RE: [Finale] Lyric entry

2004-06-08 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] Lyric entry I agree with Jonathan and Harold, As with Harold, I hate to get involved in this discussion because every time it comes up it seems to get so volatile (IMO) due to a lack of understanding and experience with the lyrtic tool but I thought I would submit my fav

RE: [Finale] Lyric entry

2004-06-08 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] Lyric entry David W. Fenton wrote: I think anyone who uses Type in Score is making more work for themselves and I cannot understand this approach. Hello David, One of the great things about Type in Score are the following examples. Let's say I have a hymn with 4 ve

RE: [Finale] Lyric entry

2004-06-09 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] Lyric entry From: Mark D Lew Sent: Tuesday, June 8, 2004 10:52 PM It seems to me that several people here are arguing there is nothing wrong with Finale's Lyrics because it works just fine for them.  Actually I never said there was anything wrong with "Finale's Lyr

RE: [Finale] CG Omega

2004-07-29 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] CG Omega Hello Ken, I am not sure the nature of the font in question but your should be able to find almost any version of it at www.myfonts.com. A great resource for purchasing fonts. Hope this helps, Steve Fiskum -- From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of D

[Finale] test

2005-06-15 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: test test ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Mac EPS pop-up resolved

2005-06-24 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: Mac EPS pop-up resolved Hello All, MakeMusic has finally said that there will be no font pop-up dialog boxes when creating EPS when only in Tiger for the 2006 version. You will still see them in Panther or below. Check out the Forums for more details. Good news! Steve -sorry if t

RE: [Finale] GPO/Kontakt Primer (and a Notion as well)

2005-07-22 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Thanks for this unoffical review of Notion. I have been waiting to see a demo and find out more info. >From its website and some of the ads I've seen I have had the iimpression that >playback was a bit more important than notation. It is interesting to hear >your thoughts on the program. Than

RE: [Finale] Copy Everything (was Jari's review of Fin 2006)

2005-07-26 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] Copy Everything (was Jari's review of Fin 2006) Hello Robert, I am with you on this one. I think it is a bad idea to remove "Copy Everything." Since before Jari's review I have been very conscious on how much I use this feature and it is so ingrained in my workflow it is

RE: [Finale] Copy Everything (was Jari's review of Fin 2006)

2005-07-26 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] Copy Everything (was Jari's review of Fin 2006) Hello Michael, I think it would be great if that is what "Reset to Defaults" means. I thought it meant that you could setup a default copy action somewhere and that you could click the "Reset To Defaults" button that to get

RE: [Finale] Copy Everything (was Jari's review of Fin 2006)

2005-07-26 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] Copy Everything (was Jari's review of Fin 2006) Hello again Robert, I think I do fully understand how "backwards" this decision is but I was trying to make a point about the basic logical aspects of this decision and not some of the more in-depth issues because frankly

RE: [Finale] Adjusting lyrics back to default position

2005-07-29 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] Adjusting lyrics back to default position Hello David, You can either: 1. With Adjust syllables checked click on the note so the handle appears, highlight this handle and hit "clear" on your keyboard. -or- 2. Go to Plugin menu Lyrics>Clear Lyric Positioning... Hop

RE: [Finale] Mac Finale 2006 Performance

2005-07-30 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] Mac Finale 2006 Performance Eric, You are not alone. There are some lagging problems in this release. I have tested a few machines along with my 6 month old laptop a 17", 1.5 Ghz, 2GB Ram, with max. Video card at 128MB, and upgraded to a speeder hard drive. I get the same

RE: [Finale] Is upgrading worth it?

2005-08-02 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] Is upgrading worth it? I hate to get involved in this very heated conversation but since you quote my post I thought I would give you a slight update on my tests. I have seen a speed variance with the "lag" problem when selecting using Mass Mover and Smart Shape tool with

RE: [Finale] Is upgrading worth it?

