I apologize if these topics have been covered in the past (if they have, I would really appreciate a link to the solutions). I have used Finale since version 1 and have had an issue from time to time. However, since upgrading to 2014.5 it’s been one frustrating issue after another.
It started with the Launch Window crashing every time I selected something (this is still happening and I have been going back and forth with MakeMusic tech support for a month now). Then, I opened an old Finale file to update it but every change I made resulted in the measures shrinking to about 1/32”. Fortunately a solution was found for that. I’ve also been frustrated that some of my preference choices haven’t been “sticking.” The latest is printing parts in black and white. No matter what I do the parts print in color — both to a printer and to a pdf. Grrrr. I’m also baffled by the fact that when I alter a measure width, move items within a measure, alter the beat spacing, etc. that the default isn’t to lock those alterations (maybe I’m missing something). I was working on a very complicated score that had numerous tremolos. Some weren’t displaying properly so I went in and adjusted them. Then I would continue my editing of the rest of the score. However, when I came back to the part with the tremolos all my adjustments had been reverted back to their original positions. Why doesn’t Finale default to keeping any manual adjustments made? Sorry for the rant but it’s been a frustrating few weeks. My preference is still Finale over Sibelius but I’m running out of hair to pull out. Craig _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
