Thanks, Michael. In Finale 2007 and before, you can open a source file, select any single staff with the mass mover, copy it to the clipboard, open a destination file, select a single measure on any staff, choose "Insert" from the Edit menu, and Finale will insert the entire "measure stack" - time signature changes and all - with the entry data only on the staff you selelcted.
In Finale 2008, if you want to insert measures with time signature changes along with entry data, you can *only* do this with the top staff of the destination file - and if your source file contains other staves with entry data that you don't want to appear on the subsequent staves of your destination file, you'll need to create a scratch copy of your source file and delete the other staves before copying and inserting. How, exactly, does this "stack" idea make things easier?? I don't consider adding three more involved steps to my workflow an "improvement" - expecially considering that it is now apparently impossible to insert entry data along with time signature changes on any staff other than the top one. Brian Williams > Michael Cook wrote: > > This has changed in Finale 2008 with the introduction of the "measure > stack" idea. Time signatures will only be copied if you have selected > a stack of mesures to be copied. > > If you haven't yet got used to the "stack" idea, it's worth playing > around with it to get an idea of the reasoning behind it. Check > through the chapters "Selecting Music" and "Copying Music" in the > help files. > > Michael > > > On 21 Mar 2008, at 03:17, Brian Williams wrote: >> In Finale 2008, how do I insert a group of measures into a file and >> include >> the time signature changes? I used to be able to do this easily in >> 2007 and >> before, but can't seem to figure out how to do it using the >> "improved" mass >> edit-selection tool in 2008. >> >> Here's the situation: I get a MIDI file from the composer. I prepare a >> 1-measure score template in Finale. I open the midi file (which >> usually has >> several time signature changes) in Finale, select the top staff, >> and copy it >> to the clipboard. I then open the score template, select the one >> measure of >> the top staff, and select "Insert" from the Edit menu. In Finale >> 2007 and >> before, this would insert the entire group of measures from the >> clipboard, >> time signature changes and all. In Finale 2008, the time sig >> changes are >> ignored. >> >> Am I overlooking something that makes this as simple as it used to >> be? If >> not, is this a "feature" or a "loss of functionality" in Finale 2008? >> >> Brian Williams _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
