On 18 Sep 2005 at 1:19, Owain Sutton wrote: > Christopher Smith wrote: > >> It's also on the Edit toolbar > > > > Hmm, must be a PC thing. There's no Edit toolbar I can find on my > > Mac version (2005) > > Another Mac user could perhaps confirm this....but (I think) the Edit > toolbar is one of those which is permanently displayed in the default > 2005 PC install.
Well, I can't really tell what the defaults are in my current version of Finale or in the Finale 2005 demo, since I copied my Finale 2003 INI file over to the demo folder, but I had the same question -- I couldn't find an Edit menu. Then I noticed on the Windows menu that there's an MENU TOOLBARS item that takes you to a list of toolbars that replicate menu functionality. I wish the toolbars were customizable like typical Microsoft toolbars so I could select certain buttons to have on a custom toolbar. I'd love to have a toolbar with the FILE OPEN and FILE SAVE shortcuts (I use Ctrl-O and Ctrl-S, but the I also like having the toolbar icons, as well), the UNDO/REDO buttons, the SELECT PARTIAL MEASURES button and the SHOW CURRENT LAYER ONLY button. I can't see much else in the available menu toolbars that I'd want as shortcuts, and don't really understand why so many of the toolbar icons simply replicate existing keyboard shortcuts. For instance, the view percentage toolbar seems remarkably obtuse, as it offers percentages that are already available through easy keyboard shortcuts. If it offered *other* percentages, that would seem to me to make more sense. I also think Finale ought to have some customization of toolbars. I do remember that the old Finale, way back in the earliest days (i.e., Finale 2.01) offered some customization. But one used it at one's own risk, as if you clicked on an empty toolbar icon slot, Finale would crash. I'd really like to be able to eliminate the icons I just don't ever intend to use so that I could make room for others that I'd find useful. I never want to allocate any more room than two rows of toolbars across the top, so I'm currently stuck with the configuration I have (Main tool palette, playback controls and Advanced tools in the first row, Smart shape, Special tools, Navigational tools and Help Menu in the second row). -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
