[Finale] Page setup - Landscape v Portrait ?

2005-04-13 Thread Richard Bartkus
Okay, another dumb question. I ran into this one tonight and it's a bit frustrating. I changed the orientation of the sheet to landscape in page setup, but it still views as Portrait. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

RE: [Finale] Page setup - Landscape v Portrait ?

2005-04-13 Thread Dan Rupert
Did you also change it in the Page Layout\pg size DB? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Bartkus Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:59 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] Page setup - Landscape v Portrait ? Okay, another dumb

[Finale] Tiny text

2005-04-13 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 13/04/2005 04:22:28 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The answer to your question is influenced in part by the genre(s) of music you are doing or plan to do. Is it my mail server which is at fault (or my eyes) or has the text above come through illegibly

Re: [Finale] Letters in lyrics

2005-04-13 Thread Christopher Smith
On Apr 12, 2005, at 11:37 PM, Bruce K H Kau wrote: I believe W is the only polysyllabic letter in the English alphabet. I have heard attempts (by internetters?) to call it a dub, but that doesn't work for me. Personally, I would keep the letters as letters except for W, which I would spell out

Re: [Finale] Letters in lyrics

2005-04-13 Thread Mark D Lew
On Apr 12, 2005, at 8:37 PM, Bruce K H Kau wrote: I believe W is the only polysyllabic letter in the English alphabet. I have heard attempts (by internetters?) to call it a dub, but that doesn't work for me. Personally, I would keep the letters as letters except for W, which I would spell out

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-13 Thread Mark D Lew
On Apr 11, 2005, at 5:41 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: OK, if you approve, not only of David's disagreeing with Brahms (nothing wrong with that) but of the less-than-civil tone of his disagreement, (which takes it to a different level) than I will ask you to provide an example of a truly great

Re: [Finale] OT dreams (was launching)

2005-04-13 Thread Bunnydowns
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I used to keep a pad on my nightstand for precisely that reason, but quickly found that the stuff on it tended to be either illegible, or not nearly as original as I'd thought when half-asleep. I'm convinced that this is a widespread experience among composers. I have

Re: [Finale] Tiny text

2005-04-13 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Well, perhaps this is a good opportunity to ask whether it would be possible for all Finale listers to use plain text meassages on this list? That's actually including you, Lawrence, your messages also come through as html. On the other hand I know that it is difficult for aol users to do

Re: [Finale] Finale 2003: is it worth upgrading ?

2005-04-13 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I am committing myself to learn this product, is it worth upgrading to the current version, or should I stay on 2003a and wait for the next version ? Thanks in advance, Richard The next version should be available in August, if MakeMusic holds true to past

Re: [Finale] Tiny text

2005-04-13 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 13/04/2005 04:22:28 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The answer to your question is influenced in part by the genre(s) of music you are doing or plan to do. Is it my mail server which is at fault (or my eyes) or has the text

Re: [Finale] OT dreams (was launching)

2005-04-13 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 05:06 AM 4/13/05 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I used to keep a pad on my nightstand for precisely that reason, but quickly found that the stuff on it tended to be either illegible, or not nearly as original as I'd thought when half-asleep. I'm convinced

Re: [Finale] Tiny text

2005-04-13 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 13/04/2005 10:24:01 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's actually including you, Lawrence, your messages also come through as html. On the other hand I know that it is difficult for aol users to do this, although some seem to manage. Ah, so that's the

Re: [Finale] Tiny text

2005-04-13 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Well, at least I can report success: your message came through as very beautiful and standard plain text. So if anyone knows how to make this option sticky for AOL users, a lot of listers would be very happy! Johannes [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: In a message dated 13/04/2005 10:24:01 GMT

Re: [Finale] OT dreams (was launching)

2005-04-13 Thread Christopher Smith
On Apr 13, 2005, at 5:06 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I used to keep a pad on my nightstand for precisely that reason, but quickly found that the stuff on it tended to be either illegible, or not nearly as original as I'd thought when half-asleep. I'm convinced that this

Re: [Finale] Page setup - Landscape v Portrait ?

2005-04-13 Thread A-NO-NE Music
d. collins / 05.4.13 / 02:13 AM wrote: Go to Page Layout tool, Page Size, and redefine your pages. Come to think of it, I have always thought they should be dynamically linked. Is there any scenario that I don't know when you want Page Setup set to one way while Page Layout set to the other?

