At 03:01 PM 8/14/2006, Andrew Stiller wrote:
>I confess I don't understand what "modal" is,
A modal window is one which must be closed before you can use the
rest of the program. For example, the Document Options window is
modal -- while it is open, you can't do anything else with Finale.
Same with most of the built-in Finale plugins. The opposite of this
is a modeless window, which can sit open on screel while you do other
things. FinaleScript is modeless, as is the Edit System Margins dialog.
>I start from score view will I be able to shift into an individual
>part and use a) JW Space Systems, b)TGTools/Spacing/Measure Widths,
>c)Patterson/Tie Mover, d) TGTools/Parts/Intelligent Extraction of
>Parts?
Yes to all of these. At least, all are modeless windows and will stay
open when you shift to a part. I think the TGTools part extraction
plugin will cause problems because it usually results in adding
staves, and adding staves from within a part is a bad thing for
Fin07. I'm also not sure how JW Space Systems will work (haven't tried it).
>If not, am I correct in understanding that the old part-extraction
>paradigm is still functional, so I could go that way and use any plugin
>I like?
This is also true.
Aaron.
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