Changing the text of existing lyrics

You can change the text of lyrics after they have been input; for example, to correct misspellings.

Note

  • You can only change one lyric at a time when following these steps. To edit multiple lyrics at once, you can use the Edit Lyrics dialog.

  • If you want to edit the formatting of individual lyrics, you can use the Edit Lyric dialog. However, any edits you have made to the formatting of individual lyrics are removed when you change their text using the popover.

Procedure

  1. In Write mode, select the lyric whose text you want to change.
  2. Press Return or Shift-L to open the lyrics popover.
  3. Change the existing text in the lyrics popover.
  4. Optional: If you want to change other existing lyrics, advance the popover in one of the following ways:

    • To advance the popover to the next note if you entered a complete word, or the final syllable in a multi-syllabic word, press Space.

      Existing lyrics are automatically selected in the popover when you press Space.

    • To advance the popover to the next note if you entered one syllable of a multi-syllabic word, press -.

    • To move the cursor one character to the right, press Right Arrow.

    • To move the cursor one character to the left, press Left Arrow.

      The cursor automatically moves to the next/previous lyric/note if you keep pressing the arrow keys.

  5. Press Return or Esc to close the popover when you have finished changing lyrics.

    The popover closes automatically when you reach the last note on the staff.