Shortcut to switch tools?

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wonder
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Post by wonder » Fri Oct 23, 2015 3:25 pm

I'm on Finale 2014 on my laptop.

Is there a keyboard shortcut to switch to the Measure Tool, Simply Entry Tool, Staff Tool ... etc etc?

the only one i know of is ESC to go back to the Selection Tool.

Thanks!
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Post by miker » Fri Oct 23, 2015 4:06 pm

I have programmed a few of them with Mac Keyboard shortcuts. iKey is another option.
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Post by at8ax » Sun Oct 25, 2015 6:07 pm

Edit/Preferences/View, check Show Tools Menu. That puts "Tools" up top. Alt/Opt-T to activate that menu, and then whatever underlined letter to switch to the desired tool.

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sun Oct 25, 2015 8:32 pm

at8ax wrote:Edit/Preferences/View, check Show Tools Menu. That puts "Tools" up top. Alt/Opt-T to activate that menu, and then whatever underlined letter to switch to the desired tool.
That works in Windows.

And the original poster (= wonder) is using Mac OS X, so…

But Mike’s suggestions do work in Mac OS X.
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