Hotkeys for alt codes

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sknien
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Post by sknien » Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:46 pm

I work with a lot of chant-like music where many words are recited on a single tone. I'm using Finale 2009b on Windows XP. Having to type alt+0160 after each word slows me down considerably! Is there a way in Finale to assign alt codes to a single keystroke? I would gladly give up, say, the right hand windows button on my keyboard.

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Peter Thomsen
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:54 pm

Welcome to the forum!

It sounds like the utility AllChars could be of some use for you.

URL:
http://allchars.zwolnet.com/
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at8ax
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Post by at8ax » Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:16 pm

If you'd rather go the hardware route, I heartily endorse the Genovation 24-key Control Pad 683. Besides that, on a lark, I recently acquired Logitech's G110 keyboard, which also has dedicated programmable keys.
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sknien
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Post by sknien » Thu Sep 26, 2013 2:55 pm

AllChars did the trick! I may consider another keyboard in the future. Thanks for the tips.
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miker
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Post by miker » Thu Sep 26, 2013 6:55 pm

AllChars is a beautiful thing. When I used Windows, I wouldn't have been without it.
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Peter S.
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Post by Peter S. » Fri Sep 27, 2013 5:54 am

You can also use Ctrl+C to copy the [Alt+0160] and use Ctrl+V to insert it. That's what I did many times...

Peter
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