Re: [Finale] Layout misbehavior

2010-03-04 Thread Eric Fiedler
Indeed, this was one of the first things I tried, with no effect. No, the problem was really with the page break command. As soon as I went to page layout, selected all the systems and chose delete page breaks from the menu, the problem went away. How this came to be in the first place I

Re: [Finale] Layout misbehavior

2010-03-04 Thread Eric Fiedler
Ah, but it did, and I haven't the slightest idea why. But selecting all the systems with the Page Layout Tool and selecting delete page breaks from the menu solved the problem, both in the exported/ imported file and in the original version. Probably a case of hitting the wrong key at the

Re: [Finale] Finale 2010 Win - tempo alterations not assignable to multiple staves???

2010-03-04 Thread Marcello Noia
Thanks to Jari and Rich for info. It seems some things are getting much harder to find in new versions, sometime hidden, sometime moved to other menus. At least it serves to make our brains work a lot more! :-) Jari Williamsson ha scritto: Marcello Noia wrote: Hi, I just switched to Finale

Re: [Finale] Layout misbehavior

2010-03-04 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Eric Fiedler wrote: How this came to be in the first place I will probably never know. This is one of the reasons I always work on a copy of a file, especially an old file, and not on the original. Then, when confronted with this situation (or others of a similar class), by looking at the

[Finale] Finale 2010 Windows - 5 key does not give the total duration of the tune anymore

2010-03-04 Thread Marcello Noia
Until 2006 version selectin the mass tool and typing the 5 key one could get the total duration of the tune. Where has this function gone? Thanks again ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Finale 2010 Windows - 5 key does not give the total duration of the tune anymore

2010-03-04 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Marcello Noia wrote: Until 2006 version selectin the mass tool and typing the 5 key one could get the total duration of the tune. Where has this function gone? In 2009 and 2010: Use the selection tool to select a region of music, then in the Utilities menu, from the check notation submenu,

Re: [Finale] Playback question

2010-03-04 Thread Dick Hauser
I'm working from F07, so you're screens may be different, but I'm wondering if you made changes to staff assignments in the instruments window. On my system, there is a window drop down from the menu bar which has a choice for the instruments window. That window has two choices for view.

Re: [Finale] Finale 2010 Windows - 5 key does not give the total duration of the tune anymore

2010-03-04 Thread Jari Williamsson
Noel Stoutenburg wrote: In 2009 and 2010: Use the selection tool to select a region of music, then in the Utilities menu, from the check notation submenu, choose the option check elapsed time. You don't have to use the Selection Tool necessarily, any tool that can select regions can access

Fw: [Finale] Playback Bugs

2010-03-04 Thread Michael Lawlor
P.S. Another problem I forgot to mention that has affected other files as well as this one: on some occasions, whenever I click anywhere with the mouse, no matter what tool is selected, Finale always starts playback. I can either wait for it to finish, or force it to close using the Windows

Re: [Finale] Finale 2010 Windows - 5 key does not give the total duration of the tune anymore

2010-03-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
Type the 3 key. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 4 Mar 2010, at 9:54 AM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Marcello Noia wrote: Until 2006 version selectin the mass tool and typing the 5 key one could get the total duration of the tune. Where has this function gone?

Re: [Finale] Finale2010-to-Garritan percussion help/tutorial?

2010-03-04 Thread Jari Williamsson
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: I'd hate to re-enter all six percussion lines to get it to play. You shouldn't need to do that. First, use View/Show/Percussion MIDI values to see/denug that the notes are actually there. If the notes were mapped to the wrong percussion device at conversion,

Re: [Finale] Playback Bugs

2010-03-04 Thread Chuck Israels
On Mar 4, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Michael Lawlor wrote: P.S. Another problem I forgot to mention that has affected other files as well as this one: on some occasions, whenever I click anywhere with the mouse, no matter what tool is selected, Finale always starts playback. I can either wait

RE: [Finale] Playback Bugs

2010-03-04 Thread Richard Yates
-Original Message- From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Chuck Israels Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:07 AM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Playback Bugs On Mar 4, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Michael Lawlor wrote: P.S. Another

Re: [Finale] Playback Bugs

2010-03-04 Thread Lawrence Yates
I also occasionally get unstoppable playback when I use space-click - it's a pain!. Cheers, Lawrence On 4 March 2010 18:57, Richard Yates rich...@yatesguitar.com wrote: -Original Message- From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Chuck Israels

Re: [Finale] Finale2010-to-Garritan percussion help/tutorial?

2010-03-04 Thread Jari Williamsson
Dennis B-K (and others): this new blog post is probably what you're looking for: http://finalemusic.com/blog/post/2010/03/04/Adding-New-Percussion-Sounds-to-Old-Finale-Files.aspx Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Mac 2010 speed issues

2010-03-04 Thread Don Hart
Hi Thomas, I have the G5 1.6 GHz and had a memory upgrade on the way when you posted the other day. FWIW, I went from 1.25 to 3 GB of memory and have seen a distinct improvement in the way the machine is handling the symphonic arrangement I'm working on today. I'm using OS 10.4.11, Finale

Re: [Finale] Finale2010-to-Garritan percussion help/tutorial?

2010-03-04 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Thu, March 4, 2010 5:32 pm, Jari Williamsson wrote: Dennis B-K (and others): this new blog post is probably what you're looking for: http://finalemusic.com/blog/post/2010/03/04/Adding-New-Percussion-Sounds-to-Old-Finale-Files.aspx That looks like what I need. I was getting all those red