Finale - Reference 3. [antikvár]

How to Use Finale Reference If the Finale Ettcyclopedia is a how-to book, you can think of this volume as a "what-is-it?" book. In it you'11 find a description of every dialog box, menu, and window in Finale, listed alphabetically. At the front, there's an overview of Finale's tools and their specialized functions; at the back, there are four useful appendices that describe Finale's keyboard shortcuts, tips for getting accurate transcriptions from live performances, and what features are new in this version of Finale. Use this book when you're working in Finale and encounter a button or checkbox whose meaning isn't clear to you. Almost every dialog box in Finale has a name at the top; just glance at the name of the dialog box in which the unfamiliar option appears, and look it up in this book. For each entry, you'11 find a brief description of the dialog box's purpose and how you can access it. You'11 then see a listing of every checkbox, text box, and button in the dialog box and descriptions of what they do. A few Finale dialog boxes don't have names. You'11 find them listed in this book by the first words that appear in them. For example, one such box asks, "Save changes to" and then lists the active document's name. (You'11 find that box listed in the S's of this book.) You'11 notice several terms and conventions that may be unfamiliar to you as you peruse this volume. For example, the elements of a dialog box itself are referred to as follows: ld Display Score in Concert Pitch fW^ Break a Multimeasure Rest These are checkboxes. When you select a checkbox option by clicking—either on the box or on the words themselves—an X appears. Click again to remove the X and turn off (or "deselect") the option. OK "Tl ?Cancel j These are buttons. Click one to make something happen. Cancel and OK are particularly important; click Cancel to back out of whatever dialog box you're in, without actually doing anything. Click OK to proceed with the settings or command represented by the dialog box. Cancel and OK have another important attribute in Finale. If you've entered one dialog box by clicking a button in another one—or if you've traveled through several dialog boxes to reach your current location—you don't have to click each successive OK button (or Cancel button) to return to the score. Instead, simply click OK (or Cancel) while holding down the Ietri il key. You'11 be transported directly back through the chain of dialog boxes. Page S ize: # Leiter J Legal J Tabloid A set of option buttons. Option buttons always appear in groups. You can select one of the displayed options by clicking either the button or on the words themselves. Option buttons are something like push buttons on a car radio: when you select one, the others "pop up"—in other words, only one of these options may be selected at a time.