On Feb 19, 2008, at 7:23 PM, Adam Golding wrote:
yeah i indeed tried the macro route for awhile--setting things up
on finale
with autohotkey and whatnot--mind you, i could never find an easy
way to
enter smartshapes from the keyboard--i think i would have to learn the
actual plugin language to do that. On the other hand, maybe i'm
just so
addicted to keyboard shortcuts that I can't realize that using the
mouse
*could* be fast too? I have the same issues with removing
articulations.
For removing articulations (I only mention this for other Finale
users who might be unaware, as it seems not to be useful for you
since you are on Sib now) when the articulation tool is selected you
can hold down the Delete key and click individual articulations, or
drag around entire passages across staves to remove articulations.
There was a user on here a few years ago who had done his thesis on
input devices, and settled on the mouse as being the most flexible
overall, in addition to being much faster than people actually
thought it was. For some things like entering Smart Shape crescendos,
holding down the < or > keys and double-clicking turns out to be very
quick, while for slurs it is hard to imagine a quicker way than
double-click and drag.
Christopher
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