2005-08-02 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] Is upgrading worth it? Thanks Simon for your interest but unfortunately I cannot distribute any of these files. I have found the same problem with an empty document as well so if your not seeing it then I am sure MM would like to know that and also know that you are not th

[Finale] Thank you Robert Patterson-Smart Shapes not copying in 2006

2005-08-15 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: Thank you Robert Patterson-Smart Shapes not copying in 2006 I just wanted to write a public thank you to Robert Patterson! On the Mac side of 2006 you cannot copy measure attached Smart Shapes like hairpins into another document. The ONLY way to accomplish this is to use Robert's Mass

RE: [Finale] Copy/Replace does not copy hairpins.

2005-08-16 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] Copy/Replace does not copy hairpins. Indeed MM told me that this is a problem with 2006. I had a lot of people confirm this before writing on this forum and on the MM forum. I doubt a huge outcry will begin due to this release being so poor I am sure most people are shelvi

Re: [Finale] Bizarre articulation/expression symptoms

2011-10-28 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Hello Andrew, This sounds similar to "stuck metatools" bug. What happens is that Finale will somewhat randomly stick metatools like the number 1 or the letters c or i (my common ones). If you do not have anything assigned to those metatools when you click on a note, the results are as you have des

Re: [Finale] [FInale] Bizarre articulation/expression symptoms

2011-10-28 Thread Fiskum, Steve
> So, how does one find the offending metatool? Just keep mashing away? > Arrgg! I'm a 20-year user of Finale and, while it hasn't been frustration > free, I've never run across something like this. > > Any other ideas, anyone? > > Andrew Levin > > (Aga

Re: [Finale] Notion music notation software for iPad

2011-12-19 Thread Fiskum, Steve
The full Dolet is now free since MakeMusic purchased Recordare but I believe XML is built in. http://www.makemusic.com/Products/MusicXML.aspx Cheers, Steve 12/19/11 11:58 AM, "John Howell" wrote: > Also, is there Music XML import/export built in, > or does it require purchase of the full Dol

Re: [Finale] Removing horizontal adjustments in spacing

2012-01-16 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Robert Patterson's Plug-in "Mass Copy" Select "Note Position Adjustments" and click on the "Clear" button at the top. Steve 1/16/12 1:59 PM, "dc" wrote: > I've done this hundreds of times, but suddenly I'm drawing a blank: how > to you remove the all horizontal adjustments in the notes when yo

Re: [Finale] Removing horizontal adjustments in spacing

2012-01-17 Thread Fiskum, Steve
gt; whole document, and re-space with Ctrl-4 or Ctrl-5, .. > > > Raymond Horton > Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra > Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC > Composer, Arranger > VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com > > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:24 PM, dc wrote: >

Re: [Finale] Removing horizontal adjustments in spacing

2012-01-17 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Thanks Dennis. I never knew this existed in TGTools. Cheers, Steve 1/17/12 9:01 AM, "dc" wrote: > I finally found what I used to use: > TGTools >> Remove >> Horizontal displacement from entries > > > Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Full staff name at the 7th system?

2012-01-27 Thread Fiskum, Steve
As John Blane said, "Look into Measure attributes." There is a box to check to force full names for that measure (FIN2012). Steve 1/27/12 12:19 PM, "Lance Ottman" wrote: > In Finale 2011, you could make a group for just that staff. Group > attributes allow you to indicate the voice names for s

Re: [Finale] z articulation?

2012-02-07 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Some people also refer to it as a "buzz roll." Steve From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of David H. Bailey [dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 6:41 AM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Final

Re: [Finale] Staff Groups (Fin11+)

2012-02-15 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Thanks for the info Jari. That's interesting to note since this new way of working has forced me to create more groups than I ever had to do with previous versions of Finale. I still think it was a bad idea to not let us have a duplicate button within the group dbx if they were going to make this r

Re: [Finale] Staff Groups (Fin11+)

2012-02-15 Thread Fiskum, Steve
du [finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Jari Williamsson [jari.williams...@mailbox.swipnet.se] Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 4:46 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Staff Groups (Fin11+) On 2012-02-15 22:44, Fiskum, Steve wrote: > That's interesting to note since this ne

Re: [Finale] Moving individual staves in a system

2012-03-22 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Yes! This is the biggest irritation with the new system. The amount of concentration and precision needed in just grabbing a staff can be very frustrating. It would be better if the system was tweaked just a bit to allow a bigger area for us to click-and-drag so that it is not so easy to move ALL s

Re: [Finale] Moving individual staves in a system

2012-03-22 Thread Fiskum, Steve
t;find I use that a ton in AI. > >I've been wrestling with exactly the same staff issues Robert mentions. >I'm going thru an enormous old Finale file in Fin2K11 (over 1800 >measures) for a client, and this new staff scenario is wreaking have with >the old optimization featur

Re: [Finale] Moving individual staves in a system

2012-03-22 Thread Fiskum, Steve
ith exactly the same staff issues Robert mentions. I'm going thru an enormous old Finale file in Fin2K11 (over 1800 measures) for a client, and this new staff scenario is wreaking have with the old optimization feature. J D Thomas ThomaStudios On Mar 22, 2012, at 10:30 AM, Fiskum, Steve wrote: &

Re: [Finale] Moving individual staves in a system

2012-03-23 Thread Fiskum, Steve
f for that system only, and should help avoid the unintended selection of all systems in the document. Chris -Original Message- From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Fiskum, Steve Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:21 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: R

Re: [Finale] 256 FAN slots vs 270 symbol slots... Unicode?

2012-05-14 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Have you tried turning OFF the following program options and then making the template? 1. OPEN->"Clean Up File Data" 2. OPEN->Text Conversion: "Automatically Convert…" and "Automatically Sync…" 3. EDIT->"Substitute Font for Missing Unicode Characters" These four items will mess up a project quickl

Re: [Finale] 256 FAN slots vs 270 symbol slots... Unicode?

2012-05-14 Thread Fiskum, Steve
I did look at the PDFs but I wasn't exactly sure what I was seeing until I looked again. This is a good find! Never thought to look here for the problem. I'll bet you don't see the same issue in the vanilla release. I'll try to check today. Sorry for your hassle and thanks for sharing this info. S

Re: [Finale] Restore stems

2012-05-18 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Select Tool, Select the measures, Edit menu->Clear Selected Items->Stem and Beam alterations. Steve On 5/18/12 2:13 PM, "Dennis Bathory-Kitsz" wrote: >Hi all, > >I was working on various staff spacings in an area without stems and not >watching and I accidentally selected everything and remove

Re: [Finale] Finale 2013

2012-05-31 Thread Fiskum, Steve
You sure expect a lot for FREE. They will get there, just let them get started. Steve From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Dannewitz [ericd...@jazz-sax.com] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 2:29 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subje

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic tip of the day

2012-06-22 Thread Fiskum, Steve
The only long standing bug with these windows is that when in "Show Active Layer Only" you cannot switch layers in any of the windows which can be a pain when copying percussion articulations. Steve On 6/21/12 4:18 PM, "Michael Mathew" wrote: >Thank you, MakeMusic, today's tip of the day is a l

Re: [Finale] MakeMusic tip of the day

2012-06-22 Thread Fiskum, Steve
>mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com >>http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl >>http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ >> >> >>> >>> From: Mark McCarron >>>To: "finale@shsu.edu" >>>Sent: Friday,

[Finale] Finale 2012b - updater

2012-06-28 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Hello All, Just a cautionary note to those upgrading to 2012b. The installer is designed to wipe out your MM fonts and replace them with TT only fonts. There is no option to choose PS or TT. There is no way to customize the update at all! For those who use PS fonts be sure to make a copy of all

Re: [Finale] Finale 2012b - updater

2012-06-28 Thread Fiskum, Steve
n regards to printing or >making PDFs since..I don't know when.2004? > >Maybe if you have an older postscript printer this is an issue? Is >there really any advantage/disadvantage to not having postscript >fonts? > > >On Jun 28, 2012, at 8:31 AM, "Fiskum, Stev

Re: [Finale] Finale 2012b - updater

2012-06-28 Thread Fiskum, Steve
ot;FontPack". Steve On 6/28/12 2:18 PM, "Eric Dannewitz" wrote: >hmm, wonder why MakeMusic decided to drop postscript fonts then. > > >On Jun 28, 2012, at 12:16 PM, "Fiskum, Steve" >wrote: > >> Hello Eric, >> >> This may not be

Re: [Finale] Finale and an ongoing problem

2012-07-13 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Hello JD, This is a well known issue and MM has heard of this. I've had discussions with them about this and I know other publisher heads-of-households who have had recent discussions with them about this. Frankly, this has been going on for many versions since we moved to OSX and y unfortunate

Re: [Finale] Finale and an ongoing problem

2012-07-14 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Hello David, That's a good idea but unfortunately this does not affect any other OSX program. It only affects Finale. When the metatool is stuck you can go into a different app to see if the sticking occurs there and it does not. When you go back to Finale the metatool key is still stuck. Not s

Re: [Finale] those damn corrupted finale pref files again...

