Notes

The Notes feature allows to add useful information to objects. Each object that has Notes available, has a Note button in its editor or a Note cell. For example:

• Presets
• Groups
• Macros
• Cues

Notes can be added to pool objects via the label command. For more information on how to label pool objects, see Label pool objects.

Notes can be added via the note keyword, too. For more information, see Note keyword.

Notes are part of the object information. For more information, see Info window.

In the following examples, notes are added in different objects.

• Requirement: grandMA3 demo show file is open.

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Notes in Pool Objects

To add a note to a pool object, for example a macro, follow these steps:

1. Open the Add Window dialog, tap the Data Pools-tab and then tap Macros.
   The Macro Pool window opens.
2. Press Edit and then tap the first macro in the pool, STORE. The editor opens:

3. Tap Note in the Settings bar at the top in the macro editor , to open the Text input editor.
4. Write "Stores everything" in the text field and then tab Save in the top right corner. The Text input editor closes and the text is saved.
5. Tap , to close the macro editor.
   The pool object displays a note symbol in the top right corner:

To edit the note in a Note cell, for example a macro line, follow these steps:

1. Type Edit Macro 1 into the command line and press Please. The editor opens.
2. Right-click the Note cell of MacroLine 1.
   The Text input editor opens.
3. Follow the steps 4 and 5 from above.

Text Input Editor

To open the text editor, tap a Note button or 2 finger edit a Note cell in the grid.

The Text input editor has the following features:

1. Shows or hides the virtual keyboard.
2. Text field.
3. Undoes last changes.
4. Redoes last changes.
5. Saves the changes and closes the input dialog. Alternatively press Please on the console.
6. Closes the input dialog. A pop-up opens, if changes are unsaved.

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Notes in Cues

Notes inform the operator, for example, about primary actions on stage to trigger the next cue.

• For information about cues, see Cues and Sequences.

To add a note to a cue:

1. Open the Add window dialogue, tap Common and then Sequence Sheet.
2. Tap into the Note column in a cue and start typing. The Text input editor opens. After finishing typing the note, tap Save.
3. The text is displayed in the Note column.

Multi-Line Editor

• The text editor in notes is a multi-line editor. This means, multiple lines can be added by pressing Shift + Please when the text editor is open.
• In the Mask-tab in the sequence sheet settings, tap Line Height to adjust the line height. When set to Auto, the row automatically adjusts its height based on the number of lines. For more information about the sequence sheet settings, see Sequence Sheet.

Show Notes

Another way of displaying notes in the Sequence Sheet or Content Sheet is possible via Show Notes-tab. Show Notes can be enabled/disabled in the dedicated window settings. For more information about window settings, see Window Settings.

To enable Show Notes in the Sequence Sheet:

1. Tap MA in the Sequence window. The Sequence Sheet setting opens.
2. Tap the Mask-tab and then enable Show Notes. Close the window.
3. A text field with information about notes is added to the Sequence Sheet as shown below:

 Important features of Show Notes:

• The text field can be used, for example, to show notes of a currently active cue, a preloaded cue, or a currently selected cue.
• The text field allows editing notes live.
• The text field shows information about the currently selected note. For example, "Note for Cue 1: Look" in the image above.