On Jan 14, 2011, at 3:15 AM, Steve Parker wrote: > I'd like to add another option: turn off or hide courtesy time signature on > an individual basis..
Selection Tool/Edit Measure Attributes/Hide Cautionary Time Sig. > In general I'd like to be able to move anything anywhere, hide anything at all The letter "o" key toggles show/hide of whatever has been the last entry. > and lose the space given to hidden items Sometimes you can do this with Measure Tool/Beat Handles or Special Tools Tool. Seems to me that what you ask is built in to Finale. Chuck > if and only if I want. > > Steve P. > > On 14 Jan 2011, at 03:25, Brian Williams wrote: > >> Michael, >> >> Try this (assuming you have TGTools installed): >> >> TGTools > Modify > Transfer... >> >> It will let you copy bar layouts, etc. from one place to another (from a >> laid-out separate part file to a linked part in another file, or from one >> linked part to another within the same file). You'll still have to open each >> extracted part individually, select all, copy the layout with the TGTools >> plugin and then open the corresponding linked part in the original master >> file and paste the layout, but it will still save you time vs. redoing >> everything from scratch. >> >> Linked parts are great and have come a long way since 2007. Thanks to the >> TGTools plugin, I have been using them for the past couple of years in lieu >> of my old "Special Part Extraction" method. In Finale 2010 they finally >> allowed for separate measure number settings in the score vs. parts which >> was a HUGE improvement. However, there is one issue that still causes me to >> have the score file separate from the parts for large orchestral works - >> time signature display on staves in score vs. parts. In a large orchestral >> score, I prefer to only display time signatures on 4 or 5 staves (i.e. the >> first staff of each section) and I set them to be GIGANTIC in the score but >> normal sized in the parts. Obviously I want time signatures to appear on all >> staves in the parts. Currently there is no way to do this until they add >> another checkbox in staff attributes: "Time Sig. in Score" and "Time Sig. in >> Parts" like they already do for Staff Name. There's even an extra space for >> it in the dialog! Oh well, I can dream... (yes, I have told tech >> support/product development about this). >> >> -Brian >> >> >> On 1/13/11 10:01 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Since I'm of the "old school" Finale users, having really cut my teeth on >>> the program almost ten years ago, I never was used to the idea of linked >>> parts, so I have continued doing the usual extraction method. I'm starting >>> to >>> regret this, especially as I didn't realize that this "unlinks" the parts >>> from the score; I thought that "linked" parts meant "linked extracted" >>> parts. I guess I need to read the directions a little more. Now that I've >>> spent 30 minutes just making one pass to change of all things, the title, >>> I'm >>> really wanting my parts to be linked again. >>> >>> Is it possible to do an Indiana Jones-like switcheroo, where I insert the >>> part file I've been working on and laid out beautifully into the rough-cut >>> part file that Finale wants to use when I go to select the part in >>> question? >>> I realize that for certain things I'll probably need to still use some >>> part extraction, but with that being the exception rather than the rule, >>> I'll >>> even allow for some extra cleanup if it will save me some time down the >>> road. >>> >>> Conversely, if someone has a way I can literally cut-and-paste all the >>> layout changes I've made and can superimpose them on the part with minimal >>> damage, that would be acceptable, too. I don't think this will work where >>> I've exploded the parts into multiple staves, though, such as my double wind >>> lines. But perhaps there's a plugin for that, too? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Michael Wittenburg >>> Sarasota Opera >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 1310 NW Naito Parkway #807 Portland, OR 97209-3162 phone: (503) 926-7952 cell phone: (360) 201-3434 www.chuckisraels.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
