Re: [Finale] Opening old file (Newport font)

2005-02-14 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 2/14/05 1:42:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thank you (and Hans too) for your help.  I do have the font on my legacy Macs (so we don't screw up the legal issue here :-) but, please forgive my ignorance, I have never dealt with legacy font, and am not sure what to do with

Re: [Finale] Music stand and stand light recommendations

2005-02-20 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 2/20/05 2:25:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a standard name for those things?  I looked all over eBay and the usual online music supply stores and found nothing.  I tried a whole variety of keywords, but none of them turned up the those floor-standing, low-profile

Re: [Finale] TAN: Quickeys question

2005-03-07 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 3/7/05 3:04:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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 cursor go back to where it was before, and not on top of the button. Does anyone

Re: [Finale] 2006 question

2005-06-23 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 6/23/05 12:41:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does "Embeded Fonts" mean that when you send Finale files, all fonts  that are in them will print correctly, whether or not they are  installed in the system of the recipient of the files Chuck - I believe it refers to

Re: [Finale] Finale - Error occurred. ID = -12

2005-06-25 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 6/25/05 12:39:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has anyone ever seen this error? I'm getting it when I try to open a file in Fin05b. My friend has sent both the .mus and the .etf, and both get the same error. As I recall, it is an end-of-file error and means the file is

Re: [Finale] default layout

2006-09-04 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 9/4/06 2:12:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I could not find a command that lets me change them to eight notes and eight rests. Thats change of duration for me. In the end I changed the notes to eights in the mass edit - change durations-menu and inserted the eight rests

Re: [Finale] Odd Transposition Behavior

2006-10-14 Thread JohnBlane
Since all staves transpose by the same interval regardless of how the trasposition attribute is set, my guess is that the 10 stave template is set to a major key and the 27 stave is set to minor key (or vice versa). JB In a message dated 10/14/06 12:57:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I

Re: [Finale] Re: staff list curiosities

2006-12-14 Thread JohnBlane
It has something to do with Show Expressions and Repeats in Parts towards the bottom in the Options Menu. Your file is behaving like it is a Part as defined in your staff lists. Change the option to Show... for Score and things should return to normal. In a message dated 12/14/06 4:34:32 PM,

Re: [Finale] downloading Finale 2007a question

2006-12-21 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 12/21/06 11:07:35 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I downloaded the Finale 2007a updater on my Mac Powerbook G4, and I don't see anything on my hard drive that specifically says 2007a (whenever I previously updated to a newer version of Finale, the new file with the year

Re: [Finale] Re: linked parts: copy page layout

2006-12-21 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 12/21/06 8:42:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: set up the titles like you want them to appear in one part, check the settings (position relative to margins), delete, go to score view, assign the text you want using the setting from the parts. Jef Chuck: How are

Re: [Finale] Re: linked parts: copy page layout

2006-12-21 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 12/21/06 9:51:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jef Chuck: How are working around (against) the linked measure numbers? fixed point size positioning positioed as i want it in the parts, appears on top staff only in score. Thank you both for your reply. I hear this

Re: [Finale] Measure expressions MM rest breaks

2006-12-27 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 12/27/06 7:30:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The problem is that things don't work the way one might imagine if  you leave that Break Multi-measure Rest box unchecked.  If you have  a 6 m. rest with an expression attached to the last measure, the  program only

Re: [Finale] TIFF from Finale [was: Re: TAN: Lulu.com]

2007-01-05 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/5/07 1:48:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Jan 5, 2007, at 2:16 PM, dhbailey wrote:   every PDF creation program will have certain settings, which will include the embedding of fonts.  They need to be embedded in order for the PDF file to look the same on any

Re: [Finale] Chord definition

2007-01-11 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/11/07 8:53:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm working on cleaning up a chart I recently got, and aomng the chords is A +7 -9.  Any idea what might be meant by this?  The chart consistently uses - for flat and + for sharp, but ... #7??? I've never seen a sharp 7

Re: [Finale] 1st / 2nd Repeats, Part II

2007-01-21 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/21/07 12:33:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have one remaining issue. I have barlines that go through staves (brass as one group, timpani alone, then the strings). As you can see though for the two last measures, the handles for the 1 / 2nd ending are making a very

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2007a Measure Width Units Frustration

2007-01-30 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/30/07 7:56:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In FinMac 2007a, Edit Measure Attributes only displays the measure width in inches, even though the Document Options Units is set to EVPUs. Restarting Finale doesn't change this, nor does using a standard Finale template.

Re: Re(2): [Finale] FinMac 2007a Measure Width Units Frustration

2007-01-30 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/30/07 8:46:36 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Every file I try shows only inches. On Tue, Jan 30, 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It shows measure widths in EVPUs for me in FinMac2007a. Does a different file behave the same way? Then I would

Re: [Finale] Staff size headaches

2007-02-02 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 2/2/07 9:03:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm having a problem for which I just can't find a solution. I normally reduce my scores to 85%. But in many of my scores in recent months, my last page or last few systems will inexplicably be 100%. I've tried resizing that

Re: [Finale] first and second ending repeats with multimeasure rests

2007-02-13 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 2/13/07 10:30:49 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One thing that is NOT obvious; if you need to change the height of  the brackets you have to select ALL the handles in BOTH halves of the  ending (and those in the second ending as well!) to keep them aligned  when you drag

Re: [Finale] bug?

