On Aug 22, 2005, at 3:57 PM, A-NO-NE Music wrote:
Noel Stoutenburg / 2005/08/22 / 03:27 PM wrote:
My original sense was that you were looking for changes to one or more
specific libraries; from this post it seems that you are looking to
change your "Maestro default" file, which would not be done by saving
libraries.
Sorry. I thought I was clear but probably my bad English. Let me try
again. I had been carry over my custom default file for years, which
contains all the settings I need. Every time I receive new Finale
version, I open the default file then resave as the new default file.
In another word, I had never used Maestro default file before until
people on this list was saying this is a bad idea.
More and more I look into this, I am quite puzzled. Chord Lib import,
as I explained, doesn't work as expected. Page format such as title
and
other page elements doesn't seems to have any way of transferring via
Lib, etc, etc (and other suggestion of using Finale Script did not
solve
this). This was why my original question of how others are dealing
with
this. When I was using my own default file, I never had this problem/
frustration.
Hiro,
I am one of those who seldom preserves a default file from one version
to the next, and the things you mentioned are true.
I never use chord playback, so that particular lack in the chord lib
importation never showed up for me, but I don't doubt that it is true.
I don't know where those settings are stored, so I can't help you.
I manually change the page size and title settings (though I just
learned that the defaults are stored in the pagesizes.txt document
inside the Component Files folder; this file is referred to every time
new pages are created, such as when extracting parts.)
I also reassign some metatools manually, and set the time sig, lines,
etc., the way I like them, though I am messing around with those
settings so much these days that it is no use to me to import them at
all.
If you only ever open up your default file, using it as a template,
then some of these won't affect you. If you use the Setup Wizard,
though, then you have to know what is stored where, and it is not
always clear, let me tell you!
Anything else not preserved, or not transferable?
Christopher
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