Jef, The enharmonic spellings for the Mac are under the Finale 2012 menu: Preferences Measurement Units Enharmonic Spelling
Michael mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ >________________________________ > From: SN jef chippewa <shirl...@newmusicnotation.com> >To: finale@shsu.edu >Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:00 AM >Subject: Re: [Finale] transposing / linked parts / that acci bug > > >>chromatic transposition breaks forced appearance >>of some accidentals, especially if you compare >>concert and transposed versions, as you are >>doing. > >i also noticed this using the single pitch PI. >but never figured out what the conditions were >that made it happen. > >>For the first, just don't use the 9 key to flip >>enharmonics, because when you look away, it may >>flip itself back. > >here you are talking about the SC, right? because >in the PT this is the only way to correct some >spellings (i have many instances of E-3/4# for >example) > >>Also, if you select Favour Sharps or Favour >>Flats in the Enharmonic menu, this method is >>largely bulletproof > >mmmmmm, where the hell is this option these days? >i seem to recall setting it to one of those way >back when, but canèt find the bugger now. > >>For the second, there is no way that I know of >>to avoid this, other that using expressions >>(ugh!) or articulations to force the appearance. > >ok, thanks for confirming that this is just >another example of stupid finale design. > >>According to tech support, you are supposed to >>enter the notes you want in transposed pitch; >>anything you do here will stick. If you enter >>the notes in CONCERT pitch and then switch to >>transposed (when chromatic transposition is >>enacted) you don't know what you're going to get. > >brilliant. > >> In linked voiced parts this is particularly >>egregious, because you have no way to make a >>voiced part different in the part or score. >>Sometimes just entering or exiting the Speedy >>window causes the state of forced accidentals to >>flip their appearance. > >yes i have noticed this even without voiced parts. > >>I have complained vociferously about both of >>these bugs, to no avail. Maybe a well-respected >>engraver such as yourself complaining would help >>get these fixed? > >sure. and i am going to make this next deadline, too. > > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >Finale@shsu.edu >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
