Mine shows it exactly as you describe.
However, if I don't independently reselect the document style then I don't get
A4. I don't have to select the page sizes only reselect the doc style.
Steve P.
On 9 Jan 2011, at 04:21, Florence + Michael launay-c...@gmx.net wrote:
The Setup Wizard
It could be that you also need to edit pagesizes.txt to put A4 at the top: my
pagesizes.txt is already so edited.
Michael
On 9 Jan 2011, at 10:33, Steve Parker wrote:
Mine shows it exactly as you describe.
However, if I don't independently reselect the document style then I don't
get A4.
I've already done this. I removed US Letter completely from this file.
I still have to deselect then reselect the document style and only
then do I get A4 - without touching the page sizes.
Any other ideas - there may be some basic, obvious thing I've never
learnt.
Steve P.
On 9 Jan 2011,
For the moment I don't know, but maybe we can work it out.
When you open the setup wizard:
- what document style is selected?
- what page size is selected?
Michael
On 9 Jan 2011, at 11:52, Steve Parker wrote:
I've already done this. I removed US Letter completely from this file.
I still
open setup wizard - select string quartet (already linked to a
homemade doc style which includes score and parts at A4 size)
But.. the page sizes say US Letter even though it is not in my
pagesizes.txt!
If I just click on my doc style it still doesn't change.
I have to click on a different
More questions:
What page size is selected _before_ you select String Quartet?
Once you have got the page sizes menu to read A4, can you still find US Letter
in it if you click on it?
Michael
On 9 Jan 2011, at 13:44, Steve Parker wrote:
open setup wizard - select string quartet (already
What page size is selected _before_ you select String Quartet?
Letter
Once you have got the page sizes menu to read A4, can you still find
US Letter in it if you click on it?
Yes - and all the others deleted from my 'pagesizes.txt'
Steve
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Something else I've been kludging..
I set up right and left page numbers in my score.
I don't want these in the parts, but I can't see where to specify this?
Thanks!
Steve
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In my previous notation program I used a lot of empty text boxes to
stop things from appearing in print.
I had the option of moving the graphics layer of any element
(including these white boxes) up or down.
Is there any equivalent in Finale?
Thanks!
Steve P.
In that case, the pagesizes.txt that Finale is using is not the one you edited.
The page sizes menu in the Setup Wizard is constructed from the pagesizes.txt
file. On Mac, if you're using Finale 2011, you have to edit the file in the
library in your user folder, not in the main library.
On 1/9/2011 8:42 AM, Steve Parker wrote:
I set up right and left page numbers in my score.
I don't want these in the parts, but I can't see where to specify this?
The general Finale rule is that things you do in the score also happen
in the parts, and things you do in a part only happen in
On 1/9/2011 8:45 AM, Steve Parker wrote:
In my previous notation program I used a lot of empty text boxes to
stop things from appearing in print.
I had the option of moving the graphics layer of any element
(including these white boxes) up or down.
Is there any equivalent in Finale?
Yes, you
I've used them to hide bits of staves, bits of notes etc.
Things that I want to half hide.
For modern scores.
How can I get an opaque box?
Does anyone have any info on layers?
Thanks!
Steve P.
On 9 Jan 2011, at 14:24, Aaron Sherber wrote:
On 1/9/2011 8:45 AM, Steve Parker wrote:
In my
On Sun, January 9, 2011 8:45 am, Steve Parker wrote:
In my previous notation program I used a lot of empty text boxes to
stop things from appearing in print.
I had the option of moving the graphics layer of any element
(including these white boxes) up or down.
Is there any equivalent in
In that case, the pagesizes.txt that Finale is using is not the one
you edited. The page sizes menu in the Setup Wizard is constructed
from the pagesizes.txt file. On Mac, if you're using Finale 2011,
you have to edit the file in the library in your user folder, not in
the main library.
Great, I unshowed (unshew?) then unlinked then reshowed (reshew...?) ;-)
Worked as explained.
Thanks!
Steve P.
On 9 Jan 2011, at 14:19, Aaron Sherber wrote:
On 1/9/2011 8:42 AM, Steve Parker wrote:
I set up right and left page numbers in my score.
I don't want these in the parts, but I
Is it possible to send a score file to someone?
I have an issue that seems like a bug and a general question.
Finally enough of a break in between work to get my chops up..
Steve P.
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On 9 Jan 2011, at 14:09, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
2. Partial measure selection means staff styles can hide most
anything else of
your choice.
Ah.. this helps.
Thanks!
Steve P.
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It should default to the first page size in the list. Make sure that this is
exactly the same as the one in your document style.
Michael
On 9 Jan 2011, at 15:59, Steve Parker wrote:
In that case, the pagesizes.txt that Finale is using is not the one you
edited. The page sizes menu in the
On Sun, January 9, 2011 10:07 am, Steve Parker wrote:
How can I get an opaque box?
