'X' in front of notes - can I turn this feature off so it never occurs?

thanks. I'll try that. It might be easier than arrowing up and back down.

most often, the X does not appear when Pasting. It shows up just after: when 'arrow'ing individual notes up or down to become the desired harmony note. (I change the notes one at time like this so I can hear the chromatic rise/fall and land on desired pitch). Unless I fix the X's right then, on a note by note basis, I'm looking at a score full of what to me are mistakes. So yes, I can hit 'respell pitches' over and over, but am trying to learn a work around. Thanks for your suggestion, George.

I would like to learn how to make use of a plugin. Can you help me please?

Your instructions:

"Comment/uncomment the lines thereafter as desired
(a commented line starts with // and does not execute)"

I don't yet know what it means to comment a line. Maybe I can find a tutorial somewhere that will bring me up to speed on how to install plugins?

Quite common in certain circles.

I am schooled in music/music theory. Many horn players I work with are of an unwashed variety, not schooled at a conservatory, but nonetheless having amazing histories - many hit records, etc. There are a broad array of musician/types all of whom have a need to use Musescore for communicating with players in their given genres, instrument families, etc. be it tablature, or many other styles "I" am not necessarily fluent in.

The point of my original question - how to eliminate double sharps from appearing - comes from one of these fringe (but not 'inferior') sectors of musicianship.

I write charts to serve as pathways, not obstacle courses. I design them for fellow section mates to run on - often times in front of large audiences. Anything I can do to clear sticks and debris from the path will result in a safer run and clam-free players. Using this metaphor, feeding them double sharps, E#'s or Cbb's would be like installing tree roots and pits in the path.

If I'm being defensive, it wasn't my original intent. The tone of 'behoove you to do some research' is just sort of .... oh well. Good luck, and thanks for any helpful tips.

I'm afraid its true..Please suggest a better way to go about this, as it sounds like you're less than thrilled by my (self taught) approach.

I most commonly write for Trumpet, Tenor, Bari and bone.

Being a trumpet player, I write the trumpet part first. Then I copy it and paste, for example, into the tenor sax part. Next, I 'select all', then raise the tenor's notes a full octave, correcting for the tenor sax's range. At this point, the trumpet and tenor are playing in unison. Very fast for me to get to this point, rather than writing a tenor part from scratch.

Unless the phrase I'm working on is to be a unison one, I then raise or lower each note..(one at a time - so I can hear the virtual instrument playing)..to it's desired pitch.

How would you suggest I go about this differently?

Pogo Joe