[Finale] 2k8 Selection Tool Behavior
Hi All, If a measure remains selected with the Selection Tool, you cannot get the Measure Tool to work (maybe others too, I don't know) - to force a measure number, for instance, until you have clicked out of the highlighted measure. In other words, the Selection tool remains stuck there, and the Measure tool is not selected, even if you have highlighted it. The Selection Tool is not released until the measure you had selected with it is un-highlighted. Don't know if this qualifies as a bug, but it is a little annoying. Chuck Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] 2k8 Selection Tool Behavior
Chuck Israels wrote: Hi All, If a measure remains selected with the Selection Tool, you cannot get the Measure Tool to work (maybe others too, I don't know) - to force a measure number, for instance, until you have clicked out of the highlighted measure. In other words, the Selection tool remains stuck there, and the Measure tool is not selected, even if you have highlighted it. The Selection Tool is not released until the measure you had selected with it is un-highlighted. Don't know if this qualifies as a bug, but it is a little annoying. This might be a PC/Mac thing -- if I understand your problem correctly, it works as it should in my installation of FinWin2k8. I used the selection tool, highlighted a measure, then clicked on the Measure Tool, the Measure menu showed up and I chose Show Measure Number and it appeared in the measure I selected. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] 2k8 Selection Tool Behavior
At 04:10 PM 7/12/2007, dhbailey wrote: I used the selection tool, highlighted a measure, then clicked on the Measure Tool, the Measure menu showed up and I chose Show Measure Number and it appeared in the measure I selected. However, if you try to Ctrl-Click the currently selected measure after you have switched to the Measure tool, the measure number does not appear. You need to first deselect the measure, and then Ctrl-Click it. I don't think this is a bug; it's related to the tool consolidation that has taken place in Fin08. Copy and Paste are no longer constrained to the Mass Edit tool (or the new Selection tool) -- you can copy and paste in any tool which supports measure selection (like the Measure and Staff tools). So if you have a measure selected in any of those tools and Ctrl-Click on that measure, Finale now interprets that as a request to paste the contents of that measure into the same measure, rather than as a request to show the measure number. If you select a measure in the Measure tool and Ctrl-Click on a different measure, you'll see what I mean -- the contents of the first are pasted into the second. Ctrl-Click to show a measure number will only work if you're in the Measure tool and do not have a measure selected. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] 2k8 Selection Tool Behavior
Hi Aaron, My experience exactly, and no, not a bug, just different behavior resulting from the redesign of the tools, as you describe. Nevertheless, thanks for the confirmation. Chuck On Jul 12, 2007, at 1:33 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 04:10 PM 7/12/2007, dhbailey wrote: I used the selection tool, highlighted a measure, then clicked on the Measure Tool, the Measure menu showed up and I chose Show Measure Number and it appeared in the measure I selected. However, if you try to Ctrl-Click the currently selected measure after you have switched to the Measure tool, the measure number does not appear. You need to first deselect the measure, and then Ctrl-Click it. I don't think this is a bug; it's related to the tool consolidation that has taken place in Fin08. Copy and Paste are no longer constrained to the Mass Edit tool (or the new Selection tool) -- you can copy and paste in any tool which supports measure selection (like the Measure and Staff tools). So if you have a measure selected in any of those tools and Ctrl- Click on that measure, Finale now interprets that as a request to paste the contents of that measure into the same measure, rather than as a request to show the measure number. If you select a measure in the Measure tool and Ctrl-Click on a different measure, you'll see what I mean -- the contents of the first are pasted into the second. Ctrl-Click to show a measure number will only work if you're in the Measure tool and do not have a measure selected. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] 2k8 Selection Tool Behavior
At 05:03 PM 7/12/2007, Chuck Israels wrote: My experience exactly, and no, not a bug, just different behavior resulting from the redesign of the tools, as you describe. Yes, but I agree with you that it's not good behavior, and even with tool consolidation there's no reason the old behavior couldn't still be there. Pasting a measure onto itself doesn't make any sense, so Finale should be able to pick up on that and show the measure number instead. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] 2k8 Selection Tool Behavior
And now that I realize what you're trying to do, it's the same on my PC. David H. Bailey Chuck Israels wrote: Hi Aaron, My experience exactly, and no, not a bug, just different behavior resulting from the redesign of the tools, as you describe. Nevertheless, thanks for the confirmation. Chuck On Jul 12, 2007, at 1:33 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 04:10 PM 7/12/2007, dhbailey wrote: I used the selection tool, highlighted a measure, then clicked on the Measure Tool, the Measure menu showed up and I chose Show Measure Number and it appeared in the measure I selected. However, if you try to Ctrl-Click the currently selected measure after you have switched to the Measure tool, the measure number does not appear. You need to first deselect the measure, and then Ctrl-Click it. I don't think this is a bug; it's related to the tool consolidation that has taken place in Fin08. Copy and Paste are no longer constrained to the Mass Edit tool (or the new Selection tool) -- you can copy and paste in any tool which supports measure selection (like the Measure and Staff tools). So if you have a measure selected in any of those tools and Ctrl-Click on that measure, Finale now interprets that as a request to paste the contents of that measure into the same measure, rather than as a request to show the measure number. If you select a measure in the Measure tool and Ctrl-Click on a different measure, you'll see what I mean -- the contents of the first are pasted into the second. Ctrl-Click to show a measure number will only work if you're in the Measure tool and do not have a measure selected. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