Shape designer. Welcome to hell. :)
Dennis
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On 9 Jan 2011, at 14:09, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
Now I understand why all the questions.
I used Finale decades (just about) ago. Then used Igor Engraver pretty
much from the beginning and as a beta tester.
Almost anything suggested was incorporated! For various reasons Igor
died. I
Maybe I can help. How big is the file?
Michael
On 9 Jan 2011, at 16:10, Steve Parker wrote:
Is it possible to send a score file to someone?
I have an issue that seems like a bug and a general question.
Finally enough of a break in between work to get my chops up..
Steve P.
Last question..
I have a nicely set up doc style, but I can't seem to get instrument
groupings to stick?
If I select string quartet then my homemade doc style that I've
deleted (repeatedly) instrument groupings in,
I still get the Violins I and II grouped and bracketed.
Is this because it
Very likely so, but then you should be able to hide bracket and text from the
attributes’ window for that unwanted group.
Klaus
From: Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk
To: finale@shsu.edu
Sent: Sun, January 9, 2011 4:57:15 PM
Subject: [Finale] groups in
I can hide, but wonder why I can't get it that way by default?
Steve
On 9 Jan 2011, at 16:32, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote:
Very likely so, but then you should be able to hide bracket and text
from the
attributes’ window for that unwanted group.
Klaus
I used Finale decades (just about) ago. Then used Igor
Engraver pretty much from the beginning and as a beta tester.
Hi Steve. Welcome to Finale. Any chance that you have a secret Noteheads
code or address that can persuade them to stop sending me monthly emails? I
sometimes imagine a time
On 1/9/2011 10:03 AM, Steve Parker wrote:
Great, I unshowed (unshew?) then unlinked then reshowed (reshew...?)
You actually don't need to manually unlink; unlinking happens
automatically when you do something which applies in one place but not
the other. When you do the show in score with
hehe..
I think it's sent from a galaxy light years away where it is still
functioning software..
Unfortunately a story of a genius who sold his software to a group of
people who had no idea what they'd bought.
Steve P.
On 9 Jan 2011, at 16:53, Richard Yates wrote:
I used Finale decades
I can't find what the override key might be?
Steve P.
On 9 Jan 2011, at 18:14, Aaron Sherber wrote:
On 1/9/2011 10:03 AM, Steve Parker wrote:
Great, I unshowed (unshew?) then unlinked then reshowed (reshew...?)
You actually don't need to manually unlink; unlinking happens
automatically
On 1/9/2011 1:30 PM, Steve Parker wrote:
I can't find what the override key might be?
On Windows, it's Ctrl. On Mac -- Opt? Open up the help file, click on
Index, then go to the Linked Parts entry and click on the Override key
entry.
Aaron.
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Have discovered the delights of the shape designer.
I quite like it - it's not full of stuff I don't understand!
I can't find how to have an opaque box.
Is it possible?
Steve P.
On 9 Jan 2011, at 15:16, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
On Sun, January 9, 2011 10:07 am, Steve Parker wrote:
How
On Sun, January 9, 2011 2:28 pm, Steve Parker wrote:
Have discovered the delights of the shape designer.
I quite like it - it's not full of stuff I don't understand!
I can't find how to have an opaque box.
Is it possible?
There are line and fill options.
Dennis
Am 08.01.11 18:33, schrieb Dennis Bathory-Kitsz:
Johannes at one point mentioned that it was possible. If he's listening, maybe
he can remember.
I probably haven't been following this enough, but if the question is
whether I know how to get playback for microtones, no, I don't. To be
Didn't think to look at the menu bar..
Perfect - this is better than I'd hoped!
Thanks!
Steve P.
On 9 Jan 2011, at 19:29, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
On Sun, January 9, 2011 2:28 pm, Steve Parker wrote:
Have discovered the delights of the shape designer.
I quite like it - it's not full of
On Sun Jan 9, at SundayJan 9 2:08 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
On 1/9/2011 1:30 PM, Steve Parker wrote:
I can't find what the override key might be?
On Windows, it's Ctrl. On Mac -- Opt? Open up the help file, click on Index,
then go to the Linked Parts entry and click on the Override key
What you won't understand is why it never reacts the way you think it should
once you get it into the score. I can't even get a shape expression to appear
in the same place twice when I look at it. I can't stand the damned thing, and
never use it as a result.
christopher
On Sun Jan 9, at
Hi Johannes,
thanks for reply.
On the one hand I had Finale's powerful Key Sig tool which allows me
to have any number of accidentals between any diatonic steps.
On the other the Aria player which allowed me to import a 49 note an
octave Scala file.
It seems that it is Garritan itself that
Yes.. I'd just about got there..
