New to MuseScore v.0.9.6 — a few questions

1) To change voice, it is better (probably necessary) to be already in Note Entry Mode, so:
* press [N] to enter Note Entry Mode: a blue vertical bar should appear near the point when the next note will be placed (if by chance, you are already in Note Entry Mode, pressing [N] exits from it and the blue bar disappear: simply press [N] again)
* click the '2' icon for voice 2: the bar should change from blue to green
* then enter notes normally (select a duration with keys [1] to [8], then a pitch with keys [A] to [G])

2) while dragging a time signature, the brown highlight appears when the mouse pointer is on an empty point of the measure; if the measure is full of small notes or if the zoom factor is low (75% or 50%), there might be no empty spot large enough for the brown to appear: try with a larger zoom factor, until you get the 'feeling' of it. Do not try to drag the time signature where it should normally appear (near the beginning of the measure): this area is occupied by the bar line, so it is not empty and the brown highlight does not appear when the mouse pointer is there.

Hope this may be of help.

M.

at least in part: I have 0.9.6 running at hand and I can see that the 'empty spot' thing I was describing above is not true, but still the brown highlight only appears when the pointer is on some part of the measure, not always predictable.

For instance on a 4/4 measure with only a semibreve in it, the pointer must be between the measure initial bar and the width of the note head; if it is beyond it (a large part of the measure) the highlight does not appear. If the zoom factor or the layout scaling are small, the 'active' spot tends to be tiny. If the measure contains a variety of notes or is empty the 'active' spot varies.

M.