Re: [Finale] new 2005 copying behavior

2004-09-08 Thread Lon Price
On Sep 7, 2004, at 1:40 PM, Peter Taylor wrote: Lon - I have no idea if this might be relevant, but several versions ago I found that converting my old template file to use in a newer version of Finale caused several weird and unexpected problems, notably one very peculiar bug concerning Percus

Re: [Finale] new 2005 copying behavior

2004-09-07 Thread Peter Taylor
Lon - I have no idea if this might be relevant, but several versions ago I found that converting my old template file to use in a newer version of Finale caused several weird and unexpected problems, notably one very peculiar bug concerning Percussion Maps  :o).  Like you, I couldn't figure

Re: [Finale] new 2005 copying behavior

2004-09-07 Thread Chuck Israels
On Sep 7, 2004, at 1:16 PM, Lon Price wrote: Yeah, there's something broke alright. Let me explain: I'm currently working on some small group charts, working from my template that contains all the staves I could possibly need, but don't always use--trumpet, alto, tenor, trombone, master rhythm,

Re: [Finale] new 2005 copying behavior

2004-09-07 Thread Lon Price
On Sep 7, 2004, at 8:17 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: There's a piece of information left out of Ryan's description of the new method (see below). Ryan wrote: This is correct.  Finale 2005 now copies Measure-Attached Expressions when copying to the clipboard and choosing "Replace Entries".  This giv

Re: [Finale] new 2005 copying behavior

2004-09-07 Thread Chuck Israels
On Sep 7, 2004, at 9:10 AM, Robert Patterson wrote: The loss of staff lists when copying to another document was a *huge* shortcoming. I was able to mitigate it considerably with the Mass Copy plugin. Without mitigation, though, the target document became an unsightly mess of expressions that did

Re: [Finale] new 2005 copying behavior

2004-09-07 Thread Robert Patterson
The loss of staff lists when copying to another document was a *huge* shortcoming. I was able to mitigate it considerably with the Mass Copy plugin. Without mitigation, though, the target document became an unsightly mess of expressions that did not belong on the staff. What happened was that al

[Finale] new 2005 copying behavior

2004-09-07 Thread Chuck Israels
There's a piece of information left out of Ryan's description of the new method (see below). Ryan wrote: This is correct.  Finale 2005 now copies Measure-Attached Expressions when copying to the clipboard and choosing "Replace Entries".  This gives you the ability to copy and paste parts to other

[Finale] new 2005 copying behavior

2004-09-07 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi folks, I received this reply form Ryan at macsupport today. It seems this is not a bug, but is rather a new behavior that requires using a different method for copying things to the clipboard. There's a reason for it, having to do with the transportability of staff lists. I can deal with this