On 15 Oct 2007 at 16:03, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 15.10.2007 Christopher Smith wrote: > > I used to tie notes across barlines by entering too large a value, then > > hitting "Move extra notes to next measure". This would be selected by > > default after the first time, so it would make things fast when dealing > > with the large number of anticipations that you get in jazz music. However, > > when I do that in later versions, Speedy stops "listening" to the MIDI > > keyboard while "moving" the extra notes, so if I have a repeated pitch I > > get a rest instead of a note on the next entry, even though I am still > > holding the MIDI key down. This caused many problems for six months or so, > > especially if I rarely looked at the screen while entering music. > > Wasn't it that very version which also got rid of the cancel button in > that very dialog? Man did I curse Coda at the time, and I still do. > Whoever made that design decision cannot have been using Finale much.
No, the cancel button was removed by at least Finale 2003, because that's the version I have, and it was the first one to have it -- a major annoyance at first, but 4 years later, I don't really notice it any more. I guess I've just become accustomed to the extra steps. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
