[Finale] HP applied to file without my consent!

2007-12-03 Thread Randolph Peters
I am checking with the list to see if this is a known problem or if I am seeing a one-time anomaly. I've been working with a file for the past 2 months, adding more and more as I compose. (My usual mode of working.) Lately, the playback of the file has included hiccups, phasing, and other

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 and Beyond

2007-12-03 Thread dhbailey
Mark McCarron wrote: I thought Finale had given up on Finaleviewer in favor of Notepad. Apparently there is a new version. And it's as poorly built as a lot of other MakeMusic stuff -- I just installed the FinaleViewer and went to both bandmusicdirect and orchestramusicdirect and the

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 and Beyond

2007-12-03 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: Aaron Sherber écrit: It doesn't matter. If you have a PDF app like Acrobat that looks to your system like a printer, anything that lets you print to a printer will also let you print to a PDF. Not in my experience. I once tried to print Scorch files (that offered a printing

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 and Beyond

2007-12-03 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: Aaron Sherber écrit: That would surprise me, but I believe you. I wonder what would happen if you picked a real printer that was set up to print to file. I'd try it out but how do you set a real printer to print to a file? In the printer setup dialog, many printer drivers have an

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 and Beyond

2007-12-03 Thread dhbailey
Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Mark McCarron wrote: I thought Finale had given up on Finaleviewer in favor of Notepad. For individuals, this is correct. The name has been revived for e-commerce applications, where a publisher licenses certain server software side software to use in commercial

Re(2): [Finale] Finale 2008 and Beyond

2007-12-03 Thread Leigh Daniels
On my Mac print dialog under Printer, there is a choice between my regular printer and Adobe PDF 7.0. If I pick Adobe PDF 7.0, It launches the little printer app which calls Distiller to render the file as PDF. Seems like this should appear to a program as printing to a printer, not a file.

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 and Beyond

2007-12-03 Thread Jari Williamsson
dhbailey wrote: 1) it doesn't work in FireFox, it only works in Internet Explorer. I installed the viewer after exiting FireFox, started FireFox again and still get the error message Click Here To Install PlugIn where the music should appear. And no message whatsoever on the web-site stating

[Finale] stem direction for grace notes?

2007-12-03 Thread Raimund Lintzen
What is the rule for stem direction when a single (8th) grace note (flag not crossed) preceed a note: Is there a fixed rile for stem direction? Thank you for helping! Raimund Lintzen ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 and Beyond

2007-12-03 Thread dhbailey
Jari Williamsson wrote: dhbailey wrote: 1) it doesn't work in FireFox, it only works in Internet Explorer. I installed the viewer after exiting FireFox, started FireFox again and still get the error message Click Here To Install PlugIn where the music should appear. And no message whatsoever

Re: [Finale] stem direction for grace notes?

2007-12-03 Thread dhbailey
Raimund Lintzen wrote: What is the rule for stem direction when a single (8th) grace note (flag not crossed) preceed a note: Is there a fixed rile for stem direction? Thank you for helping! I don't think there's any hard-and-fast rule. I seem to recall seeing grace note stems mostly

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 and Beyond

2007-12-03 Thread music
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Re: [Finale] stem direction for grace notes?

2007-12-03 Thread Jack Ellis
Read's The Elements of Style: The stems, flags, and beams of the single grace-note or grace-note group are usually drawn up, regardless of their position on the staff, although publishers are by no means consistent in this practice. Hope that helps. Jack - Original Message -

Re: [Finale] Monitor question

2007-12-03 Thread Matthew Hindson fastmail acct
David Froom wrote: I'd like to request some advice about monitors. I am looking at buying a new monitor to replace my desk-hog, an old Apple Studio 21 CRT. The Dell 24 LCD (2407WFP) looks appealing, especially because it has a stand with 90° built in to the stand. In the old days.

[Finale] Engraver slurs - a work-around for slur tips not avoiding staff lines

2007-12-03 Thread Johannes Gebauer
I have just found a work around for one of my biggest Finale problems. I have been fighting Engraver slur tips crashing into staff lines, even though they were set not to. I now realized that if I change the vertical slur placement setting from 12 and -12 for slurs over and under the notes to

Re: [Finale] Engraver slurs - a work-around for slur tips not avoiding staff lines

2007-12-03 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 03.12.2007 Fiskum, Steve wrote: If you want to see some crazy control of slurs look at TGTools: ModifyFine-Tune Slurs. Here you can tweak like a geek. :-) I know, but I never understood any of it. The beauty of this simple tweak is that Engraver slurs stay untouched and functional for

Re: [Finale] Monitor question

2007-12-03 Thread Ray Horton
I have a Dell 24landscape rotatable, and it's a peach. The only odd thing about it is that the two USB ports are on the right side of the monitor (which would be a handy place to plug in a mouse). BUT when it rotates, one has to unplug from them because there is not room underneath. If

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 and Beyond

2007-12-03 Thread dhbailey
dhbailey wrote: Jari Williamsson wrote: dhbailey wrote: 1) it doesn't work in FireFox, it only works in Internet Explorer. I installed the viewer after exiting FireFox, started FireFox again and still get the error message Click Here To Install PlugIn where the music should appear. And no

Re: [Finale] Engraver slurs - a work-around for slur tips not avoiding staff lines

2007-12-03 Thread Fiskum, Steve
If you want to see some crazy control of slurs look at TGTools: ModifyFine-Tune Slurs. Here you can tweak like a geek. :-) Steve 12/3/07 2:50 PM, Johannes Gebauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just found a work around for one of my biggest Finale problems. I have been fighting Engraver

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 and Beyond

2007-12-03 Thread dhbailey
dhbailey wrote: dhbailey wrote: Jari Williamsson wrote: dhbailey wrote: 1) it doesn't work in FireFox, it only works in Internet Explorer. I installed the viewer after exiting FireFox, started FireFox again and still get the error message Click Here To Install PlugIn where the music should

Re: [Finale] Engraver slurs - a work-around for slur tips not avoiding staff lines

2007-12-03 Thread dhbailey
Johannes Gebauer wrote: I have just found a work around for one of my biggest Finale problems. I have been fighting Engraver slur tips crashing into staff lines, even though they were set not to. I now realized that if I change the vertical slur placement setting from 12 and -12 for slurs

RE: [Finale] Global settings, was Engraver slurs

2007-12-03 Thread dr.a.s. weinstangel
Thank you, Johannes; This kind of hint is absolutely invaluable to me. Which brings me to a request. When I compare the look of my scores with those of some of my more capable colleagues, I am often embarrassed with their less-than-professional look. Has anyone ever compiled a list of

Re: [Finale] stem direction for grace notes?

2007-12-03 Thread John Howell
At 5:55 PM +0100 12/3/07, Raimund Lintzen wrote: What is the rule for stem direction when a single (8th) grace note (flag not crossed) If the flag is not crossed it would be an appoggiatura rather than a grace note. And I would put the stem up by instinct, although I don't know any rule