 Layout Engraving
  
• 9.0 Files
  
• 10.0 Not In The Manual
  

• 1.0 Inputting
  
  • 1.1 Note Input
    
  • 1.2 Keypad
    
  • 1.3 Keyboard Window
    
  • 1.4 Flexi-Time
    
  • 1.5 Scanning
    
  • 1.6 Audio Input
    
  • 1.7 Guitar Tab Input
    
  • 1.8 Fretboard Window
    
  • 1.9 Selections And Passages
    
  • 1.10 Input Devices
    

• 2.0 Notations
  
  • 2.1 Accidentals
    
  • 2.2 Arpeggios
    
  • 2.3 Articulations
    
  • 2.4 Barlines
    
  • 2.5 Bars And Bar Rests
    
  • 2.6 Beam Groups
    
  • 2.7 Beam Positions
    
  • 2.8 Beamed Rests And Stemlets
    
  • 2.9 Brackets And Braces
    
  • 2.10 Chord Symbols
    
  • 2.11 Clefs
    
  • 2.12 Cues
    
  • 2.13 Free Rhythm
    
  • 2.14 Grace Notes
    
  • 2.15 Guitar Notation And Tab
    
  • 2.16 Guitar Scale Diagrams
    
  • 2.17 Hairpins
    
  • 2.18 Instruments
    
  • 2.19 Jazz Articulations
    
  • 2.20 Key Signatures
    
  • 2.21 Lines
    
  • 2.22 Lute Tablature
    
  • 2.23 Manuscript Paper
    
  • 2.24 Multirests
    
  • 2.25 Noteheads
    
  • 2.26 Percussion
    
  • 2.27 Repeat Bars
    
  • 2.28 Slurs
    
  • 2.29 Staves
    
  • 2.30 Stems And Ledger Lines
    
  • 2.31 Symbols
    
  • 2.32 Ties
    
  • 2.33 Time Signatures
    
  • 2.34 Tremolos
    
  • 2.35 Triplets And Other Tuplets
    
  • 2.36 Voices
    

• 3.0 Text
  
  • 3.1 Working With Text
    
  • 3.2 Common Text Styles
    
  • 3.3 Lyrics
    
  • 3.4 Figured Bass And Roman Numerals
    
  • 3.5 Bar Numbers
    
  • 3.6 Page Numbers
    
  • 3.7 Rehearsal Marks
    
  • 3.8 Instrument Names
    
  • 3.9 Edit Text Styles
    
  • 3.10 Wildcards
    
  • 3.11 Font Equivalents
    

• 4.0 Playback And Video
  
  • 4.1 Working With Playback
    
  • 4.2 Interpretation Of Your Score
    
  • 4.3 Mixer
    
  • 4.4 Sibelius Sound Essentials
    
  • 4.5 Performance
    
  • 4.6 Repeats
    
  • 4.7 Live Tempo
    
  • 4.8 Live Playback
    
  • 4.9 Playback Dictionary
    
  • 4.10 Video
    
  • 4.11 Timecode And Hit Points
    
  • 4.12 Playback Devices
    
  • 4.13 Midi For Beginners
    
  • 4.14 Virtual Instruments For Beginners
    
  • 4.15 Working With Virtual Instruments
    
  • 4.16 ReWire
    
  • 4.17 Midi Messages
    
  • 4.18 SoundWorld
    

• 5.0 Power Tools
  
  • 5.1 Arrange
    
  • 5.2 Edit Arrange Styles
    
  • 5.3 Classroom Control
    
  • 5.4 Color
    
  • 5.5 Comments
    
  • 5.6 Display Settings
    
  • 5.7 Filters And Find
    
  • 5.8 Focus On Staves
    
  • 5.9 Hiding Objects
    
  • 5.10 Highlight
    
  • 5.11 Ideas
    
  • 5.12 Menus And Shortcuts
    
  • 5.13 Panorama
    
  • 5.14 Order
    
  • 5.15 Preferences
    
  • 5.16 Printing
    
  • 5.17 Properties
    
  • 5.18 Sibeliuseducation.com
    
  • 5.19 Sibeliusmusic.com
    
  • 5.20 Transposing
    
  • 5.21 Undo And Redo
    
  • 5.22 Versions
    
  • 5.23 View Menu
    
  • 5.24 Window Menu
    
  • 5.25 Worksheet Creator
    
  • 5.26 Adding Your Own Worksheets
    

• 6.0 Plugins
  
  • 6.1 Working With Plug-Ins
    
  • 6.2 Accidentals Plug-Ins
    
  • 6.3 Analysis Plug-Ins
    
  • 6.4 Batch Processing Plug-Ins
    
  • 6.5 Chord Symbols Plug-Ins
    
  • 6.6 Composing Tools Plug-Ins
    
  • 6.7 Notes And Rests Plug-Ins
    
  • 6.8 Other Plug-Ins
    
  • 6.9 Playback Plug-Ins
    
  • 6.10 Proof-Reading Plug-Ins
    
  • 6.11 Simplify Notation Plug-Ins
    
  • 6.12 Text Plug-Ins
    
  • 6.13 Transformations Plug-Ins
    
  • 6.14 Tuplets Plug-Ins
    

• 7.0 Parts
  
  • 7.1 Working With Parts
    
  • 7.2 Editing Parts
    
  • 7.3 Multiple Part Appearance
    
  • 7.4 Extracting Parts
    

• 8.0 Layout Engraving
  
  • 8.1 Layout And Formatting
    
  • 8.2 Magnetic Layout
    
  • 8.3 Music Engraving
    
  • 8.4 Auto Breaks
    
  • 8.5 Breaks
    
  • 8.6 Document Setup
    
  • 8.7 Attachment
    
  • 8.8 House Style
    
  • 8.9 Note Spacing
    
  • 8.10 Staff Spacing
    
  • 8.11 Music Fonts
    
  • 8.12 Default Positions
    
  • 8.13 Edit Chord Symbols
    
  • 8.14 Edit Instruments
    
  • 8.15 Edit Lines
    
  • 8.16 Edit Noteheads
    
  • 8.17 Edit Symbols
    
  • 8.18 Publishing
    

• 9.0 Files
  
  • 9.1 Working With Files
    
  • 9.2 Sharing Files
    
  • 9.3 Splitting And Joining Scores
    
  • 9.4 Importing Graphics
    
  • 9.5 Opening Midi Files
    
  • 9.6 Opening MusicXML Files
    
  • 9.7 Opening Files From Previous Versions
    
  • 9.8 Exporting Graphics
    
  • 9.9 Exporting MIDI Files
    
  • 9.10 Exporting Audio Files
    
  • 9.11 Exporting Scorch Web Pages
    
  • 9.12 Exporting To Previous Versions
    

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• 10.0 Not In The Manual
  
  • 10.1 Exporting To PDF Files
    
  • 10.2 Importing From PDF Files
    
  • 10.3 Importing From Lilypond And Other Programs
  • 10.4 Engraving References
  • 10.5 Dynamics
  • 10.6 Plug-In Authoring For Dummies
  • 10.7 Getting Help