Hi Christopher, Sounds like that's it, though the template was saved from a 2009 file. I forgot that I had started work earlier this year on the original file in Finale '06. I can't recall if I converted that file to '09 from '06 or inserted the contents into a new '09 template using the Setup Wizard; I think it was the latter. I definitely was working in 2009 when I made this most recent template.
Easy enough to fix the problem, as long as I can catch the re-emerging expressions. Thanks, Don On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Christopher Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Don, > > This is almost certainly related to inconsistencies between old staff lists > and the new method of organizing expressions. I have seen this many times > (though it appears to be ameliorated somewhat in 2010). > > Chances are, you had set a certain expression in the original file to be > assigned to a staff list. The way Finale interprets that now is to assign it > to certain staves in a way that I can't really figure out. It causes the > expression to show up on funny staves where I had never originally assigned > it at all. Violin 1 is often a candidate, as are percussion staves. The rest > I can't make sense of. The easiest way to deal with it is to remove the > offending expression altogether from the list of expressions in your > template file. Tempo expressions are handled differently now in any case, > and it is advantageous to create new ones. > > BTW, I have run into problems (corruption, etc.) using old files as > templates. It is better to save it as a 2009 file, then use THAT as your > default file in the Setup Wizard (copy it into the Component Files folder). > I get much fewer problems with files created using the Setup Wizard. > > Christopher > > > On Mon Nov 30, at MondayNov 30 10:31 AM, Don Hart wrote: > >> Finmac '09 >> >> I cleared out a copy of a file to use as a template for further work >> on a project and have had trouble eliminating tempo expressions that >> were in the original file. I'm generally pretty careful about >> copying/not copying things I want/do not want. The expressions seem >> to be gone now but I thought that earlier, when working on this file, >> when they seemingly popped up again. >> >> I've just recently upgraded to '09 and re-joined this list after being >> away for a year or so. I'm assuming this is a bug and that it was >> probably discussed at some point. I'd appreciate it if someone could >> update me on work-arounds and such. >> >> Thanks much. >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
