RE: [Finale] Mass Copy in Finale 2006
I always thought shift was used to bypass dialogs, at least in Finale... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of A-NO-NE Music Sent: Tue 1/31/2006 9:00 AM To: finale@shsu.edu Cc: Subject:Re: [Finale] Mass Copy in Finale 2006 Christopher Smith / 2006/01/31 / 07:08 AM wrote: John Bell got it right - hold down just the Opt key to skip the dialogue box. Once I got this, things got a LOT faster! My biggest pleasure with 2006 was this new Mass Mover (still can't remember the new name for this tool!) improvement, but I have been wondering why the above isn't Cmd key. Ever since Finale v1.0, Cmd has been the key to bypass dialog box. Does anyone know? -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale winmail.dat___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Mass Copy in Finale 2006
Well, in this case Shift is the key to hold down to GET the dialogue box (along with opt, which you have to hold anyway.) Christopher On Feb 1, 2006, at 9:17 AM, Fisher, Allen wrote: I always thought shift was used to bypass dialogs, at least in Finale... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of A-NO-NE Music Sent: Tue 1/31/2006 9:00 AM To: finale@shsu.edu Cc: Subject:Re: [Finale] Mass Copy in Finale 2006 Christopher Smith / 2006/01/31 / 07:08 AM wrote: John Bell got it right - hold down just the Opt key to skip the dialogue box. Once I got this, things got a LOT faster! My biggest pleasure with 2006 was this new Mass Mover (still can't remember the new name for this tool!) improvement, but I have been wondering why the above isn't Cmd key. Ever since Finale v1.0, Cmd has been the key to bypass dialog box. Does anyone know? -- - Hiro ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Mass Copy in Finale 2006
Fisher, Allen / 2006/02/01 / 09:17 AM wrote: I always thought shift was used to bypass dialogs, at least in Finale... Nope. Example. Create an expression, then hit OK while Cmd is pressed. You bypass the rest of the dialog boxes. This has been this way since v1.0 which I paid $1,000 for! -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Mass Copy in Finale 2006
Brian Hold down only the opt key as you click on the target measure. John On 31 Jan 2006, at 10:28, Brian Williams wrote: Dear list, I just started using Finale 2006 for real work and discovered a disturbing new loss of functionality. In the mass mover tool, whenever you select a region and attempt to copy it to other staves you are greeted in every instance by an annoying dialog box that takes the place of the Items to Copy dialog in previous versions. I frequently copy the same material to several staves and having to click through this dialog box is a very annoying extra step, especially considering that the enter and return keys are on the opposite side of my PowerBook keyboard from the option key (which I hold down with the shift key to copy to another staff). Is there any way to turn off this annoying new feature so that opt-shift clicking on a staff will copy the material with the previous items to copy settings like it did in previous versions without having to hit enter or return to dismiss this dialog every single time? Brian ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Mass Copy in Finale 2006
John Bell got it right - hold down just the Opt key to skip the dialogue box. Once I got this, things got a LOT faster! The dialogue box remembers your settings, which I REALLY like. The only big loss of functionality with the new copy behaviour (for me on Mac, dunno about PC) is that drag-and-drop between documents is now disabled, and copy-paste between documents doesn't copy everything, so you have to use Clip Files and INSERT them (not Replace Items from Clip File) to copy certain items between documents. And Carolyn Bremer, thank you for your answer about Clear Items, you were right on the money. Of course now that I think of it, clearing Entries WOULD clear the chords and lyrics anyway, so of course I can only clear those things separately when Entries is UNchecked. There is even a little yellow popup that tells me this when I mouse over the Entries button, so I have no excuse. Somebody at MakeMusic really got things right with this new copying behaviour. I know I've said it before, but this ranks up there with Staff Styles, Metatools, and Auto-placing expressions for helping productivity. Christopher On Jan 31, 2006, at 5:28 AM, Brian Williams wrote: Dear list, I just started using Finale 2006 for real work and discovered a disturbing new loss of functionality. In the mass mover tool, whenever you select a region and attempt to copy it to other staves you are greeted in every instance by an annoying dialog box that takes the place of the Items to Copy dialog in previous versions. I frequently copy the same material to several staves and having to click through this dialog box is a very annoying extra step, especially considering that the enter and return keys are on the opposite side of my PowerBook keyboard from the option key (which I hold down with the shift key to copy to another staff). Is there any way to turn off this annoying new feature so that opt-shift clicking on a staff will copy the material with the previous items to copy settings like it did in previous versions without having to hit enter or return to dismiss this dialog every single time? Brian ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Mass Copy in Finale 2006
copy-paste between documents doesn't copy everything, Are you talking about meas-attached shapes here? Is that what Fin06 doesn't copy that prior versions did copy? I had hoped MM was gonna restore that in a maintenance release, but perhaps not, huh? For me the biggest loss of functionality in the copy behavior is the loss of a quick way to toggle between copying everything and copying selected items. But I don't use Fin06 at all, except to test with, so I'm not the best person to comment. I've become such an addict of my Mass Copy plugin, that I doubt I would see much benefit from the copy/paste improvements in Fin06. Once you get past Mass Copy's rather idiosyncratic UI, it seems vastly superior to any partial-copying behavior built in to the program. I say this, admittedly, as the author, but I wouldn't have put the time into developing it if I hadn't personally felt the need for it. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Mass Copy in Finale 2006
Christopher Smith / 2006/01/31 / 07:08 AM wrote: John Bell got it right - hold down just the Opt key to skip the dialogue box. Once I got this, things got a LOT faster! My biggest pleasure with 2006 was this new Mass Mover (still can't remember the new name for this tool!) improvement, but I have been wondering why the above isn't Cmd key. Ever since Finale v1.0, Cmd has been the key to bypass dialog box. Does anyone know? -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Mass Copy in Finale 2006
On Jan 31, 2006, at 4:08 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: The only big loss of functionality with the new copy behaviour (for me on Mac, dunno about PC) is that drag-and-drop between documents is now disabled, Christopher, I just tried this, and it does work. It's a little dicey sometimes - slow drawing of the outline of the selected measures, but it is not disabled. and copy-paste between documents doesn't copy everything, so you have to use Clip Files and INSERT them (not Replace Items from Clip File) to copy certain items between documents. When you do this (I haven't tried it), does that mean that you add new measures into the target document? Do they appear before the selected insertion point? Somebody at MakeMusic really got things right with this new copying behaviour. I know I've said it before, but this ranks up there with Staff Styles, Metatools, and Auto-placing expressions for helping productivity. I agree that the copying behavior is much more consistent and understandable. Once I figured it out, it's been working well for me. 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
