An often-overlooked area of improvement in Finale versions is the
interface for plugins. Both Finale 2003 and Finale 2004 included
significant improvements that greatly expanded the power of plugins.
Finale 2003 allowed plugins to detect and operate on multiple open
documents. Finale 2004 offered more accurate means for a plugin to
activate Finale's menu commands. This, for example, greatly improved
some of TGTools plugins. My biggest reason for moving to Fin03 from
Fin02 was plugin power. I can't imagine going back now.
A possible *deterrent* to adopting any version of Finale after Fin03 is
the copy protection scheme. Mild compared some, it does nevertheless
require you to contact Makemusic to register, which will be a problem if
Makemusic is no longer there in the future.
--
Robert Patterson
http://RobertGPatterson.com
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