Greetings to all on the list - Please forgive me if my questions have been answered or addressed previously, and if someone wants to direct me to an answer in the archives, that would be great.
That being said - I use Finale 2008b, and recently purchased a new MacBook Pro, replacing the previous MacBook Pro that I'd been using for 3 years or so -- so my new one is a new model MacBook Pro. So far so good with the new computer, it works great except for one problem, which is that Apple has eliminated the ENTER key that was on the bottom, near the space bar - it seems the only way to "ENTER" something is to press the FN Key and the RETURN Key simultaneously - I used the old ENTER key with Finale on the old keyboard a great deal, and - simply put - my hands are way too small to press the FN key and the RETURN key simultaneously with one hand while I press a note on a midi keyboard - so that way of working with Finale is not possible, which is a drag, and inconvenient. The folks at Finale have suggested either purchasing a number pad, which I suppose is possible, though I do travel a great deal and having one more thing to tote around with me isn't all that appealing. Or, they've suggested using QuicKeys to assign a key to do this function in Finale. I've downloaded QuicKeys, but so far haven't quite mastered it -- so my questions: Has anyone had this problem? Has anyone come up with a solution that involves neither a number pad nor QuicKeys? And if you have some expertise with QuicKeys, is there is a simple way to, for example, make the CONTROL button act like the ENTER button in Finale - and what would that be? Any help that anyone can offer would be great. Please feel free to respond to the list and/or to respond directly to me at the e-mail address below. Thanks very much to all, hope this finds you all well, and happy thanksgiving - Michael Roth [email protected] myspace.com/rothmusik _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
