Hi, In defense of PageMaker -- I use this all the time (although in Macintosh). A number of advantages in doing this Wendell's way (eps, place graphic in PageMaker):
The files do NOT rely on keeping older versions of Finale around. My old PM files with EPS files print just fine. Printing to various size pages is a snap, so a large score can print also to a miniature score with minimal and easy to understand adjustments. The PM method of linking to files makes doing corrections only one step more than keeping it all in Finale. Pages absolute stay the way you made them. Finale sometimes does weird things (lately, it is slurs that suddenly get highly arched). The details of how you want to print, to which paper, at what settings, from which trays, etc., are saved with the file. And Pagemaker comes with a superb printer interface dialog box that seems to talk more soothingly to my printer (an HP 5000) than the normal ways of printing. For me, the downside is that PM will not make the leap to OSX, and I do not want to spend the megabucks for InDesign. But for now, PM in classic is just fine. I have recently begun to use Finale's print features, though. I was forced to learn them (I am a Mac person), due to the lack of EPS export in the current version. They are vastly better than they used to be, and it hasn't been too much of a problem getting things to work. But the problem of keeping old versions of Finale around (sometimes including old fonts and old preference files) just to print scores that are many years old -- this alone makes the PageMaker EPS method worth considering -- and I will return to my old habits when EPS export returns to Finale. David Froom _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
