> I would think that after-the-fact style changes > would be a common need. I'm currently dealing with > a publisher who has all sorts of requests for character > fonts, spacing, etc, that will be a big hassle to > do a document-at-a-time.
One thing that I've previously requested from Coda is the ability to have some sort of batch file processing mechanism that would access the features of Finale. Sort of what you can do in Photoshop, whereby you can record actions, and replay them on a file. Even better in Photoshop is where you can create droplets that you can store on the desktop (or wherever you like). Say for example, you have a folder full of files that you want to change from 600dpi to 300dpi. You can create a droplet that invokes this action, then save it onto the desktop. Drag the folder onto the droplet, and bingo, the droplet goes to work and does it all for you. Imagine how great this would be with Finale! A whole lot of files in which you wanted the margins changed, ledger lines thickened, slurs converted to Engraver slurs and the layout updated, just drag them onto the droplet and Finale does the work automatically. Matthew -- Matthew Hindson - Australian composer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hindson.com || N.B. Due to overwhelming SPAM, my email is set up to automatically || reject bcc. email messages. || || If your email to me gets rejected, try sending || it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead. || [EMAIL PROTECTED] is still my primary email account || though, and you should send it there first. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
