David, Noel, Klaas, Chris S, Jane- thanks a million- as ever the list comes through. I've sorted it out, and it works fine. BTW Jane, you're quite right- I dug out my old quick reference card and there is the list. "alt0222 = coda sign" and lots of others. I told you it would be blindingly obvious! Thanks again, Regards, Keith in OZ ----- Original Message ----- From: David H. Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: helgesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Finale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Nomadic Codas- Still!
> You need to go to the O.L.D. to find out which character is in which slot. > > Go to the HELP menu, scroll down to User Manual, and a sub-menu opens > up, with an entry for each font that comes with Finale, select Maestro > Character Map. A PDF document will open which shows you each character > available in the font, along with how to get it to show. Scroll down > the list until you find what you are looking for. On Windows machines, > Some are letters which are uncapitalized, others require the shift key, > some require you to hole the ALT key while typing (on the numeric > keypad, which they don't make clear) a combination of numbers which all > begin with zero. (On Macs, I don't know what would take the place of > the Alt-4numerals combinations, but it should be clear from the PDF file > that shows the character map.) > > The CODA sign (the zero with the cross overlaid) is gotten by holding > the ALT key and typing 0222 on the numeric keypad (on my Win98 computer > it doesn't matter whether NUMLOCK is turned on or off to do this.) > > > > helgesen wrote: > > Attn; Dave Bailey. I must be thick!- or missing something blindingly > > obvious. > > Acting on your advice I went to Expression Tool-Create-select Font (Maestro) > > size 24Bold-OK. > > Back to basic box- asking me to type in what I want to create (it tells me > > it's set for Maestro24) > > What do I type in? Where do I find this info? I've looked at the Coda sign > > in Repeat tools, it tells me it's in MaestroFont, and the symbol given is > > like a little hat standing on it's edge- or a small capital P with the same > > line going up as is seen going down. (Silly description- hope you know what > > I mean) How do I type in that symbol? Does it have a qwerty keyboard > > equivalent? > > I've tried 'open library' in File menu, basically looking for a "this equals > > that" or "# = %", or similar but libraries won't open. When I push and prod > > I'm told "invalid File name"- or somesuch message. > > When I click on 'open libraries' it flicks back to the basic open work file. > > I looked in the basic manual, but it's too basic and I've looked in OLD- > > mindbogglingly complex. > > As I said- I'm sure it's going to be embarrassingly obvious, and prove my > > original statement- I must be thick! > > Help, as ever, greatly appreciated, regards, Keith in OZ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > > -- > David H. Bailey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