Re: [Finale] Tiny text

2005-04-13 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Johannes Gebauer / 05.4.13 / 08:44 AM wrote: So if anyone knows how to make this option sticky for AOL users, a lot of listers would be very happy! There are two things can be done to improve the situation. - This list should disable HTML option at MailMan2 admin interface (admin, please?). -

[Finale] Total surprise

2005-04-13 Thread D. Keneth Fowler
To the list, I was totally surprised when I looked at my 4-12-05 post this morning. I have no idea why the text jumped to such a tiny size. I prepared the message the same way I always have. It all looked quite uniform on my screen prior to sending it. It was not my intent that it appear as it

Re: [Finale] Page setup - Landscape v Portrait ?

2005-04-13 Thread Christopher Smith
On Apr 13, 2005, at 9:15 AM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: d. collins / 05.4.13 / 02:13 AM wrote: Go to Page Layout tool, Page Size, and redefine your pages. Come to think of it, I have always thought they should be dynamically linked. Is there any scenario that I don't know when you want Page Setup set

Re: [Finale] Page setup - Landscape v Portrait ?

2005-04-13 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:15 AM 4/13/2005, A-NO-NE Music wrote: Come to think of it, I have always thought they should be dynamically linked. Is there any scenario that I don't know when you want Page Setup set to one way while Page Layout set to the other? Sure. I've just been working with a European composer who

Re: [Finale] Page setup - Landscape v Portrait ?

2005-04-13 Thread Johannes Gebauer
A-NO-NE Music schrieb: Come to think of it, I have always thought they should be dynamically linked. Is there any scenario that I don't know when you want Page Setup set to one way while Page Layout set to the other? Yes, many. The most obvious being booklet printing. Johannes --

Re: [Finale] Tiny text

2005-04-13 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
LAWRENCE queried: Is it my mail server which is at fault (or my eyes) or has the text ^The answer to your question is influenced in part by the genre(s) of music you are doing or plan to do. come through illegibly small to everyone? Small, yes. Illegibly so, no. ns

Re: [Finale] Page setup - Landscape v Portrait ?

2005-04-13 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Hiro wrote: Come to think of it, I have always thought they should be dynamically linked. Is there any scenario that I don't know when you want Page Setup set to one way while Page Layout set to the other? Yes. Where you want to produce pages 22 inches tall, and 17 inches wide, bur only have

Re: [Finale] Tiny text

2005-04-13 Thread John Howell
I second the call for plain text. HTML code was never intended to be a universal and ideal method of internet communication, and in fact lacks a number of upper level characters. I did not receive either message with tiny type. Both came through in the format I've specified in my Settings.

RE: [Finale] Tiny text

2005-04-13 Thread Williams, Jim
Just FYI-- Several of us who use employer-sponsored email are locked into HTML. Though I have asked for plain text on numerous occasions, my employer informs me that it is not possible to set our Outlook Web Access to plain text. Jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] Page setup - Landscape v Portrait ?

2005-04-13 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Sorry, must have been my English again. What I meat was what situation you don't want Page Setup and Page Layout dynamically syned before manual manipulation? When you need special print page size other than your OS default, you will deal with settings manually regardless of app. That's how

RE: [Finale] Tiny text

2005-04-13 Thread Simon Troup
Just adding my vote for plain text email, it's much easier to deal with. -- Simon Troup Digital Music Art - Finale IRC channel server: irc.chatspike.net port: 6667 channel: #Finale - ___ Finale mailing

[Finale] Re: oh god...

2005-04-13 Thread jef chippewa
From: Raymond Horton Actually, for anyone who cares to actually READ the book before categorically rejecting what Brahms and the others have to say based on a few small excerpts... thing is, that was how it was presented, are we to simply accept it as gospel based on its brevity, but aren't

[Finale] How Do You Reposition Staves?!

2005-04-13 Thread Jacki Barineau
Hey, Everyone... Working on a time crunch here and can't seem to find this in the manual - I'm sure I'm just not using the correct search terms - that seems to always be my problem! What Finale calls things isn't what I would think they would be called! Anyway - I have a score with 3 vocal

Re: [Finale] How Do You Reposition Staves?!

2005-04-13 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 02:38 PM 4/13/05 -0400, Jacki Barineau wrote: Anyway - I have a score with 3 vocal staves and a piano staff at the bottom. I need to swap 2 of the vocal staves with each other (moving my 2nd staff to the top and the top staff in the middle). How do you do this?!!! How's this work for you:

Re: [Finale] How Do You Reposition Staves?!

