At 4:11 PM -0700 10/31/07, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
Right clicking does not bring up any context menu that has OTHER in
it. I get Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Capture Idea, Voice, Hide/Show,
Color and Apply Color...
It's just something you have to learn. What happened is that you had
something selected, so you got that short menu of things you might
want to do to the thing you had selected. Click on a blank space on
the page (or hit escape a few times) to deselect anything that's
selected, then right click on a blank part of the page. What you
then get IS the Create menu. It's a shortcut; there are LOTS of
shortcuts, and I've only learned a few at this point, but I remember
the ones I use.
Just part of the learning curve.
John
However, in the menu, there is Other buried under Create......
Sibelius 5.1.......frustrating......
Richard Smith wrote:
Eric this may be what you want.
1. Right click on a blank part of the page for the context menu. At
the bottom of the menu is "other". Open that up.
2. Select "change instrument"
3. Pick an instrument from the list.
4. Click the now blue (="loaded") arrow where you want to change the
instrument. You will get a transposition and key and/or clef
change as needed as well as a text instruction to the performer to
change to the instrument.
5. If you want to change the stave for the entire score, click in the
left margin just to the left of the staff. It will change the
staff and look as if the new instrument had been the choice fromt
he beginning.
I think that having multiple ways of doing things has a lot to do
with familiarity. I really like Sibelius' step time entry. There
are so many ways to enter music that I am constantly changing my
approach to fit the particular circumstance. Conversely, I find
Finale's Speedy Entry restrictive but many of the workers on this
list would certainly disagree. These two are just "differently
abled" and the versatility is good for us all.
Richard Smith
http://www.rgsmithmusic.com
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