Menu Shortcuts Plug-in
How to get there
Choose Plug-ins > TGTools > Menu Shortcuts.
What it does
The menu Shortcuts plug-in allows you to
assign special key combinations to any of Finale’s menu items.
- Enable
Keyboard Shortcuts. Check this box to use the keyboard shortcuts.
- Add
• Edit • Remove. Click Add to choose the keystroke from the Key
Assignment dialog box. Select an entry and click Edit to edit an existing
keyboard shortcut in the Key Assignment dialog box. See Key Assignment
dialog box below. Select an entry and click Remove to delete an existing
keyboard shortcut.
- OK
• Close • About. Click OK to apply the current commands. Click
Close to dismiss the dialog box without making any changes.
Note: Keyboard shortcuts
defined with the menu Shortcuts plug-in take precedence over existing
keyboard functionality in Finale, as well as any keyboard shortcuts defined
using Simple Entry’s Edit
Keyboard Shortcuts. For example, if you
use the menu Shortcuts plug-in to assign SHIFT+1 to Select Display Colors
under the View menu, the SHIFT+1 keystroke will no longer be available
for assigning Metatools in any of the Main Tools, nor will this keystroke
switch to the 64th Rest Tool while using Simple Entry.
Key Assignment
How to get there
- Choose Plug-ins > TGTools > Easy Tremolos.
- Click Add or select a shortcut and click Edit.
What it does
The Key Assignment dialog box allows you
to assign a shortcut to a key stroke.
- Key
to remap: Key • SHIFT • CTRL • ALT • Listen. Enter the main letter
or number into the text box or choose a keystroke from the drop-down menu.
Check SHIFT or ALT or CTRL to add the modifier to the keystroke. Click
the Listen button to record the next key you press as the shortcut key.
Note that modifiers such as SHIFT, CTRL or ALT must be checked separated.
- Select
menu COMMAND. Choose the menu item by working your way through
the multiple levels of the drop-down selection lists. In order to assign
a shortcut, the menu item must be visible. For example, to assign a shortcut
to the Chord menu, you must first select the Chord tool and then run the
menu Shortcut plug-in.
If you wish to assign shortcuts to the tools,
make the Tools menu visible. From the Edit menu, choose Preferences
and select View. Check the Show Tools menu box.
- OK
• Cancel. Click OK to accept the shortcut command and return to
the menu Shortcuts dialog box. Click Cancel to return to the menu Shortcuts
dialog box without making any changes.
