Hello Listers and Lurkers,
I�m working on a song cycle for a client. He wants a
table of contents with dot leaders to appear at the
front of the collection. I know Finale�s Text Block
tool is pretty primitive, but can it handle something
like this? Is there away to make the �tab� a fixed
distance rather than a set number of spaces so things
will at least align properly? I think I�ve looked into
every text block setting Finale offers, and nothing
seems to get me what I want.
I�ve made a nice looking ToC in MS Word. I�d rather
import that into Finale since all the work is done and
the alignment is what I want. However, I�ve
encountered some problems here as well. This is my
procedure: From MS Word, I use OS X�s print dialog to
make a PDF file. I open that PDF in Preview (OS X�s
default graphics viewer), export that as a TIFF, and
finally import the TIFF into Finale. But MS Word�s
resolution is set at 72dpi, so when I print the TIFF
from Finale, it looks like bad dot matrix output! I�ve
downloaded the trial version of Graphic Converter
(don�t know a URL...), but that doesn�t seem to help
either, since the original from Word is only 72dpi.
Here are my questions:
1) Can Finale�s Text Block tool do what I want it to
do with dot leaders, tabs, alignment, etc?
2) Can MS Word�s resolution be changed so that my
graphic importing method works? I think 300dpi would
do.
3) Is it worth buying the full version of Graphic
Converter to accomplish this task?
4) Is there something else I could do?
I�ve thought about several workarounds, namely
multiple text blocks for the ToC � one for the titles
and one for the numbers, and possibly another for the
dot leaders. The other workaround is to keep the ToC
in Word, and just re-feed the pages to the printer.
I�d REALLY like to have all this info in one document
since the song cycle is probably going to reach 200
pages, and might be in two volumes (which would
require a 2nd ToC!).
Someone please help!
Thanks!
Ryan
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