Klaus, Ryan, Guys, this is a known problem and Mark's hypothesis about the dialog boxes being located off-screen, while a sensible conclusion, is mistaken. More pixels won't help. He needs to rebuild his prefs.
Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 Jun 2011, at 1:22 AM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: > Problem about changing screen resolution is, that MacBook has its maximum > resolution as its default. And you need more pixels to see the disappeared > box. > > There may be yet another solution. If you still have your previous system, > open a Finale file there, drag the dialogue box to the center of the first > page, close and save, move to the MacBook, and there place the dialogue box > where you want it. > > Klaus > > >> ________________________________ >> From: Ryan <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 7:08 AM >> Subject: Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen >> >> You can also just try changing your screen resolution in the system >> preferences. >> >> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Apparently your new screen has fewer pixels than your previous one, where >>> the said dialog bow was near the edge. >>> >>> One method maybe solving the problem is about adding an external monitor, >>> if you have one, and then about by means of the monitor control panel from >>> system controls moving that external monitor around until you see the >>> dialog box. Then drag the box to your on-board screen and unmount the >>> external monitor. >>> >>> My terms may be inexact, as I work on Macs with Danish as the system >>> language >>> >>> Klaus >>> >>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: Mark D Lew <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> I've recently switched to a new computer (MacBook Pro). The re-install >>> and copy of Finale preferences went pretty smoothly, except that today I >>> discovered that my Edit System Margins dialog box won't appear. When I do >>> Page Layout > Systems > Edit Margins it acts as if it's doing it, except the >>> dialog box is nowhere to be found. I can only conclude that somehow it >>> managed to get located off my screen. >>>> >>>> If I remove the preferences file and restart Finale, it does indeed appear >>> again. But then everything else looks wrong because I lose a ton of other >>> preferences that I want to keep. Is there any way I can get that one dialog >>> box back without having to reset all my preferences from scratch? >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