2007-02-27 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 2/27/07 8:30:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oliver Pospiech wrote: Please, who can help me? Does anybody know this behaviour of finale (2006c WinXP):     blocked::http://www.oliver-pospiech.de/ blocked::http://www.oliver-pospiech.de/bug.jpg

Re: [Finale] Resize noteheads outside standard measure length

2007-03-21 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 3/21/07 3:56:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The notes have all been carefully spaced, but the composer wants the the lower noteheads on the stems to be 75% the size. I can't seem to reach them with the percentage tool, and don't find anything the Frame Attributes that

Re: [Finale] RE: NEW part

2007-03-22 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 3/22/07 12:40:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For all your comments and answers, I still don't find the solution to  my problem.     I said: part by double-clicking between the trombone section and the guitar. I enter the music. I go to the linked part and it's a blank

Re: [Finale] Cues in Voiced Parts

2007-03-25 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 3/25/07 7:42:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nobody knows how to do this? I distinctly remember a previous  discussion on this topic. I just don't remember the solution, and the  official archives for this list are useless. I think it is clear the voice mechanism (or

Re: [Finale] EPS graphics = large black square

2007-03-31 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 3/31/07 8:40:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: graphic converter = white background preview = white background acrobat standard = conversion error, didn't work Jef - White background still doesn't tell you it's transparent. Can you put another graphic or something else

Re: [Finale] when did this start happening?

2007-04-07 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 4/7/07 3:57:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sounds like a job for QuicKeys (and 2 hours of testing to make sure it works every time!). Absolutely a job for QuicKeys. I've had those keystrokes programmed for 12 years or more sincce I often work with other people's

Re: [Finale] OT: iWork - Pages 2

2007-04-09 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 4/9/07 4:31:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So I guess the answer as far as Pages is concerned, is no, you can't  import eps files.  Don't know if Pages 2 would react differently. But you haven't been working with an EPS file. You must export via the graphics tool.

Re: [Finale] ACROBAT's missing notes

2007-04-16 Thread JohnBlane
Henry - Are you using the version of the November font that they updated for OS X? In a message dated 4/16/07 10:45:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just sent a set of parts out in ACROBAT, and several pitches (seen on the screen) are not printing. I'm using NOVEMBER font. HAs anyone a

Re: [Finale] Staff names

2007-04-18 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 4/18/07 4:34:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In Finale 2003a for Mac, is there a way to show full staff names (as they appear on page one of a score) on specific pages later on in the score (this is a multi-movement work done in a single file), so that I can show the

Re: [Finale] Is there a key command to select the Arrow tool in Finale?

2007-04-28 Thread JohnBlane
Try the Escape key. In a message dated 4/28/07 5:06:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a key command to select the Arrow tool? ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Test of a PDF on Mac

2007-04-29 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 4/29/07 10:01:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are Mac users seeing proper noteheads/rests? It displays properly here. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Manual Position Removal

2007-05-11 Thread JohnBlane
There is another way. In the Mass Edit-Change-chord assignments you can add 0 (zero) to the *default* position and they should snap back. This way you can select all for the whole chart and affect them globally. In a message dated 5/11/07 5:33:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: All I know to

Re: [Finale] Re: Removing embedded graphics

2007-05-23 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 5/23/07 12:25:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This behavior is kinda nature of the database-driven file object, and the host app needs to have a separate executable to compact it, which can be somewhat lengthy process. Did we not have this option under Finale v1.0 -

Re: [Finale] Tie removal

2007-06-22 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 6/22/07 1:07:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a way to remove all ties from a selection of music without using simple or speedy? Believe it or not, it is an option in the Canonic Utility plug-in. Go figure... ** See

Re: [Finale] opaque expressions

2007-06-27 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 6/27/07 5:09:58 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: while this is true, it doesn't explain why after entering all music (piano, 2layers/staff) and only then applying the expression, the expression obscures only the note items it is attached to, and NOT note items (accis, stems,

Re: [Finale] printing  weirdness

2007-07-05 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 7/5/07 4:28:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: FinMac2K7. I just updated a 3.7 file and added a blank page at the beginning so it could be printed as a booklet. With the blank page, there are 11 pages total, so the booklet should be printed as 1,1,2,11,10,3,4,9,8,5,6,7--an

Re: [Finale] (no subject)

2007-07-05 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 7/5/07 6:27:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've just reopened a file (WinFin06) I've been working on for a few hours and I find that the major sections of the score (winds, brass, perc, strings) have dark blue wedges in them, in both scroll and page views.  These blue

Re: [Finale] Sibelius

2007-07-19 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 7/19/07 7:01:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 03:28 PM 7/19/2007 +0200, you wrote: massive amounts of custom lines with noteheads as arrows How do you turn the darn fonts 90 degrees in shape designer? Or do you have some other trick for using notes as arrowheads?

Re: [Finale] Orchestral Cues

2007-07-28 Thread JohnBlane
As of Finale 2007 there is a new alternate notation called blank notