Copy / Repeat Notes Only (Sibelius 5 or later)

5 June 2011 - v 1.1 - please forward error reports to corwin.newall@gmail.com


Are you tired of deleting unnecessary dynamics, techniques ('pizz.' for example) and

other  lines  every time you copy music around your score?  Your days of frustration

are over! Two complementary plug-ins have been created just for you: Copy Notes Only

and Repeat Notes Only. They act like  Edit > Copy  and  Edit > Repeat  respectively,

except that expressions,  technique  markings,  dynamics and  hairpins are ignored 

just run the plug-ins and youre away!



You can choose which  objects are  ignored by both plug-ins in  their  shared Options

Window,  which will turn up the first time one of the two plug-ins is run.  To change

settings later, run the plug-in with nothing selected  (press Escape a few times just

to make sure).



For these time-saving plug-ins, speed and ease of use is paramount. Why not give the

plug-ins shortcuts?


	- Edit > Repeat is "R", so you can use "Shift + R" for Repeat Notes Only.

	- Edit > Copy is "Ctrl + C", and Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C (or Cmd+Opt+Shift+C) could

		be used for Copy Notes Only.

	- Or, if pressing four keys at once feels  a  bit  excessive,  you could use
		
		"Shift + X", since it is related to Cut (Ctrl + X or Cmd + X)


Also,  these  plug-ins  are  compressed twice:  the code is as simple and compact as

possible, meaning it does twice as much in  half  the  file  size,  so Sibelius will

spend almost no time loading the plug-ins.



If you have a Windows operating system, keep reading;  if not,  click download right

now to start saving time!



In Sibelius for Windows,  the Options Window has hotkeys which help speed everything

up:  simply hold down  Alt and type the underlined letter to  select a check box  or

click a button (just like elsewhere in Sibelius!).



Enjoy!

v 1.1 (5 June 2011): Updated to help  Fixed  Plug-in  Shortcuts get along with these

plug-ins.