On 11 Jul 2005 at 16:10, James Gilbert wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Gerry Kirk wrote: > > > On several big band charts I have engraved recently, as I prepare > > the score for printing I discover that at about page 8 the display > > has changed size by about double. In other words, pp. 1-7 show as > > being at 100% and all 19 staves fit on one page. Then from page 8 to > > the end, all margins have changed, and notes display at double the > > previous pages size. > > I've run across some similar situations myself. If you are starting > with a template, make sure the page format is correct. I mean the > Options->Score Format->Score menu option. I've designed a few > templates in which I formatted several pages the way I wanted but > forgot to change the score format in the above menu option. Whenever I > got to a situation where I had more pages than the template, the new > page (really the new systems) would default to whatever was in the > score format option. Usually that was the wrong page size and wrong > margins, etc. > > My solution was to either correct the score format and redefine pages > in the page layout tool or change the percentages as you had done. > Starting with a template that is correct for future projects is > probably easiest.
But even if you forget or don't change it in the template, you can still make the change in the existing file's default page layout, and then run the REDEFINE PAGES function (PAGELAYOUT | REDEFINE PAGES | SELECTED PAGES). Another alternative is, in page layout view, to simply right click the selector box for a page or system layout that you want propagated through the rest of the file, choose EDIT MARGINS (which loads the settings for the selected page or system), and then change page range or system range to start with the currently selected sytem and end with a number like 9999 (to include all pages). Note, however, that this will not propagate staff reductions unless they are for all systems (as defined in the files page layout defaults). If you have some systems at 100% and some at reduced percentages, you still have to reapply those manually, but since the default for that is to start from the system you select and apply your percentage to the end of the file, it's not too difficult. But, this is definitely an area where Finale's flexibility (i.e., you have the capability of having any ad hoc page or system layout you want at any point in the file) makes it harder to do *normal* layout. This is an instance where Finale's design seems upside down to me, as it makes the exceptional case easier to do than the normal one. On the other hand, Sibelius makes the exceptional case extremely hard. For most people, that isn't an issue at all, but when you need Finale's flexibility, it can be extremely frustrating. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
