Ok...some decent reasons to consider were given. I don't understand the PDF headache implied....but I don't work with actual Adobe Distiller or whatever it is...I work with a print driver that "prints" the documents to PDF. This being the case I would think I could use Print from the Finder and it would handle the job.
One big drawback to me would be the slowness of my computer. You guys must either have fast machines or are willing to wait for Finale to deal with the redraws of all the other pages. How do you handle that? As for music spacing, I would presume you can't use Select All anymore, that you have to manually highlight only the measures of the piece you're currently working on. Eh? When the music of the previous piece ends somewhere other than at the bottom, shall I presume that you edit the final system margin to force the start of the next piece onto the next page (*IF* you don't want it starting on that page, of course)? What other tricks and tips are there to doing a collection as one file--please enlighten me (or us)? --Richard > From: Johannes Gebauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 22:09:25 +0200 > To: Finale list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Finale] Plugin wish (another one for Tobias?) > > On 13.09.2003 20:40 Uhr, Richard Huggins wrote > >> Diverting from your question, I'm curious as to what you think is your >> advantage in keeping these individual pieces all in one file? I've arranged >> --and engraved for the publisher-- four piano collections of 10-12 pieces >> each, and I can't think of any advantage, but CAN think of enormous >> headaches, in keeping them in one file. > > Eric has already listed some reasons, here are some of mine: > > I like to be able to print booklets easily from Finale. Also, some of these > pieces are actually less than a page. Altogether it gives me the most > flexibility in terms of changing the layout. > > I don't have to keep several documents uptodate with my articulation and > expression libraries. If I change a document setting I only have to do it > once. There are several things in Finale which you can do to the whole > document in one go, but which are a drag if you have to them on a page per > page basis. > > I don't have to worry about getting page numbers correct. > > I can easily print everything into one PDF and send it to the composer for > corrections. Takes me 10 seconds to do. If I had to print every page > separately and then assemble one PDF from them I think I would go crazy. > > Johannes > -- > http://www.musikmanufaktur.com > http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
