Re: [Finale] Just bought Finale - is downloadable manual available (or third-party books on Finale)?

[Allen Fisher]

Michael,

This is the main support site: 
https://www.finalemusic.com/support/learning-center/

The manuals and videos are all linked from there 

Allen

> On Aug 5, 2017, at 10:57 AM, Lawrence David Eden  wrote:
> 
> Michael,
> 
> The help files are within the Finale application, in the menu bar.  (I am on 
> FinaleMac 2K11) 
> 
> Larry
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Aug 5, 2017, at 9:59 AM, Michael Edwards  wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks for that, Lawrence and David.
>> Lawrence, would you mind please giving me a link for the help file 
>> section you mentioned?  I tried looking around on the Finale site, but 
>> might have been looking in the wrong area or possibly even the wrong 
>> site.
>> David, I'll make a note of those books and see if I can find them.
>> I will be glad if I am able to get answers here.  But my purpose 
>> in wanting a manual was twofold: I would have something to refer to when 
>> I'm not on the Internet and able to post here; and also I do expect to 
>> have dozens and dozens of probably quite elementary questions, and it 
>> would save a lot of posting of fiddly little questions here (which have 
>> probably been posted dozens of times before) if I was able to find out 
>> at least the more basic things on my own.
>> 
>> Michael Edwards.
>> 
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Re: [Finale] Just bought Finale - is downloadable manual available (or third-party books on Finale)?

[Lawrence David Eden]

Michael,

The help files are within the Finale application, in the menu bar.  (I am on 
FinaleMac 2K11) 

Larry





> On Aug 5, 2017, at 9:59 AM, Michael Edwards  wrote:
> 
>  Thanks for that, Lawrence and David.
>  Lawrence, would you mind please giving me a link for the help file 
> section you mentioned?  I tried looking around on the Finale site, but 
> might have been looking in the wrong area or possibly even the wrong 
> site.
>  David, I'll make a note of those books and see if I can find them.
>  I will be glad if I am able to get answers here.  But my purpose 
> in wanting a manual was twofold: I would have something to refer to when 
> I'm not on the Internet and able to post here; and also I do expect to 
> have dozens and dozens of probably quite elementary questions, and it 
> would save a lot of posting of fiddly little questions here (which have 
> probably been posted dozens of times before) if I was able to find out 
> at least the more basic things on my own.
> 
> Michael Edwards.
> 
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Re: [Finale] Just bought Finale - is downloadable manual available (or third-party books on Finale)?

[Christopher Smith]

Michael, 

I’m pretty sure MakeMusic has an option for having the help files available 
locally on your computer. I’ve never had to do that, so I don’t know what it 
involves, but it should be possible.

Christopher

> On Aug 5, 2017, at 9:59 AM, Michael Edwards  wrote:
> 
>  Thanks for that, Lawrence and David.
>  Lawrence, would you mind please giving me a link for the help file 
> section you mentioned?  I tried looking around on the Finale site, but 
> might have been looking in the wrong area or possibly even the wrong 
> site.
>  David, I'll make a note of those books and see if I can find them.
>  I will be glad if I am able to get answers here.  But my purpose 
> in wanting a manual was twofold: I would have something to refer to when 
> I'm not on the Internet and able to post here; and also I do expect to 
> have dozens and dozens of probably quite elementary questions, and it 
> would save a lot of posting of fiddly little questions here (which have 
> probably been posted dozens of times before) if I was able to find out 
> at least the more basic things on my own.
> 
> Michael Edwards.
> 
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Re: [Finale] Just bought Finale - is downloadable manual available (or third-party books on Finale)?

[Michael Edwards]

  Thanks for that, Lawrence and David.
  Lawrence, would you mind please giving me a link for the help file 
section you mentioned?  I tried looking around on the Finale site, but 
might have been looking in the wrong area or possibly even the wrong 
site.
  David, I'll make a note of those books and see if I can find them.
  I will be glad if I am able to get answers here.  But my purpose 
in wanting a manual was twofold: I would have something to refer to when 
I'm not on the Internet and able to post here; and also I do expect to 
have dozens and dozens of probably quite elementary questions, and it 
would save a lot of posting of fiddly little questions here (which have 
probably been posted dozens of times before) if I was able to find out 
at least the more basic things on my own.

Michael Edwards.


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Re: [Finale] Just bought Finale - is downloadable manual available (or third-party books on Finale)?

[David H. Bailey]

On 8/5/2017 5:59 AM, Lawrence David Eden wrote:
> Finale has a great help file section.  That is the only user manual that I 
> use…and when I can’t figure things out, I ask my colleagues on this List.  As 
> far as I know, a printed manual is not available.  If I am mistaken, my 
> fellow Finale Listers will certainly correct me.
>
[snip]

Printed manuals from Finale aren't available but there are the Finale 
Trailblazer books by Mark Johnson which are available and are very 
excellently laid out, providing the sort of informative explanations 
that the very old Finale 3-volume physical manuals used to provide.  I 
believe you can order them from Finalemusic.com or from Amazon.  To the 
best of my knowledge there hasn't been one for Finale25 but there is one 
for Finale2014 which should be fine for use with Finale25.

I second Lawrence's comment that asking for help in this group is a 
great resource.  You'll get answers faster and in many cases more 
correct than some answers you'll receive from Finale's tech support 
team, and definitely you'll receive the answers much faster and with 
less bother than going through Finale's tech-support process.



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Re: [Finale] Just bought Finale - is downloadable manual available (or third-party books on Finale)?

[Lawrence David Eden]

Finale has a great help file section.  That is the only user manual that I 
use…and when I can’t figure things out, I ask my colleagues on this List.  As 
far as I know, a printed manual is not available.  If I am mistaken, my fellow 
Finale Listers will certainly correct me.

Larry Eden







> On Aug 4, 2017, at 2:41 PM, Michael Edwards  wrote:
> 
> Hallo.
> 
>  After many years of considering which music notation software to 
> buy, and a decade or more of forgetting entirely about notation 
> software, I have finally bought Finale.  I have been on this mailing 
> list earlier on (possibly still am but my account was turned off, and I 
> have started a new one), and posted quite often for a couple of years, 
> but may well be long since forgotten by now.
>  Of course there are many things about Finale I will need to find 
> out, and I hope I can ask about some of them here.
>  But perhaps a reply to my first question will save me from having 
> to ask many future questions here.  It is simply this: is there an 
> up-to-date user manual I can download from anywhere?  The most recent 
> one I found was from 2009, and, while I expect a lot of information 
> there will still apply, I expect quite a bit will have changed also.  I 
> do not have Internet access at home - only when at my mother's or at the 
> local library - so I will not be able to read the on-line manual at home 
> - only at my mother's, because I cannot install and use Finale on the 
> library computers.
>  So am I likely to find a current manual anywhere?  Or can I ask 
> MakeMusic to mail me a paper copy?  Or, failing that, are there any 
> third-party reference books published on how to use Finale (preferably 
> referring to the current version)?
>  Thank you.
> 
> Michael Edwards.
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