I've never used the numeric keypad for metatools, but I don't think that is the issue. I have had metatools stop working in the way you describe on a few occasions. I have taken it as evidence of flaky behaviour before a crash, and rebooted the computer. That cleared it up. It is not an ongoing issue for me, though.
I am on a 2 X 2 GHz duo-core Intel Xeon, OS 10.6.8 like you. Christopher On Fri Jul 13, at FridayJul 13 5:28 PM, J D Thomas wrote: > Here's one for the weird and unexplainable. Even tech support at MM has no > answer, so I throw it up for the edification and advice of the collective > knowledge here. > > I've had an ongoing problem with Finale for quite some time. It happens in > Finale 2007, 2011, and 2012. I'm on a Mac 10.6.8 (but I also had it on > 10.5.8 Leopard as well). MacPro 2 x 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon. > > I am a keyboard fanatic; I really don't like using the mouse unless there is > no other way. So I have always made copious use of the built-in metatools in > Finale, ever since version 2.0 back in the dark ages. I also have used > keyboard macro programs but this issue is solely within Finale and involves > only their metatools. > > I will be editing a file and everything will be fine. I use the numeric > keypad to execute metatools and I have a system I've developed for every tool > and every file I work in so that it is easy to remember file to file. > > What happens is that all of a sudden Finale stops recognizing the numeric > keypad for metatools. I hold down a number, click, and whatever tool I'm in, > up comes the usual dialog box as if I just double-clicked. The numbers along > the QWERTY will work however--sometimes. I have had numerous experiences > lately where Finale will get stubborn and NONE of the keys work, including > ones I've programmed for letter keys. In fact, if I click in the score with > any tool, Finale will steadfastly place the last entered element I used for > that tool. This happens with Articulations, Clefs, Expressions, you name it. > Every tool that utilizes metatools. > > Quitting and relaunching the program never helps. Logging out and back in > works sometimes. Restarting seems to work all or most of the time. But the > issue keep recurring at some point, even after a restart. And it's pissing > me off! > > It's not the keyboard because I've had the same problem with 4 different > ones, wired and wireless. > > Doug at tech support finally threw in the towel stating they'd heard nothing > along these lines from any other user and he tried everything he could think > of to no avail. > > I then considered that it just might be a user account issue, since I've use > the same user account for the past 3-4 years or so, and it's the same MacPro. > So I set up a new, virgin user account, started editing away in Finale 2012, > and bang, this morning it happened again! Just like all the other times. > > If anyone has any suggestions, advice, I'm all ears. The new user account > was my last stab. > > I am at a loss. > > J D Thomas > ThomaStudios > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
