Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen
I'm afraid not. It's a known problem, and connecting an external monitor will not help. You need to rebuild your prefs. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 31 May 2011, at 11:30 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: Is there any way I can get that one dialog box back without having to reset all my preferences from scratch? mdl ___ 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] dialog box off screen
Klaus, Ryan, Guys, this is a known problem and Mark's hypothesis about the dialog boxes being located off-screen, while a sensible conclusion, is mistaken. More pixels won't help. He needs to rebuild his prefs. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 Jun 2011, at 1:22 AM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: Problem about changing screen resolution is, that MacBook has its maximum resolution as its default. And you need more pixels to see the disappeared box. There may be yet another solution. If you still have your previous system, open a Finale file there, drag the dialogue box to the center of the first page, close and save, move to the MacBook, and there place the dialogue box where you want it. Klaus From: Ryan ry.squa...@gmail.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 7:08 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen You can also just try changing your screen resolution in the system preferences. On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre yorkmaster...@yahoo.com wrote: Apparently your new screen has fewer pixels than your previous one, where the said dialog bow was near the edge. One method maybe solving the problem is about adding an external monitor, if you have one, and then about by means of the monitor control panel from system controls moving that external monitor around until you see the dialog box. Then drag the box to your on-board screen and unmount the external monitor. My terms may be inexact, as I work on Macs with Danish as the system language Klaus From: Mark D Lew markd...@earthlink.net I've recently switched to a new computer (MacBook Pro). The re-install and copy of Finale preferences went pretty smoothly, except that today I discovered that my Edit System Margins dialog box won't appear. When I do Page Layout Systems Edit Margins it acts as if it's doing it, except the dialog box is nowhere to be found. I can only conclude that somehow it managed to get located off my screen. If I remove the preferences file and restart Finale, it does indeed appear again. But then everything else looks wrong because I lose a ton of other preferences that I want to keep. Is there any way I can get that one dialog box back without having to reset all my preferences from scratch? ___ 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 ___ 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] dialog box off screen
On May 31, 2011, at 10:49 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.net wrote: Klaus, Ryan, Guys, this is a known problem and Mark's hypothesis about the dialog boxes being located off-screen, while a sensible conclusion, is mistaken. More pixels won't help. He needs to rebuild his prefs. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 Jun 2011, at 1:22 AM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: Problem about changing screen resolution is, that MacBook has its maximum resolution as its default. And you need more pixels to see the disappeared box. There may be yet another solution. If you still have your previous system, open a Finale file there, drag the dialogue box to the center of the first page, close and save, move to the MacBook, and there place the dialogue box where you want it. Klaus From: Ryan ry.squa...@gmail.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 7:08 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen You can also just try changing your screen resolution in the system preferences. On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre yorkmaster...@yahoo.com wrote: Apparently your new screen has fewer pixels than your previous one, where the said dialog bow was near the edge. One method maybe solving the problem is about adding an external monitor, if you have one, and then about by means of the monitor control panel from system controls moving that external monitor around until you see the dialog box. Then drag the box to your on-board screen and unmount the external monitor. My terms may be inexact, as I work on Macs with Danish as the system language Klaus From: Mark D Lew markd...@earthlink.net I've recently switched to a new computer (MacBook Pro). The re-install and copy of Finale preferences went pretty smoothly, except that today I discovered that my Edit System Margins dialog box won't appear. When I do Page Layout Systems Edit Margins it acts as if it's doing it, except the dialog box is nowhere to be found. I can only conclude that somehow it managed to get located off my screen. If I remove the preferences file and restart Finale, it does indeed appear again. But then everything else looks wrong because I lose a ton of other preferences that I want to keep. Is there any way I can get that one dialog box back without having to reset all my preferences from scratch? ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen
Bummer. Is there a way to avoid this problem? On May 31, 2011, at 10:49 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.net wrote: Klaus, Ryan, Guys, this is a known problem and Mark's hypothesis about the dialog boxes being located off-screen, while a sensible conclusion, is mistaken. More pixels won't help. He needs to rebuild his prefs. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 Jun 2011, at 1:22 AM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: Problem about changing screen resolution is, that MacBook has its maximum resolution as its default. And you need more pixels to see the disappeared box. There may be yet another solution. If you still have your previous system, open a Finale file there, drag the dialogue box to the center of the first page, close and save, move to the MacBook, and there place the dialogue box where you want it. Klaus From: Ryan ry.squa...@gmail.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 7:08 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen You can also just try changing your screen resolution in the system preferences. On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre yorkmaster...@yahoo.com wrote: Apparently your new screen has fewer pixels than your previous one, where the said dialog bow was near the edge. One method maybe solving the problem is about adding an external monitor, if you have one, and then about by means of the monitor control panel from system controls moving that external monitor around until you see the dialog box. Then drag the box to your on-board screen and unmount the external monitor. My terms may be inexact, as I work on Macs with Danish as the system language Klaus From: Mark D Lew markd...@earthlink.net I've recently switched to a new computer (MacBook Pro). The re-install and copy of Finale preferences went pretty smoothly, except that today I discovered that my Edit System Margins dialog box won't appear. When I do Page Layout Systems Edit Margins it acts as if it's doing it, except the dialog box is nowhere to be found. I can only conclude that somehow it managed to get located off my screen. If I remove the preferences file and restart Finale, it does indeed appear again. But then everything else looks wrong because I lose a ton of other preferences that I want to keep. Is there any way I can get that one dialog box back without having to reset all my preferences from scratch? ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen
Sorry, more and well arranged pixels will solve the problem. I work with 3 or 4 monitor. If one fails or if I for other reasons rearrange them, I may loose the said dialog box. If I open Finale and by means of screen preferences move one or more monitors around relative to the home screen, then the box will appear. It then can be dragged to the home screen. Klaus From: Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.net To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen Klaus, Ryan, Guys, this is a known problem and Mark's hypothesis about the dialog boxes being located off-screen, while a sensible conclusion, is mistaken. More pixels won't help. He needs to rebuild his prefs. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 Jun 2011, at 1:22 AM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: Problem about changing screen resolution is, that MacBook has its maximum resolution as its default. And you need more pixels to see the disappeared box. There may be yet another solution. If you still have your previous system, open a Finale file there, drag the dialogue box to the center of the first page, close and save, move to the MacBook, and there place the dialogue box where you want it. Klaus From: Ryan ry.squa...@gmail.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 7:08 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen You can also just try changing your screen resolution in the system preferences. On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre yorkmaster...@yahoo.com wrote: Apparently your new screen has fewer pixels than your previous one, where the said dialog bow was near the edge. One method maybe solving the problem is about adding an external monitor, if you have one, and then about by means of the monitor control panel from system controls moving that external monitor around until you see the dialog box. Then drag the box to your on-board screen and unmount the external monitor. My terms may be inexact, as I work on Macs with Danish as the system language Klaus From: Mark D Lew markd...@earthlink.net I've recently switched to a new computer (MacBook Pro). The re-install and copy of Finale preferences went pretty smoothly, except that today I discovered that my Edit System Margins dialog box won't appear. When I do Page Layout Systems Edit Margins it acts as if it's doing it, except the dialog box is nowhere to be found. I can only conclude that somehow it managed to get located off my screen. If I remove the preferences file and restart Finale, it does indeed appear again. But then everything else looks wrong because I lose a ton of other preferences that I want to keep. Is there any way I can get that one dialog box back without having to reset all my preferences from scratch? ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen
Klaus, I am 95% certain that Mark's problem is that he's trying to use a set of preferences originally generated on a PPC Mac on an Intel-based Mac. When you do this, the Edit Margins dialog boxes do not show up *anywhere* on screen. It doesn't matter how many pixels he adds, because the dialog boxes are not being displayed offscreen -- they are not being displayed at all. It's a known issue, and the only solution is to rebuild the preferences from scratch. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 Jun 2011, at 2:30 AM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: Sorry, more and well arranged pixels will solve the problem. I work with 3 or 4 monitor. If one fails or if I for other reasons rearrange them, I may loose the said dialog box. If I open Finale and by means of screen preferences move one or more monitors around relative to the home screen, then the box will appear. It then can be dragged to the home screen. Klaus From: Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.net To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen Klaus, Ryan, Guys, this is a known problem and Mark's hypothesis about the dialog boxes being located off-screen, while a sensible conclusion, is mistaken. More pixels won't help. He needs to rebuild his prefs. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 Jun 2011, at 1:22 AM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: Problem about changing screen resolution is, that MacBook has its maximum resolution as its default. And you need more pixels to see the disappeared box. There may be yet another solution. If you still have your previous system, open a Finale file there, drag the dialogue box to the center of the first page, close and save, move to the MacBook, and there place the dialogue box where you want it. Klaus From: Ryan ry.squa...@gmail.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 7:08 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen You can also just try changing your screen resolution in the system preferences. On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre yorkmaster...@yahoo.com wrote: Apparently your new screen has fewer pixels than your previous one, where the said dialog bow was near the edge. One method maybe solving the problem is about adding an external monitor, if you have one, and then about by means of the monitor control panel from system controls moving that external monitor around until you see the dialog box. Then drag the box to your on-board screen and unmount the external monitor. My terms may be inexact, as I work on Macs with Danish as the system language Klaus From: Mark D Lew markd...@earthlink.net I've recently switched to a new computer (MacBook Pro). The re-install and copy of Finale preferences went pretty smoothly, except that today I discovered that my Edit System Margins dialog box won't appear. When I do Page Layout Systems Edit Margins it acts as if it's doing it, except the dialog box is nowhere to be found. I can only conclude that somehow it managed to get located off my screen. If I remove the preferences file and restart Finale, it does indeed appear again. But then everything else looks wrong because I lose a ton of other preferences that I want to keep. Is there any way I can get that one dialog box back without having to reset all my preferences from scratch? ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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] dialog box off screen
the only solution to this i have found is replugging your external monitor and moving them. i try to remember to open finale and move the layout dialogue boxes and save prefs before going on the road. sometimes i forget. then it sux. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen
On Jun 1, 2011, at 4:20 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: I am 95% certain that Mark's problem is that he's trying to use a set of preferences originally generated on a PPC Mac on an Intel-based Mac. Yes. That is indeed the case. The new machine does not have a smaller screen. There's no particular reason to think it was off screen except that I couldn't think of any other reason why it would be gone. When you do this, the Edit Margins dialog boxes do not show up *anywhere* on screen. It doesn't matter how many pixels he adds, because the dialog boxes are not being displayed offscreen -- they are not being displayed at all. It's a known issue, and the only solution is to rebuild the preferences from scratch. Bummer. But thanks for the information. At least now I know what I have to do. mdl ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen
Not if you are upgrading from a PPC Mac to an Intel Mac, no. In that situation, you must rebuild your preferences from scratch. Fortunately, that is usually a one-time thing. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 Jun 2011, at 2:31 AM, Ryan Beard wrote: Bummer. Is there a way to avoid this problem? On May 31, 2011, at 10:49 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.net wrote: Klaus, Ryan, Guys, this is a known problem and Mark's hypothesis about the dialog boxes being located off-screen, while a sensible conclusion, is mistaken. More pixels won't help. He needs to rebuild his prefs. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 1 Jun 2011, at 1:22 AM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: Problem about changing screen resolution is, that MacBook has its maximum resolution as its default. And you need more pixels to see the disappeared box. There may be yet another solution. If you still have your previous system, open a Finale file there, drag the dialogue box to the center of the first page, close and save, move to the MacBook, and there place the dialogue box where you want it. Klaus From: Ryan ry.squa...@gmail.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 7:08 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen You can also just try changing your screen resolution in the system preferences. On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre yorkmaster...@yahoo.com wrote: Apparently your new screen has fewer pixels than your previous one, where the said dialog bow was near the edge. One method maybe solving the problem is about adding an external monitor, if you have one, and then about by means of the monitor control panel from system controls moving that external monitor around until you see the dialog box. Then drag the box to your on-board screen and unmount the external monitor. My terms may be inexact, as I work on Macs with Danish as the system language Klaus From: Mark D Lew markd...@earthlink.net I've recently switched to a new computer (MacBook Pro). The re-install and copy of Finale preferences went pretty smoothly, except that today I discovered that my Edit System Margins dialog box won't appear. When I do Page Layout Systems Edit Margins it acts as if it's doing it, except the dialog box is nowhere to be found. I can only conclude that somehow it managed to get located off my screen. If I remove the preferences file and restart Finale, it does indeed appear again. But then everything else looks wrong because I lose a ton of other preferences that I want to keep. Is there any way I can get that one dialog box back without having to reset all my preferences from scratch? ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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
