Here's the list of new features and fixes that was posted on Final
Forums. I don't see anything about "hyphens"!
Mike Greensill
www.mikegreensill.com
Finale 2008 ReadMe excerpt
The complete ReadMe will be available for download. Please see below
for a list of new features and fixes found in Finale 2008.
New Features in Finale 2008
Interface Enhancements offer a streamlined work environment with less
switching tools and more universal menu commands specifically
designed to help you finish projects faster.
A Powerful New Selection Tool has inherited all the functionality of
the expired Mass Edit Tool. Adapted for selecting measure regions,
the Selection Tool is now Finale's universal editing utility.
Cut, Copy, Paste, and Insert Improvements allow unprecedented
flexibility when choosing how, what, and where to copy. Plus,
consistent results whether drag-copying or using the clipboard, even
between documents.
Add An Audio Track to your score by either importing an audio file or
recording a live performance with HyperScribe.
New Garritan Sounds including saxophone, guitar, jazz bass, choir,
marching percussion and many more.
Human Playback updates provide even more support for Garritan
products and Kontakt Player 2 as well as additional Instrument
Techniques and an enhanced dictionary.
HyperScribe improvements allow you to easily record first and second
endings and offer more control of the recording tempo.
Playback using Garritan and SoundFont instruments simultaneously.
Boomwhackers® Tuned Percussion Tubes / Chroma-Notes™ Instruments -
Ready with colored noteheads and an accompanying SoundFont.
Document Styles allow you to formulate a custom medley of libraries
and document settings, or choose from one of Finale's offerings, for
integration with the instrumentation of your choice in the Setup Wizard.
Improved Scanning with XML technology means better recognition. Also,
you can now acquire sheet music directly from your scanner.
Expanded MusicXML import and export including support for fretboards,
stem direction, engraver slurs, piano pedals and more.
More Text Inserts including "Arranger," "Lyricist," and "Subtitle."
These are recorded in Finale's New File Info dialog box and can also
be defined in Finale 2008's redesigned Setup Wizard.
Expanded Setup Wizard Options allow you to select a Document Style,
assign Document Styles to specific ensembles, and add additional
score information including Arranger, Lyricist, and Subtitle.
Merge Multiple Scores automatically using the Score Merger.
Consolidate multiple movements horizontally into a single document or
merge a collection of parts vertically into a full conductor's score.
Customize Zoom Percentages as you wish them to appear in the View Menu.
Updated Documentation provides the information you need quickly and
easily. Finale's new User Manual features improved navigation,
context-sensitivity, and an interactive Visual Index.
Fixes in Finale 2008
Articulation Tool
Articulations are no longer substituted when pasting to a destination
document with fewer staves.
Audio Units
The Play Through Audio Units check mark is no longer lost if a file
is saved without playing.
Clef Tool
When clefs are set to never copy, clef changes at the destination are
no longer cleared.
Clefs now shift when inserting music with a regional selection.
Chord Tool
Copying chords with the clipboard no longer results in blank fretboards.
Copy/Paste
Custom barlines now copy across documents when they are not defined
in the target document.
Entries are no longer pasted/inserted even if unchecked in Items to
Copy (now “Edit Filter”) dialog box.
The ESC key now cancels all copy operations.
Empty measures that are only partially selected are no longer treated
like whole measures on paste/insert.
Finale no longer rebars music if the destination start point in the
measure is the same as source's.
Paste and Insert menu items no longer appear enabled even if nothing
is on the clipboard.
All Stave Expressions will now paste if there is already a Measure
Expression in the target region.
Finale no longer crashes after copying and pasting/inserting (drag or
clipboard) into a measure with a time signature of x/1.
Secondary beam breaks can now be copied with a regional selection.
Real whole rests in measures with time signatures less than 4 beats
are no longer renotated when copied with regional selection.
Note attached Smart Shapes in the pasted region can now be copied to
a new location after copying with a filter which doesn't include the
Entries themselves.
Graphics Tool
The "Tiff resolution" setting is now retained within a single session.
Human Playback™
Human Playback now sends pizz/arco key switches to Full Strings KS.
The Yes and No buttons are now visible on the Apply Human Playback
warning message about staves sharing midi channels.
Human Playback now plays dynamics for Tubular Bells using the Full
GPO sound library.
Entering a fermata from the Articulation Tool to a grace note no
longer hangs Human Playback.
Slurs no longer trigger the 'Tpt: Stand. (GM)' technique, which is in
turn triggers the Staff’s Patch.
HyperScribe
HyperScribe recordings no longer fail to load VST/AU instruments
resulting in silent countoff.
Lyrics Tool
If Lyrics is unchecked in the Edit Filter dialog box, they will no
longer be added to the Edit Lyrics window after pasting/inserting.
Measure Tool
Hiding a measure number no longer makes all measure handles disappear.
Measure numbers no longer always revert to their default placement
when an item is cleared.
Metatools
The informational metatool warning message "Use the shift key now to
program metatools rather than the control key. You can now program
metatools on all the alphabet keys (A-Z) as well as the number keys"
has been removed.
MicNotator
The settings in the MicNotator (now the “Audio Input”) dialog box are
now saved after closing the dialog and reopening.
MIDI Tool
Randomize now functions properly rather than subtracting the duration
entered.
The MIDI Tool window no longer takes a long time to draw.
Movie Window
Sync and Video Options / "Video Starts at __ in Video" no longer
changes where the score starts playing.
Pickup measures
Pickup measures are no longer treated like full measures while copying.
Copying notes into a pickup measure no longer results overfilling or
turning into a full measure.
Plug-ins
The Band-in-a-Box plug-in now appears in the Scoring and Arranging
submenu.
Program Options
Turning on/off Use Score Colors no longer requires a redraw.
Quantization
The Allow Dotted Rests option is now dependent on time signature
(More Quantization Settings).
Repeat Tool
The behavior of the delete and clear keys is now standard.
Selection
After selecting all or a region, context clicking a measure in an
optimized system no longer deselects all but that measure.
Setup Wizard
The Setup Wizard no longer resets to the original Instrument Set
after changing the Instrument Set on page 2, advancing to page 3 and
then returning back to page 2.
Smart Shape Tool
Screen artifacts no longer appear while drag-copying multiple Custom
Smart Lines.
Staff Tool
Percussion maps can now be moved and deleted – rather than just the
name of the map.
The Percussion Map Designer no longer draws slowly.
Context clicking a staff using Independent Key Signatures and
choosing a key no longer affects the other staves.
Dragging a staff handle no longer leaves a duplicate artifact of the
handle behind if there is a Staff Style bar showing.
Text Tool
Carriage returns can now be used to create line breaks when entering
long copyright, composer, arranger, lyricist, and subtitle inserts.
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