File options dialog
Several file-related options may be set to accommodate your needs.
- Auto save-interval
- Interval in minutes between automatic autosave-copies
- Max # backupcopies
- Number of backup-copies to maintain on explicit save
- Global # reverts
- Number of global revert-to-last situations (global undo)
- Recall last
- Automatic recall of last edited file
- Previous # files
- Number of recently used files to list on the bottom of the File-menu
- # playlists
- Number of playlists in recently used files
- Read Layout
- Read layout information from MusiCAD files (if any)
- Save Layout
- Write layout information that is different from template (or if no template was supplied from factory default).
- Save entire Layout
- Write entire layout information disregarding template.
- Filenames in ASCII
- Strip-non-ASCII characters from filenames
- Prevent sleeping mode
- Prevent Windows to enter power saving modes.(and thus blanking the screen) when using MusiCAD during rehearsal or performances
- Shortcut definitions
- Hotkeys: use key-combinations for edit commands as defined in the file supplied. ( standard.msd by default).
- MIDI-keys
- Computer keyboard assignment when using the computer-keyboard as midi-input (standard.mck by default).
- MIDI-instruments
- MIDI-instrument assignment and naming, which MIDI-instrument should correspond to a midi-program number and how percussion instruments should be mapped onto notes. (std_en.min by default).
- Chord diagram list
- File containing chord diagram definitions (chorddiagrams.mcd by default).
- Tools
- toolbox-items; a play-list-like file containing templates to be used (layout-en.mtl by default).
- Play-list
- A play-list of tunes to be displayed for quick access
- MusiCAD layout template
- Layout template to be used before a file will be read; any layout parameter in the MusiCAD file will override the information from the template unless read-layout was disabled.
- XML layout template
- Layout template to be used after reading a MusicXML-file.
- ABC layout template
- Layout template to be used after reading an abc-file.
- MIDI-layout template
- Layout template to be used after reading a midi-file.
- Text layout template
- Layout template to be used after reading a text file.