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NoteWorthy Composer Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Answers to the following questions are based on the latest version of NoteWorthy Composer. In addition to this page, you may find the User Tips & Tricks page and the Forum helpful. The NoteWorthy Composer Help file also includes a list of "Answers to Common Questions."

Editing | Play & Sound | Recording | Misc | Troubleshooting

Editing Application Questions

  1. What is the best way to get started using NWC?
  2. How do I create a MIDI File (*.mid)?
  3. How do I enter more than one staff?
  4. How do I work with chords - notes aligned vertically?
  5. What is the procedure to change notes to a new clef?
  6. Is there an easy way to change the key of a song?
  7. What does Preserve Width mean?
  8. Why are my Beam and Triplet commands not available?
  9. Is there a way to quickly edit symbols?
  10. What is the fastest way to notate with NoteWorthy Composer?
  11. How do I make more space between staves so the notes do not intersect?
  12. How do I enter a multi-measure rest?
  13. How do I Audit Bar Lines with a pick up note (anacrusis)?
  14. Where do I select how I want the staves to be connected?
  15. How do I skip notes that I do not want to have lyrics?
  16. Can you move a note instead of deleting and re-entering it?
  17. Is there a way to put notes closer together on the staff?
  18. How can an icon be forced to stay on, or active?
  19. How do I create my own templates?
  20. How do I print only 1 staff of a song with several staves?
  21. How do I change the title of a song?

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Play and Sound Application Questions

  1. How can other people play back my .NWC files if they do not have NoteWorthy Composer?
  2. Is there a loop play function in NoteWorthy Composer?
  3. How does the Multi-point Controller work (volume example)?
  4. Where can I learn more about pitch bend in NoteWorthy Composer? *new*
  5. How does the Linear Sweep Contour in the MPC work?
  6. Do I always have to start play back from the beginning?
  7. Why does a note sometimes keep playing all through an entire song, as if it were stuck on?
  8. How can I play back only one staff of my song?
  9. After transposing, how do I get the correct play back?
  10. How do I direct play back to my MIDI keyboard?
  11. Why are my notes highlighting before they are played?
  12. How can I  get my instruments to sound more realistic?
  13. Why is one staff playing back percussion/drum sounds?
  14. How do I set NoteWorthy Player to play *.mid files that I double click in an Explorer Window?
  15. How can I get sound from a laptop computer?
  16. How can I use NoteWorthy Composer to create audio tracks on CDs to play on an audio CD player?
  17. How do you set NoteWorthy Player to play a list of songs? *new*

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Recording

  1. How do I set up to use a MIDI keyboard with NWC?
  2. How do I record live play from my MIDI keyboard?
  3. How do I use my MIDI keyboard to select the pitch for notes I want to enter at my own pace, not live - step time?

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Misc Application Questions

  1. Is there a dictionary for the music terms in NWC?
  2. Can I move the tool bars to be vertical on the side instead of across the top?
  3. Do you have a chart mapping the American note duration names to the English?
  4. Can I copy my score to another application, like a word processor?
  5. How can I broaden my practical knowledge of NWC and related topics?
  6. How do I open a *.bak file created by NoteWorthy Composer?

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Troubleshooting

  1. How do I get play back to work?
  2. My system is cutting off notation symbols, is there a work around?
  3. Why does the printed copy cut off the bottom copyright?
  4. I am trying to run NoteWorthy Composer for the first time and it says I do not have enough memory. Why?
  5. NoteWorthy Composer crashes when I open it. What is the problem?
  6. I got an error message that NWCV15.ttf is missing. What do I do?
  7. I got an error message that I have too many fonts. What do I do?
  8. What happens to my song files when I uninstall NoteWorthy Composer?
  9. What if I already uninstalled NWC and I cannot find my song files?

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