Aaron Sherber wrote:
Yup -- Plugins | Miscellaneous | FinaleScript Palette.
For my money, this is something which is a good idea but is generally
poorly implemented in terms of UI and incompletely implemented in
terms of functionality. I know that some people here do use it for
certain tasks. Personally, every time I think of something which I
think would be an ideal candidate for a batch script, I discover that
FS can't actually do it.
I actually find it quite useful indeed for certain monotonous tasks,
particularly since I don't own Quickeys and Finale doesn't recognize
user-defined keystrokes in Fin2005 on OSX.
For example, I recently had a whole heap of Finale 98 parts using
outdated fonts such as "Engraver Font Set" that had to be replaced with
"EngraverFontSet" etc. Finalescript made this very easy. Sure as hell
beat going up to the Data Check menu or whatever it's now called and
manually selecting the settings for the 20+ files...
The documentation could be improved, but it's a good tool for certain
tasks I think.
Speaking of lesser-known corners, how about the Transcription feature
and the Custom Key Signature tool? Both of these could be quite useful
except that you need a degree in crytography to decifer how to actually
use them.
(I suppose the Transcription Feature is now integrated into the Studio
View in Finale 2006?)
Matthew
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