2012-07-17 Thread Fiskum, Steve
It does happen from time to time with InDesign. Finale 2012 has been the worst version as far as corruption of pref files goes. I've never seen the corruption leading to the app becoming bogged down. Steve On 7/17/12 8:44 AM, "SN jef chippewa" wrote: > >i am trying to sort out the issue i menti

Re: [Finale] Linked parts to new/extracted parts?

2012-08-24 Thread Fiskum, Steve
File>Extract Parts Steve On 8/24/12 3:41 PM, "Dennis Bathory-Kitsz" wrote: >Hi all, > >Can I get a little help on linked parts. > >I have an orchestral score that's done with all linked parts done. > >But I need extra parts -- horns 8va down, doubled parts split into >individual >parts, etc., a

Re: [Finale] Score Manager Bug and Fix!

2012-09-12 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Hello Randolph, I think this may have to do with "Sound Map Priority" (under the Midi menu) which bit me last week. The priority map defaults to Garritan. If I'm understanding your question correctly I believe the fix is to move Softsynth to the top of the list. I do not install Garritan on my mac

Re: [Finale] F2012 stops copying notes

2012-09-18 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Yes. I've had this happen before. It was a corrupt preference file. Most common problem in FIN12. Steve From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of SN jef chippewa [shirl...@newmusicnotation.com] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 5

Re: [Finale] F2012 stops copying notes

2012-09-18 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Jari's info might be the correct answer in your case but I have had the same problems due to corrupt pref. file many times only in 2012. The deleting speedy notes is a big sign that it is a corrupt pref file. The size of the file is not a factor in these cases. I've had it happen to an empty def

Re: [Finale] Mountain Lion and Quickeys?

2012-10-01 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Hello Andrew, I've been working with QuicKeys in Mountain Lion and it works as expected. If you use the Toolbars then you will have problems but that really is the only thing not working properly, at least in all of my workflows. I have lots of complicated scripts in Finale and lots that work betw

Re: [Finale] Hidden V2 notes after copy

2012-10-01 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Would it work for you to use MM's plug-in "Voice 2 to Layer" and choose an open layer (possibly 4) then switch to "Show active layer only", go to that layer and clear. This could all be setup using QuicKeys so it could be done with one key stroke. Steve On 10/1/12 12:01 PM, "Robert Patterson" wr

Re: [Finale] Group name custom position (Fin 2011-2012)

2012-10-05 Thread Fiskum, Steve
When this was added to Finale my first request was to create a duplicate button so we could create the "revised" groups with ease. This can be very helpful when working with Codas that start in the middle of a system where the group names do not show but they do again at the beginning of the next s

Re: [Finale] stuck metatool key - found a clue

2012-10-05 Thread Fiskum, Steve
If you dig further into the situation you will find that the stuck key is related to ALL metatools. So that stuck g or t metatool key is stuck in all metatools - expressions, articulations, smart shapes, time signatures. Next time it sticks test out these other tools and it will show you that the b

Re: [Finale] stuck metatool key - found a clue

2012-10-05 Thread Fiskum, Steve
In my investigation into this issue and asking other engravers it seems that everyone has different keys that stick more than others. For me the number "1" is my main sticking metatool key which is a pain since I really have to pay attention to not assign a dynamic where one shouldn't be. I also ha

Re: [Finale] stuck metatool key - found a clue

2012-10-05 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Yes, I have done that but I can ALWAYS unstick the keys by double or triple hitting the stuck key (a good stress relier also). I usually know what key is stuck based on what shows up after the last click since I am constantly monitoring for this. I have never had to restart. Have a nice weekend. S

