On Jan 5, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Don Hart wrote:
"Transpose..." is in the mass edit menu of the Mass Mover tool; two of the default Mass Mover metatools are devoted to this feature (7and 9). - Don
Actually, it's four (6 through 9) and they aren't assigned until the first time you invoke them. Then the setting you make at that point is remembered from then on for that key (in that document) WITHOUT the dilaogue box ever showing again.
This makes the Metatool assignment procedure different for these keystrokes than for any other tool in Finale, AFAIK. Although it IS pretty quick and easy, I can see a source of confusion because of the inconsistent behaviour.
I have had mine set to Octave Down, Octave Up, Diatonic 2nd Down, Diatonic 2nd Up in my default file for so long that I hadn't seen the Transpose dialogue box in months. I saw it again just before Xmas, when I first tried a new file in 2006. So I can understand how someone might miss it.
Reading through the Fine Manual this time around, I discovered a few shortcuts that I hadn't known before - in the Smart Shape tool, S is the slur metatool, < and > are for wedges, and opt-clicking the Custom Line icon will open the Select Custom Line dialogue box; this last being a real time saver! How did I not know this before? Probably because I can't read the manual on the subway any more. 8-(
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