Finale doesn't save printer settings. I can print a file to my non-default inkjet printer, selecting a single page, printing multiple copies, save upon exit and when the file is opened the next time and I enter the print dialog it again lists my default printer, 1 copy and the range is set to ALL. And I have all the SAVE options set in the Program Options dialog (window states and preferences). So the only thing that is changed might be the window states (the print dialog window opened and then closed), but I just tried an experiment and having that option checked has no effect on whether there is an extra Save dialog when I exit the file or the program.
I did notice one thing -- open an existing file, enter the Speedy Entry tool and click on a measure to open the speedy entry panel, then click outside the staff so you haven't edited a single thing. The Undo entry in the Edit menu is now active and will allow you to undo the Speedy Edit. The only problem is that no Speedy Edit was done! Personally I have no problem with what appears to me to be an extraneous save dialog because it does no harm to click OKAY, just to be sure that I didn't make some change I want saved. If I am not certain, I can always click NO. In any event, as David has pointed out, we can't know what Finale is looking at as activity that might result in work that neeeds saving, and I would rather be able to say Yes/No than to have the program save it in the background. David W. Fenton wrote: > On 14 Jul 2002, at 7:38, David H. Bailey wrote: > > >>For some reason (which I don't understand, since it isn't saved as part >>of the file), when you change any of the default settings in the Print >>window, Finale feels as if you have entered some new data into the file >>itself, and therefore asks if you want to save the file. >> >>My guess is that Finale is simply looking into some Windows generic >>buffer to see if any keypresses or mouse-clicks/drags have been made >>since the previous save command was issued, and if it sees any such >>activity, it prompts you as to whether you want to save again. It isn't >>smart enough to realize that you have entered such keypresses, etc. >>while in the print dialog so that it wouldn't save that data anyway. >> >>THAT, indeed, is an "unnecessary prompt to save." >> > > If it's a print setting that you want retained for the next time you open > the file, then, no, it is not an unnecessary prompt. > > Would it be better to have it save the printer settings automatically, > without asking you? > > -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
