Hi Kevin, There are certain key combinations that are central to Sibelius that the programmers locked out. This may be the case here.
Try a different key combination. Perhaps add another modier key, ie: command & option and 2. Build the whole series of keystrokes on
command & option rather than just command.

Thanks for your helpful post. I’m having an issue getting Sibelius to execute a shortcut. In the Preferences>Word Menus there is an option to set shortcuts for specific text characters. As a guitarist I have to put it lots of fingerings and having a shortcut saves hours of work. When I set the shortcut under “fingerings” to “command-1” and hit “Apply” it saves it as a shortcut. But when I actually try and use this in Sibelius it doesn’t work. And when I try to use “command-2” after I’ve set it for fingering number 2 instead I get a tuplet created. Any idea what’s up with that?

HI Charlie, So glad you enjoy my blog! Yes, keyboard shortcuts are the way to go. And perhaps I didn’t stress enough, there really is a physical benefit. I notice a big difference after 8 or 10 hours if I’m doing something mouse intensive compared to operations that I mostly done with the shortcuts. I really saves on wear and tear on hands and arms.

Thanks for reading my blog,
John

Shortcuts are such a time saver. When I see someone only using a mouse it drives me nuts

Hi Bob,

Great! What a great plugin and thanks for bringing it to my attention. I would recommend everyone check it out. And thanks for all the amazing plugins you’ve created.

Best,
John

Hi Engela, There are some keystrokes that you can’t change. When Sibelius 7 came out there were a few of my Sibelius 6 keyboard shortcuts I had to change. Try another key stroke and see if that works. Ctrl+Shift+0 maybe one of those you can’t change, I’m not sure. I just assigned a keyboard shortcut (on my Mac) command F13 for invisible bar line and it worked. Another plugin you may be interested in is, “Change Selected Barlines” it allows you to change a whole selection of barlines in one move. You’ll find it under “Layout” in the install plugin section.
Thanks for the kind words and thanks for reading my blog.
Best,
John

Thanks for all your notes on notes, they are great!! Regards Engela

I often have a set of plugins I will use extensively for a short while and then I use another set. Rather than setting up shortcuts for each of them, I set up a shortcut for the Run Plugins By Name (or Fixed Plug-in Shortcuts ) plugin, and then run the plugins I want from within one of those plugins.

Run Plugins by Name requires less setup, so it is what I use most often, but Fixed Plug-in Shortcuts lets you give a “secondary shortcut” to a plugin, and that can sometimes be faster to access.

Either plugin, though, can help run a set of plugins you do not need all the time, and assigning one shortcut to the “running” plugin is pretty economical for what you need to remember.