# Inefficient Input Help

**URL:** <https://forums.steinberg.net/t/inefficient-input-help/816276>\
**Category:** Dorico\
**Created:** [November 11, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/inefficient-input-help/816276 "2022-11-11T03:40:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sunny16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@sunny16](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/sunny16)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/inefficient-input-help/816276/1 "2022-11-11T03:40:02Z")

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![Screen Shot 2022-11-10 at 10.26.15](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/3X/2/f/2ff7168615e4c832d431a0c296a851e5b857555d.png)  
If I want this chord to be held the entire length of the second bar, my current Dorico ability tells me to type the chord in again for beat four, then select the previous chord and hit “T” to tie it all together. There must be a more efficient way of doing this, isn’t there?

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**Author:** ![dan\_kreider](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/dan_kreider/32/254871_2.png) [@dan\_kreider](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/dan_kreider)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 3:43am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/inefficient-input-help/816276/2 "2022-11-11T03:43:22Z")

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Yes. After you’ve entered the quarter-note chord, with it still selected, press Alt-Shift-right arrow to lengthen it.

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**Author:** ![sunny16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@sunny16](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/sunny16)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/inefficient-input-help/816276/3 "2022-11-11T20:05:57Z")

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Wonderful. Thanks Dan!