Re: [Finale] Finale 2003 Review

2002-06-02 Thread Jari Williamsson
Robert Patterson writes: One item in your review puzzles me. About the new staff attributes, you said, ...the most fast and flexible way to now set the stem direction for a region of a staff is to create and apply a Staff Style for it. How is using a staff style either faster or more

Re: [Finale] Finale 2003 Review

2002-06-02 Thread David H. Bailey
Thank you very much for producing this review! I ordered my upgrade the instant I read the notice, and your review has not made me sorry I did so! In fact, it made me more eager to get it -- it seems some real productivity enhancements have been included. Now, if only what seem to be

Re: [Finale] Finale 2003 Review

2002-06-02 Thread Jari Williamsson
David H. Bailey writes: One thing which wasn't mentioned, though -- do all the third-party plug-ins from previous versions still work with the new version? I certainly hope so. Generally no problems at all. The current version of Forza! (0.15a) will not run on Finale 2003, but the next

Re: [Finale] Finale 2003 Review

2002-06-01 Thread Javier Ruiz
Jari wrote (on his review of Finale 2003): Drag-create Smart Shapes from right-to-left will create the opposite version. This is great!... but I hope they donĀ¹t take out the Mass Mover truck from the Mac version. Thanks for this profound review, Jari. Javier Ruiz. Hello! Finale 2003

Re: [Finale] Finale 2003 Review

2002-06-01 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 06:20 PM 06/01/02, Jari Williamsson wrote: Finale 2003 review with some tips at: http://www.finaletips.nu/ Thanks, Jari. Once again, my decision about upgrading is based on your information, not on Coda's. I am particularly intrigued by some shortcomings you mention in some of the new

Re: [Finale] Finale 2003 Review

2002-06-01 Thread Robert Patterson
Thanks, Jari, for the excellent summary of new features. One or two of the new Staff options, plus Group Optimization and the new Engraver Slurs are 100 times more valuable to me than the bells whistles that Coda touts. Strange that Coda's marketing seems so disconnected from its user base. One

Re: [Finale] Finale 2003 Review

2002-06-01 Thread Craig Parmerlee
At 07:44 PM 6/1/2002 -0500, Robert Patterson wrote: Thanks, Jari, for the excellent summary of new features. One or two of the new Staff options, plus Group Optimization and the new Engraver Slurs are 100 times more valuable to me than the bells whistles that Coda touts. Strange that Coda's