Turning off 'allow horizontal stretching' helps.
It would be good to attach it to the page rather than to a measure.
Actually that would be good for all expressions too.
For me I think it is workable as the very last step before publishing.
Steve P.
On 9 Jan
The command key works for me, but it doesn't seem to override the
showing and hiding of page numbers between score and parts.
'Unlink' works fine though.
Steve P.
On 9 Jan 2011, at 19:43, Christopher Smith wrote:
On Sun Jan 9, at SundayJan 9 2:08 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
On 1/9/2011 1:30
Steve Parker wrote:
Is it possible to send a score file to someone?
Sometimes. The person to whom you intend to send the score file has to
have the same, or a later version of Finale to open the file; if they
have a later version than you do, and they edit the file, if they send
the edited
I just tried it, and it worked perfectly for me. In the score, I
control-clicked the page number and selected Hide. Then I did it again but with
the Command key pressed as well, and selected Show. Now it shows in the score,
hidden in the parts. Since the page number text block is the same for
On Sun, January 9, 2011 2:50 pm, Steve Parker wrote:
It seems that it is Garritan itself that can't accept more than the
normal black notes.
I *think* it's because Finale may allow many steps, but if you export the
Midi, you'll see it's still sending the standard chromatic steps, not using
the
Asking for advice, please. Bought Finale 2011 in November and have
been using it, learning its new features, Garritan, etc. without
problems. Then at the end of a session using my MacBrook Pro, Finale
froze up. I quit Finale and relaunched it and it now hangs, even when
I try to open a
Of course.
I have a string quartet score with 'Lento' at the start. It is in the
Score and Violin 1 parts only.
I can delete it but not assign it to all parts.
It is simply missing.
I also have another instance similar.
A 'crotchet =' tempo indication is showing up at the top of the score
On Sun, January 9, 2011 4:02 pm, Steve Parker wrote:
I have a string quartet score with 'Lento' at the start. It is in the
Score and Violin 1 parts only.
I can delete it but not assign it to all parts.
It is simply missing.
I also have another instance similar.
A 'crotchet =' tempo
On 9 Jan 2011, at 21:04, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
Have you had any luck with microtonal scores in other notation
software?
No.
I'm happy that Finale makes it so easy to attach the accidentals.
I don't really require the playback.
Just had a moment of excitement when I connected the dots
Have tried to do exactly what you say a hundred times now.
Control click in score - hides. All OK.
Control click again, then select 'Show' with Command held down.
Not doing anything for me. Stays hidden everywhere.
Steve P.
On 9 Jan 2011, at 20:46, Christopher Smith wrote:
I just tried it, and
This was the solution.
Who new that there was another score list in the 'Category Designer'??
All but me probably.
Thanks!
Steve P.
On 9 Jan 2011, at 21:11, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
On Sun, January 9, 2011 4:02 pm, Steve Parker wrote:
I have a string quartet score with 'Lento' at the
I skipped Fin09 and Fin10, just to find there are some more bugs or undesired
behaviours in Fin11 than in Fin08, apparently. I found that the the changes in
the additional space applied to multimeasure rests do not stay. They actually
change at first, just to change back after the next action.
I think this is a sort of a bug (as I don't think it is the intended
behaviour).
When in Program Options/View, Display defined measure numbers is selected, and
at the same time, some measures in the score are forced not to be included in
the numbering, some processes linked to measures (like
First thing to try is to trash the Finale preferences and rebuild them. Thing
is, I've forgotten where the preference file is stored! I'm looking for it,
and will report, if I find it.
Chuck
On Jan 9, 2011, at 1:03 PM, timothy key price wrote:
Asking for advice, please. Bought Finale
Yes, that one is a very annoying bug! Please open a case with Tech Support so
they get more complaints about it, which will move it up the list of things to
be fixed.
Christopher
On Sun Jan 9, at SundayJan 9 4:29 PM, Rafael L. Junchaya wrote:
I think this is a sort of a bug (as I don't
I don't know about the multimeasure rests not staying at a desired width.
Rehearsal marks have worked perfectly for me. Not sure exactly what you
are describing, but I've never seen it do that.
Rafael L.
Are you sure you're not confusing the light orange of unlinked items with the
only slightly ghosted colour of hidden items? Print a test page (to PDF if you
don't want to waste paper) and see for yourself.
I have set my orange unlinked colour to be darker and more saturated and my
ghost
That is usually caused by a bad audio unit/vst plugin. Go to your
Library/Audio/Plug-ins and disable some of the plugins.
If Finale crashes, you can usually gleam what caused it by the crash log.
timothy key
To make measures rest keep their size, turn OFF Automatic Music Spacing.
Spacing the music always resets measure widths.
