Cross-staff notation
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First of all, enter the notation on one staff only
Select a note in the voice that you wish to move up or down to the other staff, e.g.
Press Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down (Mac: Cmd+Shift+Up/Down), to move the voice up or down to the other staff. Alternatively, you can click on the cross-staff icon in the toolbar and choose the same options from the context menu.
Note: Currently it is not possible to move individual notes of a chord from one stave to another; if you move one note, the whole chord will move. Therefore, if you want certain notes to remain on the original staff, they should be moved to a different voice. Also, be aware that notes which are moved to a different staff in this way still belong logically to the staff of origin - they are just drawn on a different staff. This is why no rest is shown on the staff where the notes have been moved from.
