At 08:20 PM 1/4/06 -0800, Eric Dannewitz wrote: >Sometimes you have to rethink what you are >asking for, or what it is called, but I have yet NOT to find what I was >looking for in the Finale index/manuals.
That's kind of the point. First you have to look in the manual. An obscure item, yes, but a relatively obvious one (where this discussion started) -- you shouldn't be there at all. The program should have been eminently clear. But then you have to figure out how to find it, and that issue isn't indexed -- not under transposition, not under "original", not under "preserve". The Finale manual may seem thorough, but it is an example of how *not* to index and reference. Instead of using standard terminology, you have to know what the Finale terms are first. And then you have to hope that they've indexed what you think you've seen once, because you're sure as heck not gonna find it otherwise. But my point, to repeat, is that the program should make these straightforward features clear without needing help files or manuals. Force a choice, for example, with a radio button ([move notes to transposed position] [copy notes to transposed position]) or provide a hover popup as Tobias does.(transposes notes only and deletes original notes; transposes notes and also keeps original in place). That's just an improv on it. A test group would help clarify it. Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
