Re: [Finale] Lyrics Question
First thing to try is Edit Update Smart Word Extensions and Hyphens. Note that there is also a setting in Program Options View where you can decide if you want the updating to happen automatically. But I think even with auto-update on there may be situations where you still need to update manually from the Edit menu. On 1 Feb 2007, at 05:53, Neal Gittleman wrote: Greetings... FinMac 2k7b, a project with lyrics. I'm getting no hyphens and no word extensions on screen or in print. In Edit Lyrics the hyphens are all there. I've got Use Smart Word Extensions and Create Automatically... checked in the Lyrics Prefs/Word Extensions menu. There must be something I'm missing (besides the hyphens and extensions!)... Any suggestions? Thanks... ng ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Vista (?)
Daniel Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the meantime, I've move so much over to Linux that Finale is the only program I need to use which requires Windows. That makes at least two of us who would benefit from a Linux version of Finale. A more likely possibility would be to run Finale in a Windows emulator inside Linux. Does anyone know of that having been done? -- Ken Moore ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] 2007b Finale Update odd behavior.
I updated to Finale 2007b about two weeks ago. I'm on WinXP. The update feature in Finale, although activated, had never prompted an update, and I installed it after learning about the update on this list. However, today I opened 2007b. As 2007b opened, I got a message from my firewall -- for the first time -- that Finale 2007a Update wanted to access the internet. After giving permission to the Finale 1007a update, I then got the Update Available prompt from within Finale. The upgrade, of course, was to 2007b. So, it appears that the update does not recognize the current installed version, and invites the user to make a redundant installation Daniel Wolf Frankfurt ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Fairly objective Vista review
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Re: [Finale] Vista (?)
On 31 Jan 2007 at 22:22, Mark D Lew wrote: On Jan 31, 2007, at 10:52 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: Did you consider trying a little Googling to see if your gut belief was true? Why would a died-in-the-wool PC user assume that his guesses about the Mac would be correct? Unless the PC users have been smothered in a pile of sweaters, I think I spot an eggcorn! Actually, that *doesn't* count as an eggcorn -- it's just a brain- fart typo, since I know the correct spelling for dyed-in-the-wool. The definition of an eggcorn is that the wrong spelling has been justified by some line of reasoning that is plausible enough to convince the user of the eggcorn that the spelling is correct. -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Fairly objective Vista review
On 1 Feb 2007 at 8:31, Phil Daley wrote: [nothing] Are you suggesting that it's not possible to do an objective review, or did you just forget to include the URL? I think the Paul Thurrott review is fairly objective, because it's so exhaustive in giving details, though he's certainly a Windows promoter. It *is* from the point of view of the Windows-committed, and I'd like to see such an exhaustive review from the point of a Windows-friendly Mac user (and Linux, for that matter). -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Fairly objective Vista review
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Re: [Finale] Fairly objective Vista review
Phil, we're getting blank messages from you. This is the second one now. Do you have kids? 8-) On 1-Feb-07, at 9:17 AM, Phil Daley wrote: ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] MIDI sound problems
[Using FINALE 2007, Mac OS 10.4.8, Fatar Keyboard controller, MOTU micro express, Internal Playback] I have two excruciatingly frustrating MIDI problems: (1) in order to hear notes inputted with my MIDI keyboard, I must be in Speedy Entry AND have clicked on a staff. In any other tool, there is no sound whatsoever; (2) very frequently (on average--once every two minutes!) the MIDI sound cuts out althogether--sometimes, in the middle of a note. In order to fix this, I have to go into the MIDI menu: MIDI thru: check off: close window; go back into MIDI through, and (re-)check Smart (or Direct, or channel 1--it doesn't seem to matter. Finale told me this is an Apple CoreMIDI problem. I have no MIDI problems at all with Sibelius, but I'm in the middle of a big project, and simply don't have the time right now to get as adept at Sibelius as I am at Finale (using it for 10 years). Help!! ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Fairly objective Vista review
Don't know what happened to this text: One point: He is incorrect about upgrading Vista installs. You can install unregistered Vista on an empty machine and then upgrade it to registered Vista. http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/1236769/18047577/49602/2/ Phil Daley AutoDesk http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Vista (?)
On Feb 1, 2007, at 6:05 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: Actually, that *doesn't* count as an eggcorn -- it's just a brain- fart typo, since I know the correct spelling for dyed-in-the-wool. The definition of an eggcorn is that the wrong spelling has been justified by some line of reasoning that is plausible enough to convince the user of the eggcorn that the spelling is correct. Ah, I didn't realize that fictional etymology was part of the definition of eggcorn. I've noticed that lately I've been making more and more of the errors where a word is replaced by another word which has a similar sound but is completely dissimilar in both spelling and meaning -- for example, typing youth instead of use. In this list not too long ago we saw someone type error for arrow, which is another example of the same thing. I'm not sure what to call something like this. It's obviously not a typo in the traditional sense, where a finger hits the wrong key. On the other hand, the writer obviously really did know the word he meant to use. Clearly there's something misfiring somewhere in the brain process. It's curious to notice that sound is somehow involved even when I'm communicating words through my fingers in complete silence. I think your died for dyed brain fart is probably in the same category, though since they're true homonyms with similar spelling, it's not as clearly identifiable as such. mdl ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Vista (?)
On 1 Feb 2007 at 8:52, Mark D Lew wrote: On Feb 1, 2007, at 6:05 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: Actually, that *doesn't* count as an eggcorn -- it's just a brain- fart typo, since I know the correct spelling for dyed-in-the-wool. The definition of an eggcorn is that the wrong spelling has been justified by some line of reasoning that is plausible enough to convince the user of the eggcorn that the spelling is correct. Ah, I didn't realize that fictional etymology was part of the definition of eggcorn. Check out the eggcorn database, created and maintained by an e- acquaintance of mine, Chris Waigl: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/ The ABOUT page of the site explains what an eggcorn is: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/about/ I've noticed that lately I've been making more and more of the errors where a word is replaced by another word which has a similar sound but is completely dissimilar in both spelling and meaning -- for example, typing youth instead of use. In this list not too long ago we saw someone type error for arrow, which is another example of the same thing. A friend of mine who is a linguist (and one of the main contributors to the eggcorn database) says that brain studies have shown that we actually store words in our brains by sound rather than by spelling, so that is the reason this happens -- use and youth are likely stored very close together in your brain's language centers, so it's not surprising that it sometimes misfires and pulls out the wrong one. This exact kind of thing happens to me all the time, sometimes with quite comic results. I'm not sure what to call something like this. It's obviously not a typo in the traditional sense, where a finger hits the wrong key. On the other hand, the writer obviously really did know the word he meant to use. Clearly there's something misfiring somewhere in the brain process. It's curious to notice that sound is somehow involved even when I'm communicating words through my fingers in complete silence. I think your died for dyed brain fart is probably in the same category, though since they're true homonyms with similar spelling, it's not as clearly identifiable as such. Straight homonyms are not usually by themselves eggcorns. It's only when a plausible justification for the different meaning is constructed that it becomes an eggcorn. My type was just a typo, probably caused by the same language/brain issues that causes you to occasionally write use for youth (or vice versa). The thing about those typos that always mystify me is that in the process of typing, I don't see it, or in proofreading, repeat the error and don't catch it. I'm afraid that one is attributable to that process which none of us can escape -- aging -- at least, not until we dye. ;) -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
