Whenever I start a new piece, I take the finished file for a roughly similar old piece, delete all the content, adjust the instrumentation, and go from there. That way, all of my libraries and other behind-the-scenes details (like staff and group name spacing) are set up the way I like them. Is there a down side to using this method? It suits me fine, and seems less fussy than saving multiple libraries and updating default documents, but I wonder if there are any hidden gotchas. File Info does show that the file was originally created in an older version of Finale than its current format, but it doesn't seem likely that data is used for anything. Any comments or insights?
Lee Actor Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic http://www.leeactor.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