Are you using auto-sequencing rehearsal letters? If you want ONE odd one, you
have to make it NON sequencing. I copy the appearance of the sequencing ones,
except to make it
User: Finale: Preferences: Finale 20** Preferences
Steve P.
On 9 Jan 2011, at 21:28, Chuck Israels wrote:
First thing to try is to trash the Finale preferences and rebuild
them. Thing is, I've forgotten where the preference file is
stored! I'm looking for it, and will report, if I find
Good day:
In several sources I am working on, instead of the usual 'f I have 'fort'
Is it considered legitimate to use italic bold if I am trying to duplicate
what the source has or just use simple italics? It's definitely easier
bolded, and plus the standard dynamic fonts are bold.
Thanks
Kim
On 1/9/2011 4:21 PM, Steve Parker wrote:
Have tried to do exactly what you say a hundred times now.
Control click in score - hides. All OK.
Control click again, then select 'Show' with Command held down.
Not doing anything for me. Stays hidden everywhere.
I think this is because the parts are
On 9 Jan 2011 at 17:50, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
In several sources I am working on, instead of the usual 'f I have
'fort'
Is it considered legitimate to use italic bold if I am trying to
duplicate what the source has or just use simple italics? It's
definitely easier bolded, and plus the
I removed the italics, because after your comment, I realize that
typically in my own editions, I use italics for editorial additions.
I initially use them because in the sources, dynamics are written in
an italic script. I guess that's bad on my part.
Here's a screen shot of what I have now:
On 9 Jan 2011 at 18:25, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
I removed the italics, because after your comment, I realize that
typically in my own editions, I use italics for editorial additions.
I initially use them because in the sources, dynamics are written in
an italic script. I guess that's bad on
Curious, why do you have the repeat sign on the other side of the time
signature?
On Jan 9, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Kim Patrick Clow telem...@gmail.com wrote:
I removed the italics, because after your comment, I realize that
typically in my own editions, I use italics for editorial additions.
I
Because it's within a sub-section of a multi-section movement, that's
not the start of a new movement, even though it looks like one.
Tempo di Minuetto - Allegro with a Da capo marking at the end to
repeat the first section up to the fermata.
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Ryan Beard
I would consider it legitimate, especially if duplicating a source.
Consistency is king.
It should have a full-stop after it as it is an abbreviation.
Steve P.
On 9 Jan 2011, at 22:50, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
Good day:
In several sources I am working on, instead of the usual 'f I have
That is exactly what I'm doing..
I will follow your advice!
Thanks,
Steve P.
On 9 Jan 2011, at 21:51, Christopher Smith wrote:
Are you sure you're not confusing the light orange of unlinked items
with the only slightly ghosted colour of hidden items? Print a test
page (to PDF if you don't
Don't forget to assign your blank box expression to a metatool.
Otherwise, if you enter it 'manually' into the score a number of times
from the same shape (Expression), and change one of them, it will change
all of them. The same if you copy one from one system to the other.
Also write to
If you don't care about playback, I created my Accidentals font to
enable microtonal notation.
What I do is replace the characters for unused accidentals in a piece
e.g. x, bb, (b) or (x) with microtonal accidentals, using the relevant
Document Options.
Obviously this is limiting in terms
At 5:50 PM -0500 1/9/11, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
Good day:
In several sources I am working on, instead of the usual 'f I have 'fort'
Is it considered legitimate to use italic bold if I am trying to duplicate
what the source has or just use simple italics? It's definitely easier
bolded, and
Oh, this is simply amazing... I have followed every suggestion here. I have
changed the page sizes in every doc style and default file, I have edited the
pagesizes.txt file, but I don't get but Letter size by default and it does not
change whatever doc style I select. I went even further:
On Sun, January 9, 2011 7:19 pm, Matthew Hindson (gmail) wrote:
If you don't care about playback, I created my Accidentals font to
enable microtonal notation.
The original question was playback, but if that's not important, your font or
Texier's font Microtona are great for this.
Dennis
Wow, that was easy. Worked like a charm.
Thank you very much.
tim
On Jan 9, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Steve Parker wrote:
User: Finale: Preferences: Finale 20** Preferences
Steve P.
On 9 Jan 2011, at 21:28, Chuck Israels wrote:
First thing to try is to trash the Finale preferences and rebuild
I do it exactly as you describe. I use the font by Andrián Pertout for
Ben Johnston's notation.
Steve P.
On 10 Jan 2011, at 00:19, Matthew Hindson (gmail) wrote:
If you don't care about playback, I created my Accidentals font to
enable microtonal notation.
What I do is replace the
On 10 Jan 2011, at 00:25, Matthew Hindson (gmail) wrote:
Don't forget to assign your blank box expression to a metatool.
Otherwise, if you enter it 'manually' into the score a number of
times from the same shape (Expression), and change one of them, it
will change all of them. The same if
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