This is a bug and has been around for several versions. The method
listed below works for me, but the message bar will often reappear
when quitting and re-starting Finale, even with "Save Preferences on
Quitting" selected in the Program Options menu.
As far as I can see, the only use for the message bar for experienced
users is that it shows the settings of the above and below staff
baselines, if you need to make adjustments to those.
Chuck
On Feb 19, 2006, at 11:47 PM, Michael Cook wrote:
This is a bug, no doubt. Do report it to MakeMusic. One thing: I
find that I can make the message bar disappear again by choosing
"Show Message Bar", then choosing "Hide Message Bar", which avoids
the hassle of re-starting Finale. Does this work for you?
Michael
On 20 Feb 2006, at 08:15, Brian Williams wrote:
Dear List,
I'm using Finale 2006d on a Mac PowerBook running OS 10.4.5 and
I'm having
trouble keeping the message bar hidden after switching to Studio
View. I
have "Hide Message Bar" selected in the View menu, and it stays
temporarily
hidden until I select a different tool from the tool bar. Then the
message
bar appears with text telling me what the newly-selected tool is
and does.
If I force a redraw, it disappears, but if I scroll up the page
the message
bar moves with the music, appearing in the middle of the screen.
Once Studio
View is entered, it doesn't matter if I switch back to Scroll or
Page View,
the only way to get rid of the message bar is to quit Finale and
restart
without going into Studio View.
Is there some way to keep the message bar consistently hidden after
switching to Studio View?
Brian
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