Dear Kyle,

On Sat, 21 Feb 2026, Kyle Quarles wrote:

> Frescobaldi version 3.1.1.
>

On Sat, 21 Feb 2026, Kieren MacMillan wrote:

> Turn off point-and-click.  :)
>
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/usage/configuring-the-system-for-point-and-click#enabling-point-and-click


Another option — the one I use — is the following (with thanks to Knute for
teaching me).

In Frescobaldi, go to the LilyPond menu, and select Engrave (publish).

I do this right before I share a PDF with the musicians who will be using
it.

This way, the musicians reading off iPads will no longer see the “blue
boxes.”

If you want to double-check that the PDF is correctly engraved for
*distribution*:

Open it in Acrobat and mouse over a note head.

If you find that the note head is “clickable,” you have “the blue boxes
problem.”

Gabriel

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