Re: [Finale] Converting Finale 2008 file to pdf - problem
I have found a few things that will kill a PDF or EPS file on Mac. !. Bad font. MIght print and display properly from inside Finale, but just won't embed. Usually old fonts (I used to know this, but I forgot what the old style of font is that breaks EPS.) 2. Custom arrowheads in Smart Shapes. Even the ones supplied by MakeMusic. They just return errors until you are ready to pull your hair out. There may be other things in Smart Shapes too, like rotated text, that will refuse to embed. 3. An embedded graphic in the Finale file. Once again, I used to know exactly which ones broke, but I forgot because I never do it any more (would you?) On a copy of your file, try deleting these items, or try printing to file a page range omitting pages with those things, to see if you can track down the offending item. Hope this helps. Christopher On Aug 26, 2009, at 5:45 AM, Martin Banner wrote: I opened up a file in Finale 2008 (for Mac) for which I want to create a pdf file. After opening up the file, I went to File, clicked on Compile Postscript Listing, then clicked on the compile button when the Compile Postscript Listing window came up. I clicked on save. When I tried to open the postscript file, I got an error message: PostScript Conversion Error The PostScript file Bertoni Credo vocal.ps could be converted to a PDF file. Any suggestions for me so that I can get a pdf? Thanks, Martin ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Converting Finale 2008 file to pdf - problem
I figured this out on my own, thanks. I had to go to the print dialogue box and simply click Print to pdf and voila! Martin On Aug 26, 2009, at 8:30 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: I have found a few things that will kill a PDF or EPS file on Mac. !. Bad font. MIght print and display properly from inside Finale, but just won't embed. Usually old fonts (I used to know this, but I forgot what the old style of font is that breaks EPS.) 2. Custom arrowheads in Smart Shapes. Even the ones supplied by MakeMusic. They just return errors until you are ready to pull your hair out. There may be other things in Smart Shapes too, like rotated text, that will refuse to embed. 3. An embedded graphic in the Finale file. Once again, I used to know exactly which ones broke, but I forgot because I never do it any more (would you?) On a copy of your file, try deleting these items, or try printing to file a page range omitting pages with those things, to see if you can track down the offending item. Hope this helps. Christopher On Aug 26, 2009, at 5:45 AM, Martin Banner wrote: I opened up a file in Finale 2008 (for Mac) for which I want to create a pdf file. After opening up the file, I went to File, clicked on Compile Postscript Listing, then clicked on the compile button when the Compile Postscript Listing window came up. I clicked on save. When I tried to open the postscript file, I got an error message: PostScript Conversion Error The PostScript file Bertoni Credo vocal.ps could be converted to a PDF file. Any suggestions for me so that I can get a pdf? Thanks, Martin ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Martin Banner mban...@hvc.rr.com http://www.alliancemusic.com/peopledetails.cfm?iPeopleID=22 http://hinshawmusic.com/search_results.php?keyword=bannersearch=Search http://collavoce.com/search.php?cmd=searchmode=normalwords=Banner http://sbmp.com/SeeItNowFolder/SeeItNowMen.html http://carlfischer.com/Fischer/search.cfm?cfT=cfC=BannercfID= http://lorenz.com/results.aspx?srch=quickcid=Martin+Banner ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Converting Finale 2008 file to pdf - problem
On Aug 26, 2009, at 5:45 AM, Martin Banner wrote: I opened up a file in Finale 2008 (for Mac) for which I want to create a pdf file. After opening up the file, I went to File, clicked on Compile Postscript Listing, then clicked on the compile button when the Compile Postscript Listing window came up. I clicked on save. When I tried to open the postscript file, I got an error message: PostScript Conversion Error The PostScript file Bertoni Credo vocal.ps could be converted to a PDF file. There is no need to create a PostScript file as an intermediate step. To make a PDF file on the Mac, just open your Finale file, invoke the Print command, and click the Save as PDF button. I have never had the slightest problem printing any PDF file so created. Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://www.kallistimusic.com/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