[Finale] dialog box off screen
I've recently switched to a new computer (MacBook Pro). The re-install and copy of Finale preferences went pretty smoothly, except that today I discovered that my Edit System Margins dialog box won't appear. When I do Page Layout Systems Edit Margins it acts as if it's doing it, except the dialog box is nowhere to be found. I can only conclude that somehow it managed to get located off my screen. If I remove the preferences file and restart Finale, it does indeed appear again. But then everything else looks wrong because I lose a ton of other preferences that I want to keep. Is there any way I can get that one dialog box back without having to reset all my preferences from scratch? mdl ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen
Apparently your new screen has fewer pixels than your previous one, where the said dialog bow was near the edge. One method maybe solving the problem is about adding an external monitor, if you have one, and then about by means of the monitor control panel from system controls moving that external monitor around until you see the dialog box. Then drag the box to your on-board screen and unmount the external monitor. My terms may be inexact, as I work on Macs with Danish as the system language Klaus From: Mark D Lew markd...@earthlink.net I've recently switched to a new computer (MacBook Pro). The re-install and copy of Finale preferences went pretty smoothly, except that today I discovered that my Edit System Margins dialog box won't appear. When I do Page Layout Systems Edit Margins it acts as if it's doing it, except the dialog box is nowhere to be found. I can only conclude that somehow it managed to get located off my screen. If I remove the preferences file and restart Finale, it does indeed appear again. But then everything else looks wrong because I lose a ton of other preferences that I want to keep. Is there any way I can get that one dialog box back without having to reset all my preferences from scratch? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen
You can also just try changing your screen resolution in the system preferences. On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre yorkmaster...@yahoo.com wrote: Apparently your new screen has fewer pixels than your previous one, where the said dialog bow was near the edge. One method maybe solving the problem is about adding an external monitor, if you have one, and then about by means of the monitor control panel from system controls moving that external monitor around until you see the dialog box. Then drag the box to your on-board screen and unmount the external monitor. My terms may be inexact, as I work on Macs with Danish as the system language Klaus From: Mark D Lew markd...@earthlink.net I've recently switched to a new computer (MacBook Pro). The re-install and copy of Finale preferences went pretty smoothly, except that today I discovered that my Edit System Margins dialog box won't appear. When I do Page Layout Systems Edit Margins it acts as if it's doing it, except the dialog box is nowhere to be found. I can only conclude that somehow it managed to get located off my screen. If I remove the preferences file and restart Finale, it does indeed appear again. But then everything else looks wrong because I lose a ton of other preferences that I want to keep. Is there any way I can get that one dialog box back without having to reset all my preferences from scratch? ___ 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] dialog box off screen
Problem about changing screen resolution is, that MacBook has its maximum resolution as its default. And you need more pixels to see the disappeared box. There may be yet another solution. If you still have your previous system, open a Finale file there, drag the dialogue box to the center of the first page, close and save, move to the MacBook, and there place the dialogue box where you want it. Klaus From: Ryan ry.squa...@gmail.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 7:08 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] dialog box off screen You can also just try changing your screen resolution in the system preferences. On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre yorkmaster...@yahoo.com wrote: Apparently your new screen has fewer pixels than your previous one, where the said dialog bow was near the edge. One method maybe solving the problem is about adding an external monitor, if you have one, and then about by means of the monitor control panel from system controls moving that external monitor around until you see the dialog box. Then drag the box to your on-board screen and unmount the external monitor. My terms may be inexact, as I work on Macs with Danish as the system language Klaus From: Mark D Lew markd...@earthlink.net I've recently switched to a new computer (MacBook Pro). The re-install and copy of Finale preferences went pretty smoothly, except that today I discovered that my Edit System Margins dialog box won't appear. When I do Page Layout Systems Edit Margins it acts as if it's doing it, except the dialog box is nowhere to be found. I can only conclude that somehow it managed to get located off my screen. If I remove the preferences file and restart Finale, it does indeed appear again. But then everything else looks wrong because I lose a ton of other preferences that I want to keep. Is there any way I can get that one dialog box back without having to reset all my preferences from scratch? ___ 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 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
