Students are surprisingly astute at this sort of thing, and I don't think metatools are too much of a mystery for them. But I really don't know why CODA did away with the quick reference guide. The graphic representation of the key assignments for simple and speedy entry was a nice thing to have for students!
Tim
On Saturday, June 7, 2003, at 06:02 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
On Saturday, June 7, 2003, at 05:37 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
At 05:11 PM 6/7/2003, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>If you're a beginning and don't know about metatools yet, how would you
>know what those letters and numbers in the upper-right corner mean?
Well, I might read the manual.
Well, duh. But the point was ease of use. Important info like Metatools needs to be in multiple places, *especially* the Quick Reference Card and any automated tutorials.
Also -- realistically, "kids these days" aren't going to sit down with the manual in order to learn Finale. Especially not when you can easily figure out Sibelius without a manual. You can either huff and puff about "young people" and their lack of patience, or you can deal with the reality that most people simply aren't going to read software manuals.
- Darcy
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