'Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How'

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Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How - kbundies, 18 Jul 01:08PM
     Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How - Adrian Drover, 18 Jul 11:18PM
         Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How - kbundies, 20 Jul 08:19PM
             Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How - Adrian Drover, 21 Jul 07:40AM
                 Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How - kbundies, 21 Jul 05:14PM

Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How
Posted by kbundies - 18 Jul 01:08PM (edited 18 Jul 01:09PM)
Hello,

how will I be able to achieve the chord symbols C 4 - 3 , as shown here?:
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Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How
Posted by Adrian Drover - 18 Jul 11:18PM (edited 19 Jul 07:50AM)
Easy with Legacy input.
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Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How
Posted by kbundies - 20 Jul 08:19PM

thank you Adrian, this seems to work fine.
Now I studied the reference concerning this point and found:

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If you find yourself occasionally needing a legacy chord symbol, you can choose Chord symbol from the Chord symbols (special) category of the Text > Styles > Style gallery to type a single legacy chord symbol into the score. If you want, you can also assign a keyboard shortcut to the Chord symbols text style, and use that shortcut on the occasions when you require a legacy chord symbols.
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This sounds promising, but I do not seem to be able to make it work. Can someone point me into the right direction here, please?




Sibelius 7.1.3 on Mac OSX 10.10.4
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Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How
Posted by Adrian Drover - 21 Jul 07:40AM
I use Legacy all the time, not just for occasional symbols. The new system of kord input doesn't allow me to write symbols the way I want them to be seen. Instead, In Preferences/KeyboardShortcuts/TextStyles, I have assigned Ctrl/K to Chord Symbol. This takes me directly to the Chord Symbol text style in which I have edited line spacing to 35% and 'Align to note Left' in Horizontal Position.

Incidentally, there is a bug in Sib7 which sometimes prevents Ctrl/K from displaying the input caret. I've not yet discovered what causes this, so on Daniel's advice I have also assigned Alt/K as a backup to Legacy Kords. This always works.
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Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How
Posted by kbundies - 21 Jul 05:14PM
ahh, thanks Adrian, it is the KeyboardShortcuts/TextStyles I have to choose (and not the KeyboardShortcuts/Text tab)
It works as wished now.
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Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How - kbundies, 18 Jul 01:08PM
     Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How - Adrian Drover, 18 Jul 11:18PM
         Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How - kbundies, 20 Jul 08:19PM
             Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How - Adrian Drover, 21 Jul 07:40AM
                 Re: Sib. 7.1.3: Chord Symbol question: How - kbundies, 21 Jul 05:14PM