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| Posted By : OCTO. - 11/19/2016 7:56 AM | In many applications, holding the Alt key, and click-drag an item makes the copy of it.
Is this available in Finale (here Windows 7)?
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| Posted By : Zuill - 11/19/2016 11:00 AM | Does the Mac version do that?
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| Posted By : mm - 11/19/2016 11:34 AM | Maybe I misunderstand the question, but what's wrong with just selecting what you want to copy (several or whole or parts of measures) and then click+drag (no Alt necessary) to wherever you want to? That makes a copy, at least it works for me (in WIN8.1 anyway, don't know about Mac).
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| Posted By : N. Grossingink - 11/19/2016 11:40 AM | Zuill said...
Does the Mac version do that?
Zuill
No.
Octo, I'm not sure how practical your suggestion is, in the long run. As is well known, all items in Finale are anchored to a specific place determined by how the item was entered. These being a particular note, measure and/or staff. You can override the anchor of expressions or chords by pressing a modifier key; not so with articulations. Smart Shapes can be dragged horizontally and will change their anchor points, but not to another stave.
I use the Filter extensively for copying these kind of things.
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| Posted By : OCTO. - 11/19/2016 12:12 PM | For example, you have an Expression in one instrument, but suddently you see you need it in another instrument in another place. With Alt+drag you would simply drag it (copy) there but the original would be kept in place. I think it is very practical.
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| Posted By : Motet - 11/19/2016 12:27 PM | It would, but alas Alt-drag has another meaning in Finale.
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| Posted By : Michel R. E. - 11/19/2016 3:01 PM | Motet said...
It would, but alas Alt-drag has another meaning in Finale.
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| Posted By : Vaughan - 11/19/2016 7:59 PM | +1 Michel!
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| Posted By : Zuill - 11/19/2016 9:49 PM |
OCTO. said...For example, you have an Expression in one instrument, but suddently you see you need it in another instrument in another place. With Alt+drag you would simply drag it (copy) there but the original would be kept in place. I think it is very practical.
Just use the metatool and click it into another place. If you need it in all staves up and down, right-click, then choose assign to all staves. Or, when the handle is selected, press alt-enter and it assigns to all staves. Or, choose Assign to Staves and pick only certain staves. That DB opens with ctrl-alt-enter.
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| Posted By : Dr. Wiggy - 11/20/2016 3:41 AM | (On Mac) Alt plus click pastes the current selection, without any dragging.
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| Posted By : mm - 11/20/2016 5:55 AM | In Windows (at least here on 8.1) Alt + click does nothing, Ctrl+click copies the selection (everything that is selected in Edit Filter), Ctrl+Alt+click opens the Paste Multiple choices (vertical and hoizontal)
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| Posted By : Dr. Wiggy - 11/20/2016 8:09 AM | Yes, sorry: the Mac shortcut is Alt-click: Windows is CTRL-Click.
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