In my experience, it has been a big time saver -- not sure if I would say HUGE.
Aaron. On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 6:14 PM, Lee Actor <[email protected]> wrote: > I already enter all cues in my "extracted parts" score, no pasting between > docusments. > I also change several "parts only" items globally once, in the same score. > Same with elements colliding in all parts (rare in my experience). > > You're right about later edits potentially having to be done in multiple > files, but for me it's rare that a later edit needs to be done in more than > 1 or 2 files. To me, a bigger danger in doing later edits in linked parts > is that I might inadvertently have Auto music spacing or multimeasure rests > on, where a minor edit in one part can affect a different part that will > likely go unnoticed. > > I don't mean to be argumentative; I really am interested in the best work > flow. But isn't saying that fewer files is a HUGE time saver something of > an overstatement? > > -Lee > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of > Christopher Smith > Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2018 2:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Finale] Finale Linked Parts: what's missing? > > Ooh, ooh, ooh! I got this! > > Fewer files is a HUGE time saver! You can enter all the cues with copy and > paste (or the plugin, which I find buggy) without pasting between > documents, > you can change the font sizes for tempi and rehearsal letters ONCE (or > anything else ONCE) and have it apply to all parts at once, if you find > something colliding in all parts you move it ONCE and it is solved > everywhere, and you can take advantage of JW Copy Part Layout to regularize > the page layout. Later edits, too, have to be done twice (once in the score > file, once in the part file) but in extracted parts you have to make edits > in ALL files, which can be maddening. > > Christopher > > > > On Apr 22, 2018, at 5:38 PM, Lee Actor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Makes sense. It seems to me you'd also be able to change the tempo > marking font size in the linked parts score; I change several global > settings in the version of the score I extract parts from that I want to > apply to all parts and not to the score. > > > > With two separate copies of the score, though, I don't see the advantage > of linked parts over extracted parts, other than fewer files. How does > this > save time and effort? > > _______________________________________________ > 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]
