User Interface
The Screen Interface
In standard mode, the main screen is divided in two parts.
| • | The upper part shows the stave. |
| • | The lower part shows the tablature. |
The Ruler
The scaled and moveable ruler allows you to find your way through the score. It displays both the measure numbers and the intervals.
By clicking on the note icon at the left of the ruler, you change the view scale (left click to reduce it, righ click to increase it)
You can drag the ruler with the mouse
The View Menu
This provides easy menu access to the various "View" scales which control the display width of measures on your monitor screen. It also allows you to select which palettes and other tools you wish to have displayed in your working area.
Scale to 1/8th...1/64th Notes
There are four viewing scales available from the {View} menu:
 | Scale to 1/8 Notes |
| Scale to 1/16 Notes (default) |
| Scale to 1/32 Notes |
| Scale to 1/64th Notes |
The scales are based on the interval of the notes so that viewing and editing (with TablEdit Editor) can be done more easily. For example, you will have difficulty viewing 1/32nd notes when shown in the "Scale to 1/8 Notes" view, but selecting "Scale to 1/32 Notes" will allow you to view 1/32nd notes very easily.
These viewing modes can be reached from the {View} menu or by clicking on the small icon at the extreme left end of the ruler.
{View>Fingerboard} opens an auxilliary window which is by default displayed along the right-hand side of the main screen. This represents the fingerboard (fretboard) of the instrument. You can have it displayed horizontally by anchoring its window at either the top or bottom of the main screen or by selecting the appropriate screen in Preferences->Screen. You can toggle the display on and off using the keyboard shortcut [
]+[B]. To modify the width of the fingerboard, select one of its borders and drag it to re-size it to your desired size.
While MIDI playback, TEFview displays fingerings on the fret board in real time.
When the MIDI playback is not in progress, TEFview displays the fingerings used within the current selection (if you have selected multiple notes).
If the instrument is a concertina or an accordion, TEFview displays the keyboard of the instrument.
Note: If you dock the fingerboard onto the left side of the screen, the display will show a left handed instrument.
Zoom
This function allows you to change the zoom factor of the edit window.
The slider at the bottom right of the screen allows you to perform the same operation with the mouse.
The Module List
The last item of this menu is a list of all the modules in the current tablature.
Languages
TEFview is a multilingual program that includes 7 languages: English, French, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Italian and German. The program selects the language according to the system preferences.
Quit
When you exit TEFview, all options and settings for using the program are automatically saved in the file "your name/Library/Preferences/com.tabledit.TEFview.plist".
It should be noted that the majority problems that may occur with TEFview are related to changes made to the configuration or to corrupt configuration data. In this case, we recommend that you re-launch TEFview while keeping the [
] key held down. This will restore the default parameters. Usually this is enough to fix weird display problems, but if this solution did not work, you can uninstall TEFview, restart your computer and reinstall TEFview.