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JustinP
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| Posted 11/4/2013 11:19 AM (GMT -6) |   | | |
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Zuill
"The Troll"
Date Joined Oct 2003
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| Posted 11/4/2013 11:27 AM (GMT -6) | | Can we get them back? Great time saver.
Zuill
"When all is said and done, more is said than done."
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Charles Lawrence
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| Posted 11/4/2013 1:05 PM (GMT -6) | | The new 2014 document manual says the "toolbars (and their customization), which duplicated commands available in Finale's menus, have been removed to free up screen space." I know all don't have it, but I use a 27" monitor and have plenty of screen space. I have all the toolbars and palettes available in 2012 open as icons along the top, left, and right edges of my screen. I have grown accustomed to using them. A great time saver. Please bring them back. Support case submitted. [EDIT] Make that monitor size inches (") not feet ('). Sorry!
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| Posted 11/4/2013 1:25 PM (GMT -6) | | Yes, this change seriously affects my workflow, particularly since I use a relatively small screen and I have everything set up to show only what I normally use and want to be able to get to easily and quickly. One could of course relearn and only use keyboard shortcuts, but WHY? It was great the way it was before, why remove a feature that was already established and working. Wrong decision as far as I am concerned. Support case submitted. Hope there'll be more submissions, so that this will be fixed in the first update (as was the case with that unfortunate un-resizable score manager last time - people seemed to have complained a lot, and it was fixed pretty quickly!).
Finale 3.7 - 2012c, GPO4, Cubase, ProTools, Fujitsu-Siemens AMILO Xi3650 laptop, 18.4'' display, 4GB RAM, Vista HP (32-bit), M-Audio Keystation 49 + Mini 32, Korg NANOkey | | Back to Top | |
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La Leyenda
Female. Composer. Legend.
Date Joined Oct 2013
Total Posts : 774
| Posted 11/4/2013 2:37 PM (GMT -6) | | Navigating via keyboard shortcuts will always be faster than reaching for the mouse every few seconds and disrupting workflow awesomeness! :)
I am so happy Finale 2014 is more "keyboard shortcut" oriented instead of silly mouse dependencies from circa 1992.
(fighting words?)
But seriously, I'm happy 2014 is out and rockin'. | | Back to Top | |
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Zuill
"The Troll"
Date Joined Oct 2003
Total Posts : 29077
| Posted 11/4/2013 2:43 PM (GMT -6) | | Try Shift-Alt-S. You get 2 shortcuts for the price of 1.
Zuill
"When all is said and done, more is said than done."
Finale 2002b, 2003a, 2004b, 2005b, Win XP SP3, 2011b Win 7 64bit, 2012a Bought and Paid For (Hopefully soon 2012b with some of the MAJOR BUGS fixed--well, now with 2012b and some of the bugs are fixed) 2012c, with some bug fixes
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Gareth Green
Player of fine trumpets
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| Posted 11/4/2013 2:47 PM (GMT -6) | | 'sorta difficult to draw smartshapes without a mouse ...
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La Leyenda
Female. Composer. Legend.
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Zuill
"The Troll"
Date Joined Oct 2003
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| Posted 11/4/2013 6:09 PM (GMT -6) | | about the 2 shortcuts: I remembered one of them can be changed (the Finalescript shortcut). Anyway, it was fun while it lasted.
Zuill
"When all is said and done, more is said than done."
Finale 2002b, 2003a, 2004b, 2005b, Win XP SP3, 2011b Win 7 64bit, 2012a Bought and Paid For (Hopefully soon 2012b with some of the MAJOR BUGS fixed--well, now with 2012b and some of the bugs are fixed) 2012c, with some bug fixes
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J.R.
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| Posted 11/4/2013 10:41 PM (GMT -6) | | | Submitted a support case, but seriously. This is a significant step backward. I fail to see how removing choice and customization is supposed to improve workflow. As a composer and a digital publisher, having all of the relevant tools (including page size and file menu) on my large monitor allowed me to streamline my work flow, something that appears to be the general theme of this upgrade. Removing choice and customization for no apparent benefit strikes me as very counterproductive. Please reconsider this. | | Back to Top | |
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Zuill
"The Troll"
Date Joined Oct 2003
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| Posted 11/5/2013 12:11 AM (GMT -6) | | This might be related:
In 2012 and before, when one changed layers, the Simple Entry Palette showed the color of the selected layer. I can't see that this is the case in 2014. Please tell me I didn't set things up right and there is a simple solution.
Zuill
"When all is said and done, more is said than done."
Finale 2002b, 2003a, 2004b, 2005b, Win XP SP3, 2011b Win 7 64bit, 2012a Bought and Paid For (Hopefully soon 2012b with some of the MAJOR BUGS fixed--well, now with 2012b and some of the bugs are fixed) 2012c, with some bug fixes
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Charles Lawrence
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| Posted 11/5/2013 8:19 AM (GMT -6) | | | Zuill, I never saw that feature of 2012. I have the Simple Entry palette open all the time and it never changes colors. Is there an option that I have overlooked all this time?
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Zuill
"The Troll"
Date Joined Oct 2003
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| Posted 11/5/2013 9:39 AM (GMT -6) | | I always chose Traditional. That explains it. Oh, they are really messing with us!
Zuill
"When all is said and done, more is said than done."
Finale 2002b, 2003a, 2004b, 2005b, Win XP SP3, 2011b Win 7 64bit, 2012a Bought and Paid For (Hopefully soon 2012b with some of the MAJOR BUGS fixed--well, now with 2012b and some of the bugs are fixed) 2012c, with some bug fixes. 2014 now.
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Charles Lawrence
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| Posted 11/5/2013 10:45 AM (GMT -6) | | | OK. I don't particularly like the icons in Traditional, so I chose long ago Studio Bronze Medium. I like the icons more than the changing color for layer. Wish there were both available. Thanks for the heads up. [EDIT] All the others seem to already have a color associated with them, so that is probably why they don't change with layer.
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Finale versions: 2012c.r13, 2014.0.3163 GPO4
"There is a world of difference between a person who has a big problem and a person who makes a problem big." – John Maxwell
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