[sib-access] Re: Fw: Sibelius Blog
- From: "Farfar on Nokia N95" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 17:48:07 -0700
Be glad I don't send more than that. They come about twice a month on average.
Dave Carlson
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Subject: [sib-access] Re: Fw: Sibelius Blog
From: Kevin Gibbs <kevjazz@xxxxxx>
Date: 04-03-2012 17:39
Everybody, just subscribe to the Damned Blog!
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On Apr 3, 2012, at 6:23 PM, "Farfar, on a Roll" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sibelius BlogMore on Sib 7.12.
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> Dave Carlson
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> States, using a Dell Latitude E6520 and Windows 7
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> How to run Sibelius 7 without the Quick Start window
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> Posted: 03 Apr 2012 04:15 AM PDT
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> 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
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