Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-18 Thread Joe Laird
Since I am unable to use my hands and the mouse the Windows keyboard shortcuts are absolutely necessary for me to be able to use Finale at all. Joe - Joe Laird Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread Stan Lord
Thanks Jari, On the mac "show active layer only" is in the Options menu. I looked in Help/keyboard shortcuts but none is listed for the Options menu. I tried Alt+Shift+S with amusing results - it launched a demonstration of iKey which I had installed s while back but forgotten about. Stan Lord

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread A-NO-NE Music
dhbailey / 05.3.17 / 08:17 PM wrote: >A-NO-NE Music wrote: >> Jari Williamsson / 05.3.17 / 04:27 PM wrote: >>>In FinWin2005, there's a dedicated shortcut key for "Show Active Layer >>>Only", Alt+Shift+S. Perhaps the Mac version has a similar one? >> Nope. >> Alt+Shift+S under Win is not Finale ho

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 17/03/2005 22:44:46 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't think alt-shift-S was an alternative to alt-v-a, but rather was introduced to maintain a "onehanded" shortcut when "show active layer only" was moved from the "view" to

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread dhbailey
A-NO-NE Music wrote: Jari Williamsson / 05.3.17 / 04:27 PM wrote: In FinWin2005, there's a dedicated shortcut key for "Show Active Layer Only", Alt+Shift+S. Perhaps the Mac version has a similar one? Nope. Alt+Shift+S under Win is not Finale hotkey. It's a Windows shortcut key so Mac can't do t

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread Jari Williamsson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I press alt+shift+s my computer yelps as though I have poked it with something sharp but the screen stays the same. I can see no other effect. What am I supposed to see? The Alt+Shift+S shortcut key was added to FinWin2005. It was probably added because of the pro

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 17/03/2005 22:44:46 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't think alt-shift-S was an alternative to alt-v-a, but rather was introduced to maintain a "onehanded" shortcut when "show active layer only" was moved from the "view" to the "Options" menu. But

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I press alt+shift+s my computer yelps as though I have poked it with something sharp but the screen stays the same. I can see no other effect. What am I supposed to see? I don't think alt-shift-S was an alternative to alt-v-a, but rather was introduced to maintain

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Re alt-shift-s   Am I missing something or is this key sequence something new to Finale versions later than the lowly Finale for Windows 2002b which I normally use.  (My loyalty to 2002 stems not from any religious conviction nor any political stance but because I simply cannot afford to upgr

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Jari Williamsson / 05.3.17 / 04:27 PM wrote: >In FinWin2005, there's a dedicated shortcut key for "Show Active Layer >Only", Alt+Shift+S. Perhaps the Mac version has a similar one? Nope. Alt+Shift+S under Win is not Finale hotkey. It's a Windows shortcut key so Mac can't do that :-( -- - Hir

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread Jari Williamsson
Stan Lord wrote: I seem to have missed the initial messages about Alt-v-a. What does it do? (I use mac) Pressing Alt+V opens the View menu. Pressing 'A' after that executes the option underlined with an 'A' in the menu, in older version that was "Show Active Layer Only". In FinWin2005, there's a

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread Jari Williamsson
David W. Fenton wrote: What software does that? Is it only Microsoft software? Or is that built into WinXP? It's built into WinXP. On the "Appearance" tab in the "Display Properties", there's a button called "Effects...". There you now have an option called "Hide underline letters for keyboard n

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread Stan Lord
I seem to have missed the initial messages about Alt-v-a. What does it do? (I use mac) Stan Lord On 17 Mar 2005, at 03:03, Keith Helgesen wrote: Amazing what you learn when reading threads for interest only! I never knew about Alt-v-a- Wonderful! I really will find that useful- Sure beats pullin

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread David W. Fenton
On 17 Mar 2005 at 6:14, Carlberg Jones wrote: > At 7:07 AM -0500 3/17/05, Christopher Smith wrote: > >Say, there isn't a Mac version of this shortcut, is there? Mackers, > >anyone? > > Don't know about that one in particular, but when I go to Mac help and > search for "keyboard shortcuts" I get a

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread David W. Fenton
On 17 Mar 2005 at 9:20, Jari Williamsson wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > > I've never understood why this is not more universally known, as > > it's always been there. > > I can't explain why it wasn't known in the old days, since the > underlined characters were always on the screen. But a

