Except there is no native way to import finale files. If they want finale users that bad, then they should have Sibelius able to open up to finale 2011 files right from the program. They used to, I believe, have something like this in a previous version
Sent from my iSomething -- Eric Dannewitz Musician/Polymath http://www.gplus.to/ericdano On Jul 27, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Matthew Hindson Gma <[email protected]> wrote: > If you watch the video on the Sibelius site directed at Finale users, > when changing from rhythm-before-pitch to pitch-before-rhythm, the > note entry palette changes to the same values we are used to in Speedy. > > Sibelius have really gone to a lot of trouble to accommodate other > ways of working. I will be thanking them for their efforts by using it. > > There is a place for us Speedy refugees now it seems. > > Matthew > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 28/07/2011, at 10:35 AM, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> I meant an equivalent to Finale's Scroll View, i.e. Panorama. I'm >> aware that feature was introduced in an earlier version. >> >> Cheers, >> >> - DJA >> ----- >> WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org >> >> >> >> On 27 Jul 2011, at 8:25 PM, John Howell wrote: >> >>> At 3:00 PM -0400 7/27/11, Darcy James Argue wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> This is huge. The three fundamental UI problems >>>> I had with Sibelius (lack of scroll view, no >>>> pitch-before-rhythm entry, and those awful modal >>>> tool palettes) have now all been implemented. >>> >>> Hi, Darcy. If you mean scroll bars on score >>> pages, it's always been there and can be toggled >>> on and off. If by "scroll view" you mean >>> non-page view it's been available as Panorama >>> since, I think, Sib 5. And I'm not sure what a >>> "modal tool palette" is. >>> >>> But apparently the new entry mode really is a big >>> deal for some people. It'll be interesting to >>> see whether I'm more comfortable with it or not. >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> -- >>> John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music >>> Virginia Tech Department of Music >>> School of Performing Arts & Cinema >>> College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences >>> Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240 >>> Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 >>> (mailto:[email protected]) >>> http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html >>> >>> "Machen es wie Sie wollen, machen es nur schön!" >>> (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
