You can input lyrics by entering text into the lyrics popover, and you can advance the lyrics popover to the next note on the staff without closing and reopening it for every note.
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Open the lyrics popover in any of the following ways:
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Press Shift-L.
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In the Notations toolbox, click Popovers
, then Lyrics
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Optional: Change the type of lyric in any of the following ways:
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To change the lyric line number, press Up Arrow/Down Arrow or click the lyric line controls
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To input lyrics above the staff, press Shift-Up Arrow or click the staff-relative lyric line indicator so that it displays
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To input lyrics below the staff, press Shift-Down Arrow or click the staff-relative lyric line indicator so that it displays
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To input chorus lines, press Up Arrow or click the lower lyric line control
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To input lyric line translations, press Alt/Opt-Down Arrow.
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The text that you entered into the popover is input as lyrics of the indicated type.
When you advance the popover to the next note by pressing -, a hyphen appears after the last entered lyric. This is used for multi-syllabic words across multiple notes.
When you advance the popover by pressing Space, either a gap or a lyric extender line appears after the last entered lyric, depending on the available horizontal space and whether the note appears as a tie chain. This is used for single-syllable words or for the final syllable in multi-syllabic words.
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You can later change whether a gap or a hyphen appears between lyrics by changing their syllable type.
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You can also input lyrics by copying and pasting them; for example, from an external text editor.