Hi Dave, You wrote: interesting that only a single system is affected in your third scenario. So to clarify, if my page has 8 systems of piano grand staff and I've selected the expression text on the third system down and then press Ctrl-Shift-A and then delete, I only delete expression text on that third system and all others are unaffected? Absolutely, you'd only be deleting the expressions on that one system. You wrote: This would seem to be a bit difficult for the blind to determine the extent of a delete operation, to know exactly what bars are affected. You'll be pleased to hear that in beta two Control + Shift + A not only makes the selection but also reports the bar and position of the first and last items in the selection. Also, selecting an entire chord or bar will also be reported properly. Dan Rugman visit the new on-line resource for visually impaired musicians and home of Sibelius Access. www.musicaccess.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Carlson Sent: 01 January 2009 20:40 To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Re: deleting every thing on one stave Dan, W/r Ctrl-Shift-A for selection being context-sensitive -- that's absolutely wonderful information. It would help to explain why I've not always been a fan of that keystroke, now I know why. Interesting that only a single system is affected in your third scenario. So to clarify, if my page has 8 systems of piano grand staff and I've selected the expression text on the third system down and then press Ctrl-Shift-A and then delete, I only delete expression text on that third system and all others are unaffected? This would seem to be a bit difficult for the blind to determine the extent of a delete operation, to know exactly what bars are affected. Of course using the Alt+f2 to list out the pages/systems can help. Again, thanks for the details. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Rugman" <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: January 01, 2009 2:46 AM Subject: [sib-access] Re: deleting every thing on one stave The select bars dialog is new is Sibelius 5. The select more feature has a keystroke (Control + Shift + A) and it is context sensitive. . If a note in a chord is selected then the entire chord is selected. .If an isolated note or entire chord is selected then it selects the entire bar. . If an item which is not a note or rest is selected then every item of that type will be selected on the current staff but in the current system only. Dan Rugman visit the new on-line resource for visually impaired musicians and home of Sibelius Access. www.musicaccess.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Gibbs Sent: 01 January 2009 00:08 To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Re: deleting every thing on one stave Steph, Assuming that you only want to delete the notes and rests in one staff without deleting the staff itself, do the following: 1. Make sure that you are in the staff whose notes you wish to delete. 2. Under the Edit Menu, select the Select submenu and go to Select Bars. 3. You will be in a dialog with a from and through box. You'll be in the through box. Type the number of the last bar whose notes you wish to delete. 4. Tab to the next box. Usually, the first note of the score will be selected in that box already. If you want to delete from some point within a score that is not the beginning, type the number the bar at which you wish to start your deletion. There is no way to begin your deletion at a point within a bar using this command. 5. Tab to the box that says make system selection and be certain that it is not checked. This is important because if you have checked it, not only the notes, but also the very staves will be removed which will change the number of bars in your score. 7. Tab to and click OK. You should find that you have empty bars on the staff whose notes you wish to remove. As far as I know, this select command was not in Sibelius 3. I just discovered it myself and I think it's very cool. There are also select all and select more commands. I've done some fiddling with the select more command and, as far as I can tell, if you are on the first beat of a bar in one staff and choose select more, the entire bar will be selected. However, if you are at the first beat of a bar in more than one staff, say a piano, for example and select more, nothing seems to happen. Finally, it also appears that if you are on a beat other than 1 in a bar and select more, nothing seems to happen. Anyone else feel free to chime in and correct anything I've gotten wrong here. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephanie Mitchell Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 5:13 PM To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] deleting every thing on one stave Is there a way to delete every thing on one stave? 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