Hi Chuck, In case you don't know about it, here's a stop gap measure you could use until your X-keys keyboard problem is resolved. I haven't installed 2006 yet, so this is only accurate, for sure, as of 2005.
The eight keys, F,G,H,J,K,L,; and ' (3rd row up on my QWERTY keyboard) in combination with the control key, can each be programmed to select a tool of your choice. To program the F key, for example, type F while holding down the command and option keys. This brings up the Master Tool Palette, from which you select the tool you want assigned. That tool is then accessed by typing F while holding the control key. As handy as this is, it's even better when combined with the selection tool and its shortcuts. The two I use most are typing the escape key twice to bring up the selection tool, and double clicking an element (while in the selection tool) to access the the tool that created that element. If I said that clearly enough you should be able to see the potential decrease in mouse activity, especially in accessing the tool palette. Of course, that's not 20 programmable keys, but hopefully it'll be some help to you. Don Hart on 8/7/05 12:15 PM, Chuck Israels at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > Good news/bad news. > > First: the problem is eliminated when I start the system without the > Macromanager software that controls the X-keys keyboard. All Finale > tools behave as they should. Whew! All the preference file > questions, installation issues etc. turned out to be dead ends > because it was an entirely different kind of problem, and none of you > could have known (Hiro was on the right track when he suggested > turning off Quickeys). I should have been looking more closely at > the last thing that I changed before the problem appeared. I was > seduced into ignoring that because the device itself was working > properly, and it had taken me several hours of setting it up through > a new piece of software that wasn't exactly transparent in its > behavior to get it going. I like using the keyboard. It has 20 > programable keys that I have set up mainly to select tools - no menu > scrolling, and no mousing on a pallet, just a single push button, and > you change to the tool you need. It's so quick that it even renders > the selection tool a little redundant. > > Lesson learned: I had an emotional commitment to not looking at > something that had taken so much effort to set up, and that I like > having in the system. > > Bad news: I can't use it unless (or until) the software conflict is > resolved. > > Many of you have been wonderfully patient and attentive as I worked > through this yesterday. It may seem maudlin, but the feeling of > community and cooperation the comes through on this list is palpable > and holds special importance to me because we live so far from most > of the community of musicians with whom I share similar > relationships. Thanks beyond words. > > 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 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
