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Post by jose oscar » Fri Feb 10, 2017 6:30 pm

When I am working on a some measurers (Page view) and I zoom to 200% the page appears is another different. Also happens when I change the view from 200% to 100%. Mamma mia! I feel nearly dizzy looking always for the measures.
Is the a way under Preferences to see always the meausures I am woring on, independently of the zoom I apply?

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Post by Charles Lawrence » Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:21 pm

If you use the Select Tool to select (highlight in blue) the measure(s) you are working on, it(they) will remain selected and highlighted in blue, when you zoom in/out. It may not be on the screen if zoomed in too high, but searching for it(them) will be somewhat easier, since it(they) will be highlighted in blue. Not exactly what you want, but I think that is the best you can do.
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Post by jose oscar » Fri Feb 10, 2017 11:28 pm

Thank you, Charles,
It's a good idea

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Post by Harpsi » Sat Feb 11, 2017 1:35 pm

Not exactly what you are asking for, but this might be good if you did not already know it.

In the selection tool, press and hold shift, press and hold right mouse button, drag to make a marquee of your choice, release all to zoom to marquee. I use it all the time.
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Post by Charles Lawrence » Sat Feb 11, 2017 1:55 pm

Nice tip, Harpsi. I had forgotten about that way to zoom in. Thanks for refreshing my memory.
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Post by Harpsi » Sat Feb 11, 2017 2:13 pm

You're welcome Charles. In my opinion, that shortcut and the ones for fit to width/window are the most useful.
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Post by jose oscar » Sat Feb 11, 2017 5:08 pm

Harpsi,
Thanks for the tip

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Post by miker » Sat Feb 11, 2017 6:55 pm

Many drafting programs have a zoom command with the same icon of a magnifying glass, although the function is different. Using this tool to drag around a section of your drawing enlarges and centers the scribed area on the screen.

Maybe this would be a helpful tool for Finale, as well, or perhaps the existing zoom tool could be modified so that the zoom would be centered wherever you placed the tool.
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Post by Charles Lawrence » Sat Feb 11, 2017 7:24 pm

Mike,
I think that is what Harpsi was saying with his tip. As it turns out, SHIFT hold right mouse button will temporarily enable the Zoom Tool where you can drag a marque around a portion of your document and release to enlarge and center the enclosed area to fit the screen. Harpsi said to use the Select Tool, but this works no matter what tool is selected. BTW: CTRL-SHIFT hold right mouse button reduces the enclosed area.

Replace CTRL with COMMAND on the Mac.
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Post by motet » Sat Feb 11, 2017 7:34 pm

I realized the other day that Finale always has a vertical scroll bar no matter how far out you're zoomed and whether there's anything to scroll to or not. I wish it worked like other programs.

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Post by miker » Sat Feb 11, 2017 7:56 pm

Charles, this may be a Windows/Mac issue.

On a Mac, CMD+SHIFT+Click will zoom in. But, IN PAGE VIEW ONLY, Zoom Tool>Click/hold/drag> will, in fact, zoom and enlarge the selected area.

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Post by Charles Lawrence » Sat Feb 11, 2017 10:47 pm

miker wrote:Charles, this may be a Windows/Mac issue.

On a Mac, CMD+SHIFT+Click will zoom in. But, IN PAGE VIEW ONLY, Zoom Tool>Click/hold/drag> will, in fact, zoom and enlarge the selected area.

Nice tip, thanks!
Even in Windows, (CTRL-)SHIFT right click hold and drag a marque, only seems to work in page view. In scroll view you cannot drag a marque. As soon as you SHIFT right click, it zooms in. With CTRL-SHIFT right click, it immediately zooms out.

I did not know it operated differently depending on which view you were in. It has to be a right-click though, no matter what view.
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Post by michelp » Sat Feb 11, 2017 10:59 pm

On a Mac, Alt+SHIFT+Click will zoom out. A "left" click.
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Post by zuill » Sat Feb 11, 2017 11:04 pm

I never use the above mentioned zoom methods. I press the scroll wheel to zoom in, and ctrl-scroll wheel to zoom out. Hold scroll wheel and drag to select area.

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Post by motet » Sat Feb 11, 2017 11:06 pm

Ctrl-Keypad+ or - for me.

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Post by Harpsi » Sat Feb 11, 2017 11:13 pm

Zuill said:
I never use the above mentioned zoom methods. I press the scroll wheel to zoom in, and ctrl-scroll wheel to zoom out. Hold scroll wheel and drag to select area.
That's good to know, thanks! Was not aware of those. But ctrl-scroll wheel must be something you programmed, that is not native to Finale, is it? I use that too, but as a AHK-macro.
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Post by zuill » Sat Feb 11, 2017 11:19 pm

It's always been that way in Finale for me. I never had to program anything.

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Post by Harpsi » Sat Feb 11, 2017 11:31 pm

Hmm, that's really strange. Unless my AHK script is running I won't be able to do that. Is there a setting for this?
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Post by jose oscar » Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:02 am

zuill wrote:I never use the above mentioned zoom methods. I press the scroll wheel to zoom in, and ctrl-scroll wheel to zoom out. Hold scroll wheel and drag to select area.

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Do you mean CTRL + press scroll wheel of the mouse? I don't understand "press", as the wheel rolls up and down

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Post by zuill » Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:07 am

Many mice have the ability to press the wheel for Functionality. Both of mine do. Maybe yours doesn't.

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Post by miker » Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:08 am

The Apple mouse has no scroll wheel.
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Post by zuill » Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:15 am

Wow. I couldn't survive without out it. In the pictures I see of mice for Apple, what does the wheel do that I am seeing?

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P.S.: Looking in the online documentation, it says scroll wheel support was added to the Mac version in Finale 2007. If there is no scroll wheel, what does that mean? Now I am quite curious.
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Post by Charles Lawrence » Sun Feb 12, 2017 1:13 am

SHIFT right click gives the same result as PRESS scroll wheel. It temporarily switches to the Zoom Tool and zooms in one level. It does not work in Scroll view.

EDIT: The word "It" was not the proper pronoun to use in this case. To be clear I have corrected my mistake below.

However, dragging a marque around an area to zoom and center does not work in scroll view, only page view.
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Post by zuill » Sun Feb 12, 2017 1:19 am

I get the same behavior in Scroll View and Page View. Shift-Right Click same as Scroll Wheel Click. Ctrl-Shift Right Click same as Ctrl-Scroll Wheel Click.

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Post by Charles Lawrence » Sun Feb 12, 2017 1:53 am

I was not clear enough. Did you read the whole thread? The issue was discussed above. You cannot draw a marque around a portion of your document in order to zoom in and center the enclosed area on the screen unless you are in Page View.
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