Refresh my memory -- metatools are key combinations that work from any tool in the program? Or do you have to be in the tool for which the metatool was programmed? So if I define a metatool for the Measure tool and then try to use it while the Staff tool is active, will it work as I defined it to work in the Measure tool? So if I define ctrl-k to change a barline to a double bar, it will always do that no matter what tool I'm in? And they are definable from one single interface in the preferences dialog?
Finale's metatools are quite different from Sibelius's keyboard shortcuts, and people who want such convenience in Finale end up have to use additional software to do anything like what Sibelius's shortcuts can do. The way the Sibelius shortcuts work, you can use a keyboard-shortcut anyplace and it will always do exactly what you defined it to do. And how about for calling menu functions? Are those user-definable shortcuts in Finale? I don't seem to remember us being able to change those. David H. Bailey On 8/21/2012 7:52 PM, SN jef chippewa wrote: > > huh? you mean like metatools? i.e. 35+ "slots" for user-defined > shortcuts in each of the measure, staff style, articulation, tuplet > and expression tools? and even smart shapes? > >> One great benefit of Sibelius, which I hope Finale will someday >> institute natively, not requiring a plug-in, is the ability of a >> user to define their own keyboard shortcuts, so the entire interface >> practically can be turned into keyboard shortcuts. > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > -- David H. Bailey [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
