Hi, Flatfoot -

I too have been a Noteworthy Composer user for years. It will do most of what you need to do. Folks on the NWC forum are happy to help.

Regarding the two things you mentioned. To create a C# initially, just click the little sharp (#) button, or hit the (I think it's the number "9" - I can't remember off the top of my head, just that 7-8-9 control the natural, flat, and sharp keys), then hit ENTER on the staff where you want the C#. If you already have a C, just highlight the C and then hit the "#" button and it will become a C#.

To change an eighth note to a quarter note, just highlight the note and click on the quarter note button (or just press the "3" key). Noteworthy lets you do just about everything from the keyboard using shortcuts, and is therefore very fast at entering scores.

Hope that helped. Again, lots of help on the NWC forum and they are friendly there, much like on this forum.

John

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