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 07:07:03 -0500, Christopher Smith wrote: > On Mar 16, 2005, at 10:03 PM, Keith Helgesen wrote: > > > Amazing what you learn when reading threads for interest only! > > > > I never knew about Alt-v-a- Wonderful! I really will find that useful- > > Sure beats pulling down the me

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Michael, You're right -- I forgot that you can also use the function keys. But you cannot, for instance, program a keyboard shortcut like "control-F" or "shift-option-A". Every shortcut has to involve either the command key or a function key, which to me makes the feature almost useless. W

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread Michael Cook
The annoying thing is that, if you define a keyboard shortcut for Finale using the Mac OS "Keyboard Shortcuts" function, it shows up in the menu and the title in the menu bar flashes when you press the shortcut, but the command isn't actually executed. In some other apps it's useful and you are

RE: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread jeffery
; From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Darcy James Argue > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 3:50 PM > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a > > > Hi Johannes, > > On 17 Mar 2005, at 9:18 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > > >

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Johannes, On 17 Mar 2005, at 9:18 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: I don't think I ever tried it, but you can define keyboard shortcuts for any app under Panther. Unfortunately, no you can't. I think it only works on Cocoa apps? Or maybe it works on *some* Carbon apps, but not all. Anyway, it do

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread Johannes Gebauer
I don't think I ever tried it, but you can define keyboard shortcuts for any app under Panther. Alternatively get a Macro utility and define a keyboard shortcut. Johannes Christopher Smith schrieb: On Mar 17, 2005, at 7:14 AM, Carlberg Jones wrote: At 7:07 AM -0500 3/17/05, Christopher Smith wrot

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mar 17, 2005, at 7:14 AM, Carlberg Jones wrote: At 7:07 AM -0500 3/17/05, Christopher Smith wrote: Say, there isn't a Mac version of this shortcut, is there? Mackers, anyone? Don't know about that one in particular, but when I go to Mac help and search for "keyboard shortcuts" I get a wealth of

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread Carlberg Jones
At 7:07 AM -0500 3/17/05, Christopher Smith wrote: >Say, there isn't a Mac version of this shortcut, is there? Mackers, >anyone? Don't know about that one in particular, but when I go to Mac help and search for "keyboard shortcuts" I get a wealth of information. You select a topic, get an overvie

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mar 16, 2005, at 10:03 PM, Keith Helgesen wrote: Amazing what you learn when reading threads for interest only! I never knew about Alt-v-a- Wonderful! I really will find that useful- Sure beats pulling down the menu! How does one locate all these shortcuts, macros etc? (Still on Fin2001 BTW)

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-17 Thread Jari Williamsson
David W. Fenton wrote: I've never understood why this is not more universally known, as it's always been there. I can't explain why it wasn't known in the old days, since the underlined characters were always on the screen. But an "improvement" that MS has done in recent Windows versions is to d

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-16 Thread A-NO-NE Music
David W. Fenton / 05.3.16 / 10:30 PM wrote: >I've never understood why this is not more universally known, as it's >always been there. Because it doesn't apply to non English versions? What's interesting is that Japanese Windows uses English version's shortcut keys, while Traditional Chinese, Si

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-16 Thread David W. Fenton
On 17 Mar 2005 at 14:03, Keith Helgesen wrote: > Amazing what you learn when reading threads for interest only! > > I never knew about Alt-v-a- Wonderful! I really will find that > useful- Sure beats pulling down the menu! > > How does one locate all these shortcuts, macros etc? (Still on Fin2

Re: [Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-16 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 10:03 PM 03/16/2005, Keith Helgesen wrote: >I never knew about Alt-v-a- Wonderful! I really will find that useful- >Sure beats pulling down the menu! > >How does one locate all these shortcuts, macros etc? (Still on Fin2001 BTW) These are standard Windows shortcuts. In Windows, in any applicat

[Finale] Alt-v-a

2005-03-16 Thread Keith Helgesen
Amazing what you learn when reading threads for interest only! I never knew about Alt-v-a- Wonderful! I really will find that useful- Sure beats pulling down the menu! How does one locate all these shortcuts, macros etc? (Still on Fin2001 BTW) Cheers K in OZ Keith Helgesen. Director of Music