I've often wondered how difficult it would be for MakeMusic to add a
warning box to pop up when someone tries to optimize something which has
already been optimized -- say, for instance, we receive a Finale file
from a client who just can't be bothered with it anymore but wants it to
look better, or a file we've worked on in the past but which was long
enough ago we have forgotten that we had optimized already, or as in
Richard's case, where he had optimized but with no apparent result so he
thought that he hadn't actually optimized it. All it would take, since
Finale obviously knows it's already been optimized and therefore won't
apply any more optimization (there must be some sort of flag for it to
know this), would be an error message saying "This file has already been
optimized. To complete the optimization you have just initiated you
must remove all optimization and then re-optimize."
A very well-behaved program might also include an offer to do it for
you: "Would you like to remove all current optimization first and then
have Finale proceed to re-optimize using the latest settings? (Y)es
(N)o." Or maybe even something like "Would you like to remove all
current optimization first and then have Finale proceed to add these
recent optimization options to those already in place and re-optimize?
(Y)es (N)o."
But to just have it sit there doing nothing helps nobody.
David H. Bailey
Richard Huggins wrote:
Thanks to all for the helpful tips. The one below worked. Not seeing the
results of optimization onscreen, I wouldn't have thought there was any
sense in using Remove Optimization. I realize now that optimization can
be in effect, just not be being allowed by an overiding attribute.
RH
On Oct 31, 2007, at 2:46 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
You need to remove optimization, *then* change the group attributes,
*then* optimize.
After optimization, any change to group attributes only affects a
single system.
Another, perhaps easier solution -- use TGTools Staff List Manager.
- Darcy
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