Re: [Finale] stuck metatool key - found a clue

2012-10-05 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Love it Chuck! Thanks for a good laugh. Looks like I have other keys that are not working :-) Cheers, Steve On 10/5/12 3:27 PM, "Chuck Israels" wrote: > >On Oct 5, 2012, at 12:54 PM, "Fiskum, Steve" wrote: > >> Yes, I have done that but I can ALWAYS unst

Re: [Finale] Category Designer Bug

2012-10-22 Thread Fiskum, Steve
I can probably help you but I would need more info. 1. What version of Finale was the file created (not modified) in? 2. What version of Finale are you working in now for this project? 3. Did you upgrade this project from a different version of Finale? If so, which? 4. What category are the tempo

Re: [Finale] score manager - Unlink All Instruments in This Part

2012-10-24 Thread Fiskum, Steve
I've seen String Bass parts made from the Tuba part and Bass Clarinet parts made from the Bassoon part. Could that be the reasoning? Steve On 10/24/12 12:37 PM, "SN jef chippewa" wrote: > >can anyone tell me what this could be useful for? why would you want >the actual instruments to be differ

Re: [Finale] score manager - Unlink All Instruments in This Part

2012-10-24 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Not that I can think of but I still extract parts so I don't worry about these types of things. Steve On 10/24/12 1:21 PM, "SN jef chippewa" wrote: > >ah ok that is the only thing i could think of, one-to-one, play the >entire PT with no changes (or ones that have to be cleverly hidden >from th

Re: [Finale] Adding a bar in the middle screws up linked parts

2012-11-05 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Hello Robert, Yes, I've seen this before. Since this file sounds like it has more than one movement I'm assuming you have more than one measure number region created. Make sure Program Options>View>Measure Numbers is set to "Display ACTUAL Measure Numbers" before adding the measure. This will usua

Re: [Finale] Adding a bar in the middle screws up linked parts

2012-11-05 Thread Fiskum, Steve
This sounds like a version of what I described. Is there a pickup measure at the beginning of the piece? There are a lot of different variants to this bug but the Measure Attribute points directly to the bug I described. When you get a chance open the old file, change your Program Options and add t

Re: [Finale] Adding a bar in the middle screws up linked parts

2012-11-05 Thread Fiskum, Steve
th this file, btw, even after I updated to Fin12c. > >Explain the Program Option to me. What does it affect? The little box at >bottom of the window? Or the actual printout of measure number? > >On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Fiskum, Steve >wrote: > >> This sounds like a version

Re: [Finale] Adding a bar in the middle screws up linked parts

2012-11-05 Thread Fiskum, Steve
I forgot to mention that this IS odd. I don't think I've seen something like this without it being associated to the program option. It's hard to tell what's going on without seeing the file. One other cause could be a corrupt preference file which is pretty common in FIN12. Steve On 11/5/12 3:06

Re: [Finale] Adding a bar in the middle screws up linked parts

2012-11-06 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Couldn't agree with you more. Steve On 11/5/12 5:47 PM, "Robert Patterson" wrote: >Most such claims merely provide an >excuse not delve deeper and find the real problem, meanwhile putting those >of us who tweak the preferences at a severe cost of additional labor.

Re: [Finale] stuck metatool key -- another clue?

2012-12-07 Thread Fiskum, Steve
1 Mac Pro 10.6, 10.7, 10.8 (three seperate drives) Another Mac Pro 10.7 Macbook Pro 17", 10.6, 10.8 (partitioned drive) Powerbook 17" 10.4, 10.5 And I have another older Mac tower that was running Tiger that had the same thing just don't remember the specs. I started seeing this problem when MM mo

Re: [Finale] text expression chaos + undo inaccessible after edit -weird bug?

2012-12-10 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Everything you state below is correct and easily reproducible. Hard to image that a change in the expression dbx would affect "undo" so drastically. I know I've gotten into situations where undo no longer works but was never quite sure why. Hope MM is monitoring the forum today to see your thread.

Re: [Finale] External displays

2012-12-13 Thread Fiskum, Steve
I bought two of these Apple monitors along with two arms so I can swivel easily from landscape and portrait depending on the job. The real estate is worth it for me. Here are the arms. They are amazing and solid as a rock! http://www.amazon.com/Ergotron-Desk-Mount-LCD-45-214-026/dp/B001IWOBGI/re

Re: [Finale] resetting baselines

2013-02-04 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Sorry for coming so late to this thread but I do this all the time with TGTools Modify>Align/Move. Click on the "Main" tab and click the radio button "set value on the right" then put -22 EVPUs or any other number into the "Move vertically" box. Be sure the other tabs are set correctly like if you

Re: [Finale] resetting baselines

2013-02-04 Thread Fiskum, Steve
expressions above the >staff to move. > >On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Fiskum, Steve >wrote: > >> Sorry for coming so late to this thread but I do this all the time with >> TGTools Modify>Align/Move. Click on the "Main" tab and click the radio >>

Re: [Finale] F2010 / 2012 different artic 0-point position

2013-02-13 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Hello Jef, If you are using custom fonts then I believe the issue is that old font annotations for custom fonts don't work properly in 2012 and you have to regenerate them. I don't believe that FIN12 can generate those font annotations any longer and you have to send the fonts to MM so they can ge

Re: [Finale] F2010 / 2012 different artic 0-point position

2013-02-13 Thread Fiskum, Steve
I hope I understand your answer correctly. I have seen these types of examples before and it had to do with the notehead's font annotation having a tiny box within the font annotation dbx and not surrounding the entire notehead. If the font annotation is wrong you will definitely see these issues

Re: [Finale] F2010 / 2012 different artic 0-point position

2013-02-13 Thread Fiskum, Steve
I wish I could remember it was so long ago and I cannot find the email. I do remember talking about it to the Beta folks. You could probably start with Yvonne. Steve On 2/13/13 11:17 AM, "SN jef chippewa" wrote: >...or steve, who was it exactly that generated your FAN? >

Re: [Finale] disappearing text expressions

2013-02-14 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Hello again Jef, This sounds familiar. What's the history of the file. Did you start this project in 2012? Steve On Feb 14, 2013, at 7:04 AM, "SN jef chippewa" wrote: > > several expressions (some, possibly all with enclosures) in a > document i am working on are now blank. the box is vis

Re: [Finale] disappearing text expressions

2013-02-14 Thread Fiskum, Steve
What I thought it was you would have seen in 2010 after making the jump from 2008 but it sounds like everything was fine in 2010 then things broke in 2012. The issue I was thinking about has to do with custom staff lists pre-new expression model. Going from the already broken model in 2008 into

Re: [Finale] Launch Equity Acquires MakeMusic

2013-03-13 Thread Fiskum, Steve
I think this is good news but of course lawyers start lining up to get a piece. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/shareholder-alert-levi-korsinsky-llp-16250091 0.html Steve >On 3/13/2013 1:04 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: >> Launch Equity Acquires >>MakeMusic

Re: [Finale] Launch Equity Acquires MakeMusic

2013-03-13 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Ahh! Outlook! Here is the link… http://finance.yahoo.com/news/shareholder-alert-levi-korsinsky-llp-162500910.html On 3/13/13 12:40 PM, "Fiskum, Steve" mailto:fisk...@jspaluch.com>> wrote: I think this is good news but of course lawyers start lining up to get a piece. http://f

Re: [Finale] [JWplugins] New accidental setting

2013-03-21 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Have you looked into TGTools and Robert Patterson's plugins? A lot of what you are asking for can be found in those plugins. Steve On Mar 21, 2013, at 4:45 PM, "Girard Bowe" wrote: > Hi, Jari - this might be the place to renew a suggestion: how about a > plug-in that will apply document sett

Re: [Finale] [JWplugins] New accidental setting

2013-03-21 Thread Fiskum, Steve
mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of > |Fiskum, Steve > |Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 5:52 PM > |To: finale@shsu.edu > |Subject: Re: [Finale] [JWplugins] New accidental setting > | > |Have you looked into TGTools and Robert Patterson's plugins? A lot of what > you &g

Re: [Finale] [JWplugins] New accidental setting

2013-03-21 Thread Fiskum, Steve
> staves, but it specifies scroll view. > > Thanks anyway! I'm still hoping that Jari will be able to come up with a > comprehensive settings transfer. > > Best regards, > > Giz > > |-Original Message- > |From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-b

Re: [Finale] Copying staff styles

2013-09-10 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Have you check "copy" in the staff style definition? Steve On Sep 10, 2013, at 5:39 PM, "Lon Price" wrote: > No matter what I do, I can't get staff styles to copy into parts. I > can copy them in the score, and they copy correctly, but they don't > show up in the parts. I make sure that I

Re: [Finale] Fwd: Simple question on page layout

2013-09-17 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Hello Jari, Dan's experience is the only reason I do not use JW Copy Part Layout. When I contracted Tobias to write his plugin to do this it was important to have two options. One, to copy the layout systems AND the number of measures per system. Two, just copy the systems and NOT the number of

Re: [Finale] Fwd: Simple question on page layout

2013-09-17 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Jari, it's not that simple. I may make changes to the systems that work for all layouts that you cannot set globally which is the reason TGTools transfer works in this situation. I've used it in every job since it's inception but the initial reason I asked for it was that every marching band engrav

Re: [Finale] Fwd: Simple question on page layout

2013-09-17 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Great. I'll take a look. Thanks, Steve On 9/17/13 1:03 PM, "Jari Williamsson" wrote: >On 2013-09-17 14:39, Fiskum, Steve wrote: >> Could you please add this to you plugin before TGTools is obsolete? > >You are in the JW Lua list as well, I believe? I just posted

Re: [Finale] What will be the state of notation products by 2016?

2013-09-17 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Don't laugh to hard but I still fire up as far back as 3.5.2 as of today. A lot has changed but a lot is still the same (shape designer, chord suffix dbx, etc..). Finale really needs to OWN these and other very important developments by improving them with continued development. They have done v

Re: [Finale] What will be the state of notation products by 2016?

2013-09-18 Thread Fiskum, Steve
All this talk about the Steinberg app. Here is Daniel's perspective in this hour+ podcast interview if you haven't seen it. http://blog.steinberg.net/2013/05/hear-daniel-on-the-soundnotion-podcast/?f b_source=pubv1 Steve > ___ Finale mailing list Fi

Re: [Finale] What will be the state of notation products by 2016?

2013-09-22 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Very interesting. I like the way this sounds. Any videos of seeing part of this in action? Thanks, Steve On 9/17/13 12:02 PM, "Jari Williamsson" wrote: >On 2013-09-17 14:34, Robert Patterson wrote: > >> Could you explain the process? > >During the projects I've done this year, I've used a syste

Re: [Finale] TG Tools on Fin 2014

2013-11-05 Thread Fiskum, Steve
How about your plug-ins Robert? They are essential to my workflow. Will you be updating them for 2014 or are they good to go on the mac. Thanks, Steve Fiskum On 11/5/13 8:30 AM, "Robert Patterson" wrote: >There is always the option of a hybrid approach. To the extent that I will >adopt Fin14 at

Re: [Finale] keyboard shortcuts not working in 2014

2014-03-21 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Confused. Hoops? There are just two things you need to do to have QuicKeys working on Mavericks. One of them, you had to do in every version of QuicKeys. Maybe this will helpŠ 1. Go into System Preferences and click on the Security & Privacy pane. Switch to the Privacy tab and pick Accessibility i

Re: [Finale] (really) old finale templates

2014-06-13 Thread Fiskum, Steve
I know you can change all of those things in 3.5.2 (as I look at my open copy of it) and I think you can in 2.6.3. Earlier, I'm not sure. Steve Fiskum On 6/13/14 3:17 AM, "SN jef chippewa" wrote: > >on a related note, at what point did it become possible to change the >settings like line and be

Re: [Finale] Bizarre Snapback Issue

2014-12-30 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Version and platform, please. Steve > On Dec 30, 2014, at 7:43 PM, Dean Rosenthal wrote: > > Hello: > > My files are experiencing a bizarre snapback issue – at a random point > while working in Page View, the score will snap back a few pages after > which I cannot scroll past a few pages. F

Re: [Finale] fin.mac.2014

2015-01-17 Thread Fiskum, Steve
No. Ugh!! Steve > On Jan 17, 2015, at 3:49 PM, Linda Worsley wrote: > > I'm just loading up 2014, upgraded from 2012. I want to use the "classic" > design for the icons (small boxed icons, lying outside the score > proper--notes, rests, dynamics, staff, etc.). Is this possible in 2015, and >

RE: [Finale] OT: iMac G5

2004-09-01 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] OT: iMac G5 From:    Darcy James Argue Sent:   Wednesday, September 1, 2004 11:47 AM This would suggest that Apple and IBM have made great strides in sorting out the G5's cooling issues, and that PowerBook G5's are likely to follow within about 6 months or so. It

RE: [Finale] Chord Tool feature request - soliciting opinions

2004-12-03 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] Chord Tool feature request - soliciting opinions Thanks for the quick and thorough reply. Anyone else with comments, even "yes!" and "no!" type responses? Here is an addition to your very detailed list. BASELINE CONTROL: A long standing request for me when having Ca

RE: [Finale] TAN: More iKey

2005-01-31 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] TAN: More iKey From:   Robert Patterson Sent:   Sunday, January 30, 2005 9:51 AM I would love to try QuickKeys, but they've abandoned my OS. The demo doesn't even start. What OS are you using? QuicKeys supports OS9 and OSX and you can still purchase older versions.

RE: [Finale] Smart Explosion and Finale 2005b?

2005-02-07 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] Smart Explosion and Finale 2005b? From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Tobias Giesen Sent:   Monday, February 7, 2005 1:10 PM since the Finale 2005b update doesn't fix the duplicate score _expression_ problem with Smart Explosion, I will now develop a fix in TGTools

RE: [Finale] TAN: Quickeys question

2005-03-07 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] TAN: Quickeys question From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Johannes Gebauer Sent:   Monday, March 7, 2005 3:05 PM I have run into my first problem: I am programming a shortcut to go one page forward. This works with a button click, but I want to make the mouse cu

RE: [Finale] More Quickeys problems

2005-03-08 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Title: RE: [Finale] More Quickeys problems From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Johannes Gebauer Sent:   Tuesday, March 8, 2005 7:25 AM I think I am going to give up on Quickeys. There are so many problems... Sorry to hear your having problems. FWIW I have had very little issues with Q

Re: [Finale] Copying staff names between files

2008-03-26 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Hello Dennis, Maybe Robert Patterson's "Settings Scrapbook" would do the trick. The unfortunate side of this plug-in is that it will not just copy the staff name attributes and distance. It will also... 1. add staves if the source file has more staves than the file you are trying to transform. 2.

[Finale] 2008 - old libraries

2008-03-31 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Hello All, I think I remember there being some talk on this list about using old libraries with 2008 and corrupting files. Can anyone fill me in on the particulars or if it is even true? I need to upgrade a number of files and I have some libraries built in 2006 that I would like to apply. Thank

RE: [Finale] 2008 - old libraries

2008-03-31 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Thanks Christopher, I have not seen any problems but was wondering what kind of issues you saw that made you come to the conclusion there was corruption? Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Christopher Smith Sent: Mon 3/31/2008 5:36 PM That was me. I have ha

Re: [Finale] 2008 - old libraries

2008-04-01 Thread Fiskum, Steve
u Mac or Win? Thanks for your info. Steve 4/1/08 7:12 AM, "Christopher Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 31, 2008, at 9:56 PM, Fiskum, Steve wrote: > >> Thanks Christopher, >> >> I have not seen any problems but was wondering what kin

Re: [Finale] 2008 - old libraries

2008-04-01 Thread Fiskum, Steve
Christopher, Thank you for sharing your experience with file corruption in 2008. I've upgraded about 40 files without a hitch using newly created 2008 libraries. Sorry to hear you are having such problems. Steve ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Copying width between docs

2008-04-02 Thread Fiskum, Steve
TGTools>Modify>Transfer Layout tab Check all 4 or those that apply. Steve 4/2/08 10:55 AM, "A-NO-NE Music" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do you copy measure width when copying everything from one doc to a > new doc? I can't find it under Edit Filter in FinMac2008. I remember > this opti

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