So, it's important for you to teach them composition but not have them burdened by correct notation? Because in Sibelius, most of the time the engraving is too far from engraver quality. It's...

Interesting discussion—what I did not read in the above reactions is the following (perhaps implied): My beef with Finale is its outdated user interface, and MM's steadfast refusal to develop and...

The tool shortcuts don't work on my Powerbook running OS10.3.9 either. I can, however, re-program them (unlike on the Intel Machine). I'm not interested in having to do that for every document I ever...

Erling, Programming is complicated. I understand. Programmers make mistakes. I understand. Failing to correct mistakes in a timely fashion I don't understand. I agree with you on most what you said....

Thank you for your help: What you describe works in a brand new document. However, it doesn't do anything in a document started many years ago (version 2003). It occurs in a piece in C, where I...