This is why I still subscribe to the list. I knew that the Score Manager was modeless and was happy for that.
My problem with making a huge score was that I made the Score Manager window very large and it never occurred to me to double-click behind the window onto the score itself. Time to move the Score Manager onto a second monitor! 2 Things: 1) D'oh! 2) Thank you! -Randolph Peters On 2012-09-10, at 11:37 AM, Robert Patterson <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not a big fan of Score Manager, but I would remind you that it is a > modeless dialog. You can open the staff attributes any time you get ready > just by double-clicking the staff. > > The basic problem I see is that MM is trying to introduce a UI concept, > "Instrument", that (at least as of now) does not exist in the data. Thus, > any choice of what to put in which dialog is purely arbitrary. > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Randolph Peters > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear Finale Listers, >> >> I just spent a few days creating a new master full orchestra template in >> Finale 2012b. It takes longer now. >> >> Some of the functions that used to belong in the staff attributes are now >> in the Score Manager. I find that having to open up separate windows to >> complete each staff and fill out all the properties (names, abbreviations, >> positions, fonts, MIDI settings, etc.) is very cumbersome. >> >> My question for the list is would it be a bad idea to be able to access >> the same window or dialog box from different places in the program? Or >> would that be too confusing? >> >> In other words, why can't we fill out those properties that I mentioned >> above from BOTH the staff attributes and the Score Manager? >> >> And while we are at it, how about a previous and next arrow so that we can >> fill out the categories in one pass? Even iTunes has a better interface >> here. >> >> When MM changes Finale, as they need to from time to time, they absolutely >> have to be mindful of: >> >> 1) not creating new bugs, >> 2) not taking away functionality, >> 3) not slowing down the work process. >> >> This is a complaint of the third kind. >> >> Grumble, >> Randolph Peters _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
