Guiliano,
My original reply to your message didn't seem to get to the list, but
you aren't out of options in 2006.
Drag and drop behaved differently from copy and paste in version
before 2007. The reasons had something to do with the kind of data
you could get the operating system's clipboard to hold. Some things
wouldn't work with copy and paste, but since drag and drop stayed "in
house" inside Finale, that worked for all items.
They messed with it a bit after changing the general behaviour, but
it works properly now, in late 2007 and 2008.
But in 2006 and previous, if you select the source measures and then
alt-click the first target measure, this behaves the same as drag and
drop. (I hope I got the PC key right; I am on a Mac). This is useful
when the target area is off screen; you select your source, scroll to
the target and alt-click to copy everything.
You can still do what you need to do this way.
Christopher
On Dec 1, 2007, at 4:43 PM, Giuliano Forghieri wrote:
At 14.53 01/12/2007, Robert Patterson wrote:
Unfortunately, copying entries is far beyond the scope of Mass Copy.
That's a pity, but thank you anyway, your plug-ins are invaluable.
I haven't messed much with Fin08. Is it better, worse, or the
same with respect to copying smart shapes?
I'm still on 2006, and I don't have plans to upgrade now, but if
the answer is "better" I'll probably do it (actually, I have bought
the 2007 upgrade, but it's been uninstalled soon after discovering
that none of the major problems got fixed)
What I do instead is wait until I've entered the notes, then copy
the tuplets using Mass Copy. This works quickly and painlessly.
I can think of several situations where that would not be neither
quick nor painless, but indeed it would be in some cases (I have a
long experience with Finale - the first version I had was 1.1.1 -
and although I don't post on this list very much, I'm here almost
from the beginning...).
If the underlying "actual" meter is the longest meter in the
stack, you don't have to worry about speedy jumping or complaining
as you enter the notes.
Again, that's true, but sometimes the situation is different and
you have to deal with those annoyances.
I also make liberal use of my Beam Selection plugin, which allows
you to beam notes based on selecting them, including in stacks.
And this is a further step to do...
My point is that indeed you can obtain good results using
workarounds and plug-ins, but when speed is essential you may find
yourself in trouble.
Thanks and all the best
Giuliano Forghieri
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