Graphic Export (selection) hot key?

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maybedave
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Post by maybedave » Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:00 pm

Is there a hot key combination for exporting selected graphic?

Finale seems to have very few hot keys in general, which is mind-boggling to me. :shock: Would make workflow so much better.

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michelp
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Post by michelp » Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:13 pm

In the Mac System Preferences, you can add keyboard shortcuts to the menus of Finale which don't have any.
A more powerful alternative would be Keyboard Maestro.
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Post by motet » Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:20 pm

Or, a simple FinaleScript, which can be assigned to a keystroke:

Menu item "Export Selection"
Press OK

This has the possible advantage of avoiding timing issues, which can plague keyboard macros if they send the various keystrokes too fast.

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Post by miker » Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:35 pm

Being a big fan of KISS, I use the Mac keyboard to set up shortcuts. I have set CTRL-G to activate the graphics tool, and Shift-CTRL-G to export the page as PDF.
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