updating key signature
When I set my score up I forgot to add the key signature e-flat major. So I go to the pallets and select Key Signatures, select the first measure of the score and then press the e-flat major symbol in the pallets toolbar adding the key signature however now all the notes have a natural symbols next to them. I tried selecting all the measures and adding the key signature but got the same results.
How do I add the key signature so all my notes end up being flats instead of naturals?
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This is a key misunderstanding that new users often run into. Since you forgot to enter the key signature, you did not enter any E-flats (unless, at some point, you explicitly entered an E-flat, with the flat sign). When you change the key signature, this does not change any notes. The E-naturals you entered (however much you believed you were entering E-flats) remain E-naturals. Entering the key signature repeatedly doesn't help: it still doesn't change any notes.
So, how to change those notes? Find an E-natural and click it. This selects that one E-natural. Right-click it and from the context menu, click on Select / More.... Then on the dialog, check Same Note Name: E. This will select all E-naturals, in all voices, on all staves. Press the Down arrow, once. Now all those E-naturals are E-flats.
Tnen, repeat that sequence with the B-naturals and the A-naturals.
However, the best way to "change" this is to not need to change it at all. That is, set the key signature before you begin. :-) Simply get in the habit of doing this as soon as you begin a piece.