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 I Need Urgent Help With Sibelius 5
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2010-03-21 13:38

The notation software - not the symphony.

How do I drag the keypad thingy down once it's gone off the top of the screen? I've tried everything I can think of and it won't budge! The blue band bit at the top has gone off the screen and there's nothing I can click on that will catch it to drag it back down with. My mouse pointer won't go beyond the edge of the screen either and I've tried rotating the screen, changing resolution and all manner of things I can think of but to no avail.

Any help in retrieving it will be appreciated.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

The opinions I express are my own.

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 Re: I Need Urgent Help With Sibelius 5
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2010-03-21 14:26

I got it back by creating a shortcut which placed the keypad in the centre of the screen. If there's an easier way to get it back if it does go off the top of the screen again (and I'll make sure I don't do that again), then please let me know.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

The opinions I express are my own.

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 Re: I Need Urgent Help With Sibelius 5
Author: tictactux 2017
Date:   2010-03-21 14:41

A trick for windows that have moved off the edge of your desktop:
Either Minimise/Maximise in Task Manager or Task Tray, or right-click on the application in the task bar and select "move", then use your mouse keys to navigate the window back into sight.

--
Ben

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 Re: I Need Urgent Help With Sibelius 5
Author: Ken Shaw 2017
Date:   2010-03-21 16:35

If the title bar of your open explorer window has moved off screen, so you can't drag the window with the mouse:

– hold Alt, press the Space-bar and then choose (Maximize).

– Use the cursor arrow keys to relocate the window so that the title bar is on-screen.

– Right click.

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 Re: I Need Urgent Help With Sibelius 5
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2010-03-21 16:43

Thanks people! It's this sort of thing a technophobe like myself needs to know about.

Just glad woodwind mechanisms aren't reliant on computers to control them otherwise I'd be well stumped!

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

The opinions I express are my own.

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 Re: I Need Urgent Help With Sibelius 5
Author: tictactux 2017
Date:   2010-03-21 17:12

Technophobe? You? You're kidding.

I guess it's just a matter of being-used-to-this-kind-of-problem. Just like in detecting wobbly key motion, and fixing it with superglue. :-)

That's what this forum makes an invaluable resource - the breadth of different skills and experience of all those in here.

--
Ben

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 Re: I Need Urgent Help With Sibelius 5
Author: Chris P 
Date:   2010-03-21 17:26

Computers can never replace screwdrivers.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

The opinions I express are my own.

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 Re: I Need Urgent Help With Sibelius 5
Author: tictactux 2017
Date:   2010-03-21 18:02

...and vice versa. Or do you want to see every nerd running around with a screwdriver? <shudders>

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Ben

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 Re: I Need Urgent Help With Sibelius 5
Author: Ken Shaw 2017
Date:   2010-03-21 22:55

I carry a screwdriver at all times. It's invaluable for tightening up clarinet screws and also for computer tinkering.

Ken Shaw

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 Re: I Need Urgent Help With Sibelius 5
Author: kdk 2017
Date:   2010-03-23 01:45

I am really not sure if Sibelius has a setting for keeping (or not) current settings on close. In Finale (at least in past versions - I haven't looked for it in the 2010 version), if you reset this (uncheck the box),the screen positions of most window elements will go back to their defaults. If it's set, menus and screen elements will return the way you left them when you last closed the program. If you look around the Sibelius menus (I've used Sibelius but never ran into this specific problem), you may be able to find something similar.

Karl

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 Re: I Need Urgent Help With Sibelius 5
Author: BobD 
Date:   2010-03-24 11:14

So.....it really wasn't his 5th Symphony.....

Bob Draznik

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