One of the reasons I went back to 2011 is because I couldn't get my head around the score manager...so I need a chapter that I can read and digest as if I was learning the program from scratch.
Mike G. On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 7:24 AM, John Witmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey David, > With your suggestion, I sat down with Mark's opus (Finale 2012 A > Trailblazer > Guide) in hand > to learn how to use the Score Manager. > There is no item in the table of contents about the SM so I looked in the > index. > There are 3 citations there, but they only talk about the SM to solve some > very specific tasks. > I wish there was a comprehensive chapter on the Score Manager. > It is such a new concept for Finale > that it deserves a more thorough treatment. > Finale remains very much a teach yourself program! > Chordially, John > A Finale user since 1998 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David H. Bailey" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2013 10:03 AM > Subject: [Finale] Mark Johnson's Finale 2014: A Trailblazer Guide -- a > bookworth considering! > > > > Remember when Finale came with real, printed manuals? Don't you wish it > > still did? > > > > I just wanted to point out that people who are upgrading to Finale 2014 > > or purchasing Finale for the first time might want to purchase Mark > > Johnson's Finale 2014: A Trailblazer Guide to assist with the upgrade. > > Mark has been publishing these books for the past few upgrades and I > > have found them immensely helpful in navigating around the pitfalls of > > each new upgrade. > > > > Notable potential pitfalls are the ScoreManager (still -- many people > > haven't gotten used to how this works compared to the older Instrument > > List dialog) and the newly redesigned percussion dialog. > > > > These books are great for new users as well as long-time users who may > > have gotten entrenched in older workflows which have changed with these > > newer versions. It's especially helpful for people who haven't upgraded > > for a long time. > > > > You can order it from MakeMusic when you order your upgrade (or > > separately) or you can order it from amazon. > > > > [Disclaimer: Mark is a friend and he's using a quote from me on the > > cover, but other than that I have no business association with the sale > > of this book and don't make any money from the sale of the book, so this > > really is a friendly suggestion and not a ploy for me to earn money.] > > > > > > > > -- > > David H. Bailey > > [email protected] > > http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
