Jonathan Smith wrote:

> Another annoying bug is the show multiple pages option (cmd-/) which I
like to have switched on (why can't this be left on under prefs or
something?). I'm afraid to say that Sibelius has spoilt me for that one (+
you can edit the other pages directly). It keeps going back to a single page
view everytime I make edits which involve moving measures around the
systems.

It's always surprised me that it's not possible to directly edit the
subsidiary pages under this arrangement.  Sort of make it close to useless.
As much as I dislike Sibelius' way of working in this regard, it still would
be a good option to have - but only after the application gets much much
faster.

> I would like to see a lot more options under the preferences, for example
the mass mover settings. I rarely require these to be set to 'Move
Everythying" as you end up with score expressions and double bar lines all
over the place so I need to immediately select my options under the two menu
choices each time I fire up Finale and hardly ever change them. I'd like to
be able to save these settings under prefs. I have written to Coda many
times but I guess I'm in a minority.

Mass Mover Sets (able to be saved and loaded to a library or Finalescript)
would be really handy.  I've been asking for this for four years, so maybe
we're together in that minority.

I suppose that this also brings up the issue of the number of users
requesting features to be implemented.  A while ago on the Finale forums the
Makemusic people said that the more people request a feature, the more
likely they are to implement it.  I just hope that they also have a
dedicated set of regular power users whom they consult regularly for
feedback.  The majority of users might not currently think about a feature
possibilities such as Mass Mover Sets, but I bet if they were available, and
presented in a user friendly way in the application (perhaps as a side menu
or something), then the majority of users would find it fantastic.

I personally can't complain, as a lot of suggestions sent it to Makemusic
have actually made it into the application, but it would be nice to be
reassured that Makemusic are also actively searching out user feedback.

Matthew

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