Keys: Command+O
Creates a new Transcription (XSC) file, with no Sound file yet attached.
In fact, if you want to start work on a new transcription then it is usually better
to use the Open command to load the Sound file
as this will create a new transcription file and automatically give it an appropriate name
derived from the name of the Sound file.
If you want to continue work on a previously saved transcription then you should also
use the Open command to open the Transcription (XSC) file you previously saved.
Use this command to open an existing transcription or Sound file in a new window.
If you want to start work on a new transcription then use this command to load
the Sound file. This will create a new
transcription document and automatically give it an appropriate name derived
from the name of the Sound file.
Note that the "Open" command will only open files whose "type" indicates that they
are Transcribe! transcription files, or recognised Sound file types. It can happen, with
Sound files downloaded from the Internet or copied from non-Mac filing systens (Unix,
Windows etc.) that the Sound file may have an incorrect "type" and will not appear in
the "Open" file list box. In this case you should use the
New command to create a new transcription with
no Sound file attached, then use the Load
Sound file command (which is more open-minded about file types) to load the Sound file.
If you want to continue work on a previously saved transcription then use this
command to load the transcription file. Note that if you load the Sound file again then
this will start a new transcription and you might well wonder "Where have all those
markers I placed gone to?".
You can also open a file by drag-and-drop, or by double-clicking an XSC file in Finder.
Transcription (XSC) files are intended to be compatible
in both directions between Classic Mac Transcribe! and the OS-X version.
In order for this to work smoothly though, you must use filenames no longer
than 31 characters as Classic Mac will otherwise shorten the names and mangle
their endings. Also when you load an XSC file created from the OS-X version
into the Classic version, the Sound file will not be found unless it is in the
same folder as the XSC file. Use the Reload Sound File command to find it.
Transcription (XSC) files can be transferred between Windows and Macintosh
computers. See Transferring XSC files between
Mac & Windows.
You can have many transcriptions open at once, each in its own window.
Use the Window menu to switch among the multiple open transcriptions.
Loads or reloads a new Sound file into the current transcription file.
The existing transcription might be a blank one created with the
New command, which as yet has
no Sound file attached. In this case the menu command will read "Load
Sound File" (as opposed to "Reload").
The existing transcription might be one into which a Sound file has
previously been loaded but now has a problem loading the Sound file. The
point is, the XSC transcription file contains the name and location of the
relevant Sound file. If you load an XSC file but the corresponding Sound
file has been moved or deleted, then Transcribe! will complain that it can't
find it. Use this command to reload the Sound file from its new location.
Note that this command is very open-minded about file "type" - it will
show you all files, whatever their type, and will attempt to load whichever
one you pick as a Sound file. See the
Open command for more discussion of this issue.
The other situation where you might want to use this command is if you
have a new version of the Sound file, perhaps processed or cleaned up
somehow, which you want to substitute for the version you did have loaded.
Bear in mind that old marker positions will only remain useful if the new
Sound file is exactly the same length as the old one (marker positions are
stored as sample numbers).
Use this command to close all windows containing the active transcription. Transcribe! suggests that you save changes to your transcription before you close it. If you close a transcription without saving, you lose all changes made since the last time you saved it. Before closing a new transcription for the first time, Transcribe! displays the "Save As" dialog box and suggests that you name and save the transcription.
You can also close a transcription with the close button (the cross) on the window's titlebar.
Use this command to save the active transcription to its current name and folder. When you save a transcription for the first time, Transcribe! displays the "Save As" dialog box so you can name your transcription. If you want to change the name or folder of an existing transcription before you save it, choose the Save As command.
Saves a transcription file to a specified file name. Transcribe! displays
the "Save As" dialog box so you can name your transcription.
To save a transcription file with its existing name and folder, use the
Save command.
This command allows you to select page size and other printer options.
This command to prints the current active view on a single page. It is mainly useful if you have a complicated spectrum which you wish to peruse at leisure. This command presents a "Print" dialog box, where you may specify various printing options.
The 4 transcription files you have most recently worked on and saved, are listed here. Select one of them to open the transcription. This is the easiest way to continue working on a transcription.
Note that a transcription will not appear here unless it has been "saved" to create a transcription (xsc) file. In other words, if you open a Sound file to start a new transcription but then close the new transcription without saving it, it won't appear in the recent files list.
Use this command to end your Transcribe! session. Transcribe! prompts you to save transcriptions with unsaved changes.
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