100% don't do this in Finale. Sort page numbers in Finale. Easiest to make L and R pages the same. Print to PDF. On mac you can open all the pdfs together, order them, then print to PDF with them all selected.
Steve P. > On 12 Dec 2016, at 09:32, Jón Kristinn Cortez <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> 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 >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
