[Finale] optimize??

2012-05-20 Thread Katherine Hoover
I'm pretty much used to 2011 and I like it... but here's one I haven't found the answer to... What happened to the optimize function under the page layout tool? Katherine Hoover ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] optimize??

2012-05-20 Thread SN jef chippewa
there is a new layout paradigm, check out the What's New? section of the manual. I'm pretty much used to 2011 and I like it... but here's one I haven't found the answer to... What happened to the optimize function under the page layout tool? ___

Re: [Finale] optimize??

2012-05-20 Thread Giovanni Andreani
In page view select Staff Tool, select the empty staff/staves within the system/s you want to optimize (as it used to be called), under the menu 'Staff' select 'Hyde Empty Staves'. Giovanni Giovanni Andreani www.giovanniandreani.eu there is a new layout paradigm, check out the

[Finale] problem solved

2012-05-20 Thread Katherine Hoover
So I googled my problem and found about the loss of the suspect word optimize and the new way of hiding staves. All OK. K Hoover ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] text blocks with inserts disappear when edited

2012-05-20 Thread SN jef chippewa
can anyone confirm this? (mac F2012) -- open new doc from default; or create new doc with no libraries and create a text block with Part/Score Name insert enter Score/Part name text block either via context menu edit text or by selecting the handle and hitting return. click to place cursor

Re: [Finale] text blocks with inserts disappear when edited

2012-05-20 Thread Robert Patterson
There is a bug in Fin12 with respect (some) inserts. You are lucky that Finale isn't crashing. I've seen this scenario crash Finale. On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 12:56 PM, SN jef chippewa shirl...@newmusicnotation.com wrote: can anyone confirm this? (mac F2012) -- open new doc from default; or

Re: [Finale] text blocks with inserts disappear when edited

2012-05-20 Thread SN jef chippewa
nice. ok, i sent on my info, in case it helps solve it. There is a bug in Fin12 with respect (some) inserts. You are lucky that Finale isn't crashing. I've seen this scenario crash Finale. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

[Finale] F2012 score manager -- reset groups

2012-05-20 Thread SN jef chippewa
is there any way to have the staff groups that i have modified be considered the default? when i reset the staff groups (Utilities/Check Notation/Reset All Groups Brackets), everything reverts to only the instruments defined by MM and all brackets i have defined disappear. this is silly.

[Finale] F2012 score manager -- 4-stave piano

2012-05-20 Thread SN jef chippewa
i am working on a score where the piano is spread across 4 staves, the idea being that no ledger lines are needed and the range and register changes are immediately visible: treble 15va treble bass bass 15ma BTW, this is a notation issue, i am not interested in arguing why one should or

Re: [Finale] text blocks with inserts disappear when edited

2012-05-20 Thread Michael Mathew
JEF, I tried each of the steps several times and can confirm your conclusion, also! Michael mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ From: SN jef chippewa shirl...@newmusicnotation.com To:

Re: [Finale] text blocks with inserts disappear when edited

2012-05-20 Thread SN jef chippewa
groovy, thanks. I tried each of the steps several times and can confirm your conclusion, also! ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale