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I've learned a good many things by reading the Tip Of The Day in Quick Start window, but this one made me look twice:

"Stand the legs of your bed in bowls of salt to fend off vampires"

This won't help me get a decent page layout, but I've never felt safer at night!

-Jim Roberts

Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day
Posted by jay vilnai - 23 Jun 01:32AM

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Daniel Spreadsbury - Vampire Slayer. I guess that explains how he can be found answering questions here all night long.

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Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day
Posted by Richard Vitale - 23 Jun 08:39AM

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Hmmmm . . . a sense of humor . . . I like that :-)

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Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day
Posted by Robert Enns - 23 Jun 12:39PM

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That's not humour, that's a tried and true remedy.

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Win 7 64 bit, 3.1 GHz, 8 Gigs RAM
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Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day
Posted by Daniel formerly at Sibelius - 23 Jun 12:57PM

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I can't take the credit for that tip of the day. I think it was Ben Finn who put that one in, way back when. Tips of the day are no longer displayed in Sibelius 7, so unfortunately that pearl of wisdom will be lost to future generations.

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Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day
Posted by Robert Enns - 23 Jun 05:43PM

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Yet another benefit of being an early adopter.

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Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day
Posted by jay vilnai - 23 Jun 07:04PM

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The world is changing. The old ways are dying out.

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Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day
Posted by Martin P. Kellogg - 24 Jun 05:45AM

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For something that's still in Sib7, go to file>preferences>keyboard shortcuts>tuplets, and read the list carefully.

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Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day
Posted by Mark K Sealey - 24 Jun 05:49AM

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Obviously a joke from Avid Ink.

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Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day
Posted by Martin P. Kellogg - 24 Jun 06:14AM

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No, it long predates Avid. I've seen it in every version of Sibelius I've had. (However, I see your point.)

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Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day
Posted by Andy G - 24 Jun 08:25AM

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The Finns have a great sense of humour that once used to pervade the owners manuals, as I found the first time I reviewed a Sibelius product years ago (Sib 2). It made me, and a few readers, smile! :)

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Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day
Posted by Laurence Payne - 24 Jun 09:20AM (edited 24 Jun 09:21AM)

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And, apart from the wonderful gratuitous insult to "bagpipe or accordion" players (search that phrase in the manual) that's about it. Or have I missed any?

Afficonados of such things should look through the manuals for Mackie products, where they are rife.

Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day
Posted by Mark K Sealey - 24 Jun 03:41PM

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Martin,

Yes, it was the ink not the Avid that was uppermost.

I too remember it as an Acorn (Archimedes?) product. Met one of the Finns at an early BETT… in the Horticultural Halls???

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Messages in this thread

Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day - Jim Roberts, 23 Jun 12:38AM

Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day - jay vilnai, 23 Jun 01:32AM

Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day - Richard Vitale, 23 Jun 08:39AM

Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day - Robert Enns, 23 Jun 12:39PM

Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day - Daniel formerly at Sibelius, 23 Jun 12:57PM

Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day - Robert Enns, 23 Jun 05:43PM

Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day - jay vilnai, 23 Jun 07:04PM

Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day - Martin P. Kellogg, 24 Jun 05:45AM

Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day - Mark K Sealey, 24 Jun 05:49AM

Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day - Martin P. Kellogg, 24 Jun 06:14AM

Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day - Andy G, 24 Jun 08:25AM

Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day - Laurence Payne, 24 Jun 09:20AM

Re: Sib. 6.x: Quick Start Tip Of The Day - Mark K Sealey, 24 Jun 03:41PM