1. First enter notes
2. Select first note
3. From the main menu choose Create → Text → Lyrics and type the syllable for the first note
4. Type Space at end of a word to go to the next note
5. Type an hyphen - at end of syllable to go to next note. The syllables are connected with a dash
6. Shift⇑+Space moves to the previous syllable
7. Enter (Mac: Return) moves down to the next lyric line

Syllables can be extended by an underline:

Entered with: soul, _ _ _ To Esc.

Special characters

Lyrics can be edited as normal text with the exception of a few characters. If you want to add a space, hyphen, or underscore to a single syllable, use the following shortcuts:

• Ctrl+Space (Mac: ⌥+Space) enters a space into the lyrics text
• Ctrl+- (Mac: ⌥+-) enters a hyphen (-) into the lyrics text
• Mac only: ⌥+_ enters an underscore (_) into the lyrics text

See also: Text, Chord name.