Was this in Sib 5 or 6? Will it work in both? Dan? K. -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Carlson Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 6:34 PM To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Astounding! Score Position Preferences I don't know if I'm the only one who's been suffering this all along, but no doubt. But just in case, I stumbled across something that made editing of staff and system text much less problematic. Dan, if you've told me this before, then mea culpa. Okay, I've been beset with numerous occasions where I get that infernal message "There is something selected which is not in view. Do you want to insert your xxx next to this?" and I always answer "yes". I've also noticed that I have to continually fiddle with the zoom level (between 25% and 150% just to get the text item to open for editing, when hitting the Enter key. I think I found out that this was due to the selection/cursor being close to the edge of the display. I went into the following dialog in the File/Preferences menu, and in the Score Position page set the following items: Score Position During Input and Editing Follow selection - checked During note input, follow caret - checked Center selection - checked Avoid tool windows - checked View whole width of system - checked View whole height of system - checked After setting all these, I no longer got that Item next to" message and was able to open any text item, system or staff, at the zoom level I was in (which in my case I keep at 62.5%). I think the root cause of my pain was the "centered" one. It sort of makes sense. It's wonderful, editing now. Gotta go and write some chords... Dave If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx