I figured out a partial answer to my question. If the goal is to have a transposing instrument that does not display a key signature, then the new "Hide Key Signature and Show Accidentals" option in the Score Manager is the superior choice over Chromatic Transposition. This is because it works in all keys. Chrom. Tran. shows the concert-pitch key signature, which makes no sense in any key other than C Major.
However, the new option is not available in Fin12. If the goal is to be able to open the file seamlessly in either Fin12 or Fin14, then Chromatic Transposition is the superior choice. Chrom. Trans. remains purely as a legacy support feature. I still have no answer to the other half. I cannot see any difference whatsoever between a Keyless key signature and C Major with "Hide Key Signature and Show Accidentals" turned on (which hides the key signatures on transposing parts). I can see virtually no difference between Keyless and any other key with "Hide Key Signature and Show Accidentals" turned on, except for some data entry features. "Keyless" seems completely superfluous to me, but perhaps I have missed something. The reason it matters is that every option adds user complexity and development expense forever as long as the product exists. Adding a superfluous option is always unwise. On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 9:41 PM, David Froom <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11 Sep 2014, at 1:00 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: > > > I'm beginning to grapple with Fin14, and it looks to me as if there are > two > > completely different ways to accomplish the same thing at both the key > and > > staff levels. > > > > At the key level we have the new "Keyless" option. I think that is a > great > > addition. But there is also a "Hide Key Signature and Show All > Accidentals" > > option. Can some explain to me when I would use one and when I would use > > the other? > > > > Similarly, at the staff transposition level there is a "Chromatic" option > > and a "Hide Key Signature and Show All Accidentals" option. Can someone > > explain to me when I would use one and when I would use the other? (Other > > than that "Hide Key Signature and Show All Accidentals" is apparently not > > available in staff styles?) > > In my (limited) experience, they are different ways of accomplishing the > same thing. I like the fact that "keyless" is available at setup time, > which saves a step or two. I also like the fact that Finale leaves older > functionalities along with new ones for us dinosaurs who find it hard to > break old habits. > > If anyone has other information, I'd also love to hear it. > > David Froom > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
