I have no use for EPS but found just now that this works: Save the page as pdf using Distiller. Open in Acrobat. Crop to the selection that you want in Acrobat. Export as EPS.
This seems to import okay into Word, but I cannot test printout as I have no ps printer. Also, a disadvantage is that cropping in Acrobat does not change (reduce) the file size. Richard Yates Kurt Gnos wrote: >> Thanks Mike, >> >> I remembered this (and found the old e-mail) - but: Still won't work >> for me, and I tried, yes I tried. I tried three different PS drivers >> (including adobe generic), different settings, different fonts, but >> a) when I embed them in Finale, nothing works >> b) without embedding, the file works, but without noteheads; in >> Illustrator I can exchange fonts, but the notehead fonts won't show >> up in Maestro. >> >> BUT I have found a working, if somewhat tedius workaround: >> >> In Finale, instead of exporting via graphics tool (which would be a >> LOT easier) I change page size (as some decades ago) until I have >> the snippet I would like to export on this page. >> Than I print it to acrobat 6 >> In Acrobat 6 I export it as EPS (you can even include a preview by >> changing the export settings) >> And - seems to work (knock on wood). >> >> Also meens, instead of 30 seconds I will need some minutes, but >> anyway, better than nothing. >> >> and yes, you will have to get acrobat for the workaround... >> >> Tell me if you find something better; at the moment I am happy to >> have found some kind of temporal solution >> >> cheers >> >> Kurt >> >> At 20:06 29.09.2003 +0200, Mike Cholewa wrote: >>> Here is my workaround that I used in a newly finished project that >>> included eps graphic exported from Finale 2003 in WinXP. I had to >>> deliver the final result in pdf. Besides Finwin 2003a I used >>> Illustrator 10, Acrobat 6 and Postscript fonts only, no use of ATM. >>> I have posted this earlier on the list and checked that the same >>> things apply to Finale 2004: >>> >>> The following is a description of a successful use of >>> eps in WinXP. (This was posted earlier on the Finale Forza-talk >>> list.) >>> >>> It's a known fact that eps export doesn't work as it should in the >>> Finale-WinXp combination. However I have found a way which makes >>> this work - although there is a little glitch. After exporting the >>> eps graphic from Finale (do not include fonts and preview) import >>> this file in Illustrator (Adobe) and save it as an Illustrator eps >>> file (version 3.0/3.2). This will include fonts for further Acrobat >>> handling. The glitch is that I have found that a few chord symbols >>> are badly aligned. But this is easily fixed in Illustrator. >>> >>> Mike Cholewa >>> >>> Btw. MakeMusic states that "Import and export of EPS files >>> supported under Windows 98, NT 4.0 and ME only." See the Finale >>> 2004 Upgrade Brochure >>> (http://downloads.makemusic.com/dealers/finale/f2k4upgrade-mailer.pdf) >>> page >>> 19. >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>>> Behalf Of Kurt Gnos >>>> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 6:23 PM >>>> To: Finale list >>>> Subject: [Finale] Finale, EPS and PDF >>>> >>>> Yesterday I tried again to get Finale 2004 (WinXP) to produce EPS >>>> or PDF files to import in Quark XPress. I don't want to use pixel >>>> formats (TIFF), because I want the output scalable. >>>> >>>> First I tried EPS, using different settings and PS drivers. I only >>>> got stems without noteheads, keys etc. This also happened when I >>>> tried to print >>>> a file on my PS printer. And, funny, after I deinstalled the >>>> maestro PS font (using Adobe Type Manager), the fonts where there. >>>> >>>> Anyway Finale seems not to be able to embed fonts correctly, >>>> Ghostscript for example shows lots of bugs and cannot even open a >>>> Finale EPS file with embedded fonts. >>>> >>>> So I thought about PDF. It's less confortable, but I can change >>>> the page size in Finale until I only have the part I want to >>>> export on my page and save this page as PDF. >>>> >>>> I also can Import the file into QuarkXpress (Version 6, also >>>> acrobat pro 6). However the file looks quite ugly on screen, but >>>> this may be a problem of my not being very experienced in Quark >>>> Xpress. HOWEVER, when I now printed the Quark Xpress File - the >>>> noteheads had vanished again. >>>> >>>> So this is serious and very annoying - is there no way to get a >>>> scalable vector output out of Finale, even with lots of >>>> workarounds? Or is there? >>>> >>>> Kurt >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> |\\ >>>> |// >>>> /| Kurt Gnos Tel. /Fax +41 41 320 67 41 >>>> / |_ Hackenrainstr. 6 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> ( (| \\ CH-6010 Kriens >>>> \_|_// Switzerland >>>> | http://www.gnos.org >>>> \\/ ICQ 16526151 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