2005-04-13 Thread Jacki Barineau
on 4/13/05 2:46 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: How's this work for you: Staff Tool, grab staff handles and drag them into place, then Staff | Sort staves and Staff | Respace staves? Thanks, Dennis - That got it! Okay - is there any easy/quick way to move the chords to the new top staff?!

Re: [Finale] How Do You Reposition Staves?!

2005-04-13 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 03:06 PM 4/13/05 -0400, Jacki Barineau wrote: on 4/13/05 2:46 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: How's this work for you: Staff Tool, grab staff handles and drag them into place, then Staff | Sort staves and Staff | Respace staves? Thanks, Dennis - That got it! Okay - is there any easy/quick

Re: [Finale] How Do You Reposition Staves?!

2005-04-13 Thread Rafael Velasco
- Original Message - From: Jacki Barineau [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Finale 2 finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] How Do You Reposition Staves?! on 4/13/05 2:46 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: How's this work for you: Staff Tool, grab staff

Re: [Finale] How Do You Reposition Staves?!

2005-04-13 Thread Andrew Stiller
on 4/13/05 2:46 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: How's this work for you: Staff Tool, grab staff handles and drag them into place, then Staff | Sort staves and Staff | Respace staves? A quicker, easier, and more elegant way to do this is simply to change the staff's number in the Staff Usage

Re: [Finale] Re: oh god...

2005-04-13 Thread Raymond Horton
OK. I'm going to try to make one more reply on this subject, then withstand the final barrage and not be tempted to try to have the last word (which is quite difficult for me). I'm pretty sure that the reason I quoted the most inflammatory part of Brahms quite-thought-provoking total remarks

Re: [Finale] How Do You Reposition Staves?!

2005-04-13 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 03:39 PM 4/13/05 -0400, Andrew Stiller wrote: on 4/13/05 2:46 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: How's this work for you: Staff Tool, grab staff handles and drag them into place, then Staff | Sort staves and Staff | Respace staves? A quicker, easier, and more elegant way to do this is

Re: [Finale] Re: oh god...

2005-04-13 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
If one accepts that the Rite of Spring is better music than Symphony of Psalms. Dean On Apr 13, 2005, at 12:55 PM, d. collins wrote: Raymond Horton écrit: During some quick research Internet yesterday when I couldn't answer the question myself, it would appear that Stravinsky, for example,

Re: [Finale] Re: oh god...

2005-04-13 Thread David W. Fenton
On 13 Apr 2005 at 13:18, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: On Apr 13, 2005, at 12:55 PM, d. collins wrote: Raymond Horton écrit: During some quick research Internet yesterday when I couldn't answer the question myself, it would appear that Stravinsky, for example, may have been an atheist

Re: [Finale] Re: oh god...

2005-04-13 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
I happen to know at least two very well known choral conductors (self-professed as Godless) who perform sacred music with their choirs in a manner which would bring saints to tears (if one admits the possibility of their existence in the first place). Why not atheistic composers setting

Re: [Finale] Re: oh god...

2005-04-13 Thread Christopher Smith
On Apr 13, 2005, at 3:48 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: OK. I'm going to try to make one more reply on this subject, then withstand the final barrage and not be tempted to try to have the last word (which is quite difficult for me). I'm pretty sure that the reason I quoted the most inflammatory part

Re: [Finale] Re: oh god...

2005-04-13 Thread Raymond Horton
David W. Fenton wrote: Raymond Horton écrit: During some quick research Internet yesterday when I couldn't answer the question myself, it would appear that Stravinsky, for example, may have been an atheist as a young man (the three great ballets) and experienced a conversion during the

[Finale] clef changes

2005-04-13 Thread Ryan Beard
Hi folks, I'd be interested in getting some opinions regarding clef changes. And, if any violists are out there, I'd love to hear how you feel about reading in treble clef for extended periods of time. I'm working on a viola sonata right now, and the composer stays pretty high in the range

Re: [Finale] clef changes

2005-04-13 Thread James Bailey
In my experience, Violists don¹t mind treble clef so much as they mind having to change clefs often. It¹s a real pain to switch one's thinking for four measures just to avoid a couple of ledger lines. Your general rule is a pretty good one. If I¹m seeing four or more ledger lines for four