[Finale] Tuplet centering

2005-12-01 Thread Dennis Xuereb
How do I get the tuplet number (on the beam side) to be centred horizontally over the middle stem BOTH when the stems point upwards and downwards? I have checked the Centre number using duration option and it comes fine when the stems point upwards, but when the stems point downwards the

[Finale] OT: WindowsXP backup tool

2005-12-01 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Hi, a little OT, but still remotely relevant, I guess. Can someone recommend a good backup tool which can backup the Windows User folder automatically at regular intervals to an external USB harddisk? I don't think I need anything particularly fancy, but it should be reliable. Freeware if there

Re: [Finale] disk formatting?

2005-12-01 Thread Andrew Stiller
1st-gen. iMacs were the first to have no floppy drive. If they can't burn data to a CD, then they can't copy to removable media at all! Andrew Stiller On Nov 30, 2005, at 1:35 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Nonetheless, this page says CD-ROM, not CD-R:

Re: [Finale] OT: WindowsXP backup tool

2005-12-01 Thread Owain Sutton
Just use a batch file: make a text file containing the following: xcopy c:/whichever folders you want z:/bacup folder /v /e /k /h /x /y Replacing z: with the USB drive letter. The xcopy command copies full directory structures all files within. Save it as 'backup.bat' somewhere suitable,

Re: [Finale] OT: WindowsXP backup tool

2005-12-01 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:40 AM 12/1/2005, Johannes Gebauer wrote: a little OT, but still remotely relevant, I guess. Can someone recommend a good backup tool which can backup the Windows User folder automatically at regular intervals to an external USB harddisk? Not entirely sure what you mean by 'Windows User'

Re: [Finale] reduced-size notation elements

2005-12-01 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Nov 30, 2005, at 2:20 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: I've racked my brains for *any* solution to the key change problem, workaround or not, but the best I can come up with is doing it manually with meas-attached text exps. Not a very happy solution, but (with appropriate meas-positioning

Re: [Finale] OT: WindowsXP backup tool

2005-12-01 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 03:40 PM 12/1/05 +0100, Johannes Gebauer wrote: a little OT, but still remotely relevant, I guess. Can someone recommend a good backup tool which can backup the Windows User folder automatically at regular intervals to an external USB harddisk? I don't think I need anything particularly fancy,

Re: [Finale] Re: disk formatting?

2005-12-01 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Claudio Pompili / 2005/12/01 / 06:38 PM wrote: I use Toast for OS9 burns. To make it readable to both Mac and Win you need to choose the 'ISO 9660' format. If you have file name sensitive materials, you should not use ISO9660 unless you need to make them DOS compatible. For Win32

Re: [Finale] Slightly OT: HP 5si MX printers

2005-12-01 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Nov 30, 2005, at 2:12 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: Rubbing alcohol? Isn't that not recommended for rubber parts, as it dries them out and makes them less effective? All the poop I've ever seen on this says to use distilled water for rubber parts. I'm sure you're right--but HP's manual

Re: [Finale] Slightly OT: HP 5si MX printers

2005-12-01 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Dec 1, 2005, at 4:22 AM, dc wrote: Jonathan Smith écrit: One thing I have discovered with the duplexing side: The main cause of jams appears to come from the rollers that feed out of the heat exchange roller (this is just as they come out of the back of the machine proper and go into the

Re: [Finale] OT: WindowsXP backup tool

2005-12-01 Thread Phil Daley
At 12/1/2005 11:14 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 09:40 AM 12/1/2005, Johannes Gebauer wrote: a little OT, but still remotely relevant, I guess. Can someone recommend a good backup tool which can backup the Windows User folder automatically at regular intervals to an external USB harddisk? I

[Finale] Slightly OT: HP 5si MX printers

2005-12-01 Thread Jonathan Smith
Thanks, Jonathan. My jams are exactly those you described. Actually, there  is no real paper jam: the paper just doesn't get fed into the mechanism and  folds up accordion-wise. What kind of "alcohol based cleaner" do you use?  I'm also going to try heavier paper than the 80g. OT: Where are you

[Finale] RE:OT: WindowsXP backup tool

2005-12-01 Thread Steve Farrell
Re:OT: WindowsXP backup tool There is a free but unsupported power toy from Microsoft called synctoy which allows you to set up folder pairs. It will backup to usb drives and you can set it to do so at a time of your choosing by using the windows task scheduler utility. Steve Farrell

Re: [Finale] three annoying everyday Finale bugs

2005-12-01 Thread Kurt Gnos
Thanks, John and all, At 02:04 01.12.2005, you wrote: On 30 Nov 2005, at 22:48, Kurt Gnos wrote: 1.) When I extract parts, there is always an additional empty page after the last page of the parts. Only if I update I won't print a lot of empty pages. What use? Why? Why still? I have never

Re: [Finale] three annoying everyday Finale bugs

2005-12-01 Thread Robert Patterson
This problem sounds to me as if there is a blank page in your Maestro Default File (or whatever file you use as a starting template.) 1.) When I extract parts, there is always an additional empty page after the last page of the parts. Only if I update I won't print a lot of empty pages.

Re: [Finale] three annoying everyday Finale bugs

2005-12-01 Thread Robert Patterson
No. I doubt Finale cares whether the defailt is A4. This problem is definitely something in your setup: not Finale. -Original Message- From: Kurt Gnos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2005 09:56 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] three annoying

[Finale] Slightly OT: HP 5si MX printers

2005-12-01 Thread Ken Moore
Andrew Stiller wrote: I'm sure you're right--but HP's manual sez I shouldn't touch the interior w. anything but a dry, lint-free cloth. The depth of cleaning that seems to be required to keep my duplexer running is, I suspect ,more than distilled water (wh. I do not have around the house in

Re: [Finale] three annoying everyday Finale bugs

2005-12-01 Thread John Bell
On 1 Dec 2005, at 21:56, Kurt Gnos wrote:Nope! I did not change the Default File. The only thing I changed is in the page sizes file where I put A4 before letter because this is what we use here in Europe. But - if - Finale will not correctly interpret the page sizes in every way, this might

[Finale] Remove forced and hidden accidentals globally

2005-12-01 Thread Eric Dussault
Is there a way to mass remove all the accidentals that have been forced or hidden with the * sign on the numeric keypad. Eric Dussault ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Remove forced and hidden accidentals globally

2005-12-01 Thread Darcy James Argue
Canonic Utilities (plugin) - Clear Frozen Accidentals. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://secretsociety.typepad.com Brooklyn, NY On 01 Dec 2005, at 10:03 PM, Eric Dussault wrote: Is there a way to mass remove all the accidentals that have been forced or hidden with the * sign on the

[Finale] running more than one version of Finale in OSX

2005-12-01 Thread Christopher Smith
For those who are running more than one version of Finale on Mac OSX, Do I need to put my preferences in the same directory as the application, as I did in OS9, or can I safely share preferences between different versions of Finale where they are presently living? Where would I find the

Re: [Finale] running more than one version of Finale in OSX

2005-12-01 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chris, It works (almost) the same as it did in OS 9. You can keep the preferences in the Finale application folder or ~/Library/ Preferences, whichever you prefer. And while recent versions of Finale have version-specific preference names (i.e., Finale 2005 Preferences, Finale 2006