Everybody, just subscribe to the Damned Blog! Sent from my iPhone On Apr 3, 2012, at 6:23 PM, "Farfar, on a Roll" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sibelius BlogMore on Sib 7.12. > > Dave Carlson > Tastefully composed and transmitted from somewhere in the Western United > States, using a Dell Latitude E6520 and Windows 7 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sibelius Blog > To: dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 15:38 > Subject: Sibelius Blog > > > Sibelius Blog > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 doesn’t sound like your cup of tea, try this instead. Likewise, if > you’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 you’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 – 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 – 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 don’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 you’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 Cuadrado’s “A Lorca Soundscape†scored in Sibelius, > premieres in New York this month > i.. Sheffield comes Alight with Timothy Allen’s Olympic Triptych, > scored in Sibelius > j.. Rodrigo y Gabriela’s album Area 52 made with Sibelius and Pro > Tools > > > > > You are subscribed to email updates from Sibelius Blog > To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. 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