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Windows Copilot may help faster than searcing the forums for help .

I already knew the answer, but thought I'd see if Windows Copilot could get me to the same place.  It did!

My rather poorly worded  question: 
To transpose a D-flat instrumental part to concert pitch (for a C instrument), what command is needed in Noteworthy Composer?

Copilot's answer:
To transpose a D-flat instrumental part to concert pitch for a C instrument in Noteworthy Composer, you can use the Transpose Staff command. Here’s how you can do it:
Select the Staff: Click on the staff you want to transpose.
Open the Transpose Staff Command: Go to Tools > Transpose Staff.
Set the Number of Semitones: Since D-flat is one semitone below C, you need to transpose the staff up by 1 semitone.
Update Staff Playback: Make sure to check the Update staff playback option if you want the playback to reflect the transposition.
This will transpose your D-flat part to concert pitch for a C instrument.
Noteworthy Composer Transpose Staff Command : Transposing a staff in Noteworthy Composer
If you have any other questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask!

While I have learned from experience that Copilot cannot be trusted to give right or accurate information, here it did.

NEXT DAY FOLLOWUP
It took 3 tries for Copilot to get a transposition from Eb Clarinet to Bb Clarinet right this morning, so I suggest using Copilot carefully; always check to see if its advice is good.

Re: Windows Copilot may help faster than searcing the forums for help .

Reply #1 –
Copilot has been removed from my system, and will remain so :(
I plays 'Bones, crumpets, coronets, floosgals, youfonymums 'n tubies.

Re: Windows Copilot may help faster than searcing the forums for help .

Reply #2 –
Is CoPilot really saying:
Since D-flat is one semitone below C
  :o
 

Re: Windows Copilot may help faster than searcing the forums for help .

Reply #3 –
Below, above, it's all the same, isn't it? :)

Re: Windows Copilot may help faster than searcing the forums for help .

Reply #4 –
Regardless of its lousy wording,  Copilot was telling me the Db part was written half a tone below a C part.
I read
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Since D-flat is one semitone below C, you need to transpose the staff up by 1 semitone.
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Since a D-flat part is one semitone below a C part, you need to transpose the Db instrument up a 1 semitone for a C instrument.

So that's what I did.  The Db Picc in G major needed to become C Picc in Ab major.  The result jibed with a C Flute part someone manually transposed in the distant past.  The key signature also matched the bass clef parts.

I played this piece on 3rd clarinet in concert around 60 years ago, when I had only been playing maybe a year.   The 2nd and 3rd parts shared a march size page and lots of the notes were above the staff, then around the upper end of my range.  A few notes went into the altissimo. .  This was my first ever concert, I think we filled our 500 or 700 seat theatre.  I was terrified.   It's funny, that was our junior band; the senior bandleader was my clarinet teacher.  He's still alive and will be 104 this month.

I recently found a full set of PDF parts and thought I'd like to hear how the music sounds with a more experienced band.  One of my current bandleaders agreed to take it on if I print it all out.   The instrumentation is from the turn of the century, so some parts need to be transposed for modern band instruments.  I'm too cheap to buy the commercial arrangements that are available; I suspect they've been dumbed down a little.