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How to run Sibelius 7 without the Quick Start window
Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:15 AM PDT
An empty Sibelius document window, yesterday.
Warning: this post gets a bit nerdy about software windowing models. If
that doesnâ??t sound like your cup of tea, try this instead. Likewise, if
youâ??re a Mac user, you might find all this a bit parochial.
Like all good modern applications, Sibelius 7 uses the Single Document
Interface (SDI) model, which means that each Sibelius score you open gets its
own window, each with its own button on the Windows taskbar, and so on. Of
course, you can also open further windows onto the same document if you wish
(of which more later), but in the general run of things youâ??ll have a single
window for each document, with multiple tabs open in that window to house the
full score. Folks who have upgraded from previous versions of Sibelius, which
used the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) model â?? where the Sibelius
application itself has a parent window to house every score that is opened, and
that window stays open until the application quits â?? have struggled a bit
with the transition to SDI.
The chief sticking point is the expectation of what happens when you
close a window. On Windows, typically an application quits once it no longer
has any windows open (obviously there are exceptions, such as applications that
put icons down in the system notification area, but those are normally
utilities rather than full-blown productivity applications). Under the old MDI
model, it was easy to close one score before opening a new one: the parent
window would hang around, so you could simply choose File > Open from the menu,
and a new score window would open within the parent window. Under an SDI model,
however, if you close the last document window, the application quits (on
Windows only, of course), so you never get the option to open another score.
This is why, by default, we made the Quick Start window reappear after you
close the last document window: it prevents Sibelius from quitting, and
provides you with an easy way to open another score.
But what if you donâ??t want to see the Quick Start window? It was
already possible to disable the Quick Start window when starting Sibelius, with
the application opening a default blank score for you, so that you can open a
new score from there, or indeed just add instruments to that default document
and get cracking. But if you disable the Quick Start window when closing the
last score window, Sibelius quits as soon as that window closes.
As of the latest Sibelius 7 update, version 7.1.2, Sibelius now behaves
the same as other SDI applications that use ribbons, such as Microsoft Word.
What this means is that if you close the last tab in the last window (e.g. by
clicking its close button, or by typing Ctrl+W or Command-W, or by clicking
Close in the File tab), the score disappears from the window, but the window
remains, with the ribbon disabled above it. You can click the File tab, which
now defaults to the Recent page, making it easy to choose a recent score to
open, or you can click Open (or type Ctrl+O or Command-O) or New (Ctrl+N or
Command-N) to open an existing score or start a new one. Once you have opened
an existing score or started a new one, the empty window ends up with the
newly-opened or created score in it, and away you go again.
Be warned: closing the last window by clicking the close button at the
top right-hand corner of the window will still quit Sibelius altogether (unless
you have set the Quick Start to open after the last window closes), but this is
correct, and how SDI applications work.
So to run Sibelius without the Quick Start, first ensure youâ??ve updated
to Sibelius 7.1.2, then switch off Show Quick Start dialog and Show Quick Start
again after closing last score on the Other page of Preferences. Enjoy!
Related posts:
a.. Sibelius 7.1.2 update now available
b.. Reflecting on the ribbon
c.. Sibelius 7.0.3 update now available
d.. Sibelius 7.0.1 update now available
e.. Everything old is new again: Sibelius 7 now supports Windows XP
f.. Sibelius 7 Essential Training on Lynda.com
g.. Come and see Sibelius at Musikmesse Frankfurt
h.. Alexis Cuadradoâ??s â??A Lorca Soundscapeâ?? scored in Sibelius,
premieres in New York this month
i.. Sheffield comes Alight with Timothy Allenâ??s Olympic Triptych,
scored in Sibelius
j.. Rodrigo y Gabrielaâ??s album Area 52 made with Sibelius and Pro
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