Hello John. Instead of using Finale to combine the files, with all the troubles that can cause, how about print the files to PDF, using numbers 011-200 in order you want the songs to be, and then combine the PDFs into one file. Is there a reason you want to combine the Finale files?
Cortez > On 10. des. 2016, at 01:29, John Witmer <wit...@nctv.com> wrote: > > Robert, > I need your advice. I'm in the process of completing a 200 song compendium > using Finale 2014.5 When it is finished, (I promised it would be ready > "early" in 2017), I'll need to merge the individual charts for a single > document. This is for the sole use of a retirement community, but they'll > need about 100 copies. I believe I have volunteers who will fund the > printing, but I need to get good copy. > > Now, is Finale 25 good enough to undertake this task, or should I finish it > with Finale 2014.5? Either way, I'm afraid it will be a real chore. If all > else fails, I'll have to print 200 separate charts and collate them. This > will be hard because I need to print most pages "back-to-back" to keep the > total size less than an unabridged dictionary. > > Your advice would be gratefully appreciated. > Chordially, > John Witmer > Clemson Downs Retirement Community. > > On 12/9/2016 5:35:12 PM, Robert Patterson <rob...@robertgpatterson.com> wrote: > I've been messing with the Score Merger function in Finale 25. It does a > halfway decent job, but > > 1. It fails to copy lyric baseline adjustments (and I would guess probably > expression baseline adjustments as well). > 2. It idiotically goes nuts if a bar has too many beats (like a hard whole > rest in a 2/4 bar, which is frequently required for L1/L2 parts). > 3. It makes a mess of lyric text. > 4. It doesn't know how to create percussion staves that match the source > file, so percussion is a mess. > > Does anyone know a better way? > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
