Re: [Finale] Importing from Word to Finale

2009-03-05 Thread David W. Fenton
On 5 Mar 2009 at 10:02, Robert Patterson wrote: > I've tried a couple of free or shareware PDF->EPS converters. The > problem is because the word doc is text, some of these converters > don't recognize it as graphics. I found one EPS converter that > converted the EPS correctly so far as Preview w

[Finale] O.T. Vivaldi manuscripts in Turin Italy

2009-03-05 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
Good day: I'm hoping someone will have a lead or suggestion. I'd like to order reproductions of Vivaldi manuscripts that are in the National University Library in Turin. I don't speak or read Italian, but would anyone on the list know of a direct link or email contact there? The best page I have

Re: [Finale] Importing from Word to Finale

2009-03-05 Thread shirling & neueweise
as far as i can tell, if you send me a word doc and a PDF of the output i'll test it for you. no reason why it shouldn't, illustrator is far more powerful than word for typography Do you know if Illustrator does Ruby Text (aka Phonetic Guides, aka furigana)? __

Re: [Finale] Importing from Word to Finale

2009-03-05 Thread Robert Patterson
Do you know if Illustrator does Ruby Text (aka Phonetic Guides, aka furigana)? On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:11 AM, shirling & neueweise wrote: > >> I've tried a couple of free or shareware PDF->EPS converters. The problem >> is because the word doc is text, some of these converters don't recognize i

Re: [Finale] Importing from Word to Finale

2009-03-05 Thread shirling & neueweise
I've tried a couple of free or shareware PDF->EPS converters. The problem is because the word doc is text, some of these converters don't recognize it as graphics. you can "flatten" (not sure that is the right term) the text in a PDF with a professional programme so that the text is turned i

Re: [Finale] Importing from Word to Finale

2009-03-05 Thread Robert Patterson
I've tried a couple of free or shareware PDF->EPS converters. The problem is because the word doc is text, some of these converters don't recognize it as graphics. I found one EPS converter that converted the EPS correctly so far as Preview was concerned, but when I imported it into Finale all that

[Finale] Importing from Word to Finale

2009-03-05 Thread Robert Patterson
I am working on a piece that I would like to import text blocks from Word. The reason is that Word can do the text formatting I want but Finale can't. Does anyone have a good (Mac) procedure for importing the text into Finale in EPS format? I can do it as PICT or GIF but then I get pixelation.

[Finale] Disappearing tempo and rehearsal marks, part 2

2009-03-05 Thread Christopher Smith
FinMac 2009b Create a new document using the Maestro default. Add a piano and two trumpets. I left everything else blank. I entered a tempo mark (Adagio) in bar 5 and a rehearsal letter A with the metatool in bar 6. Then I deleted the first two measures. Only the trumpet 1 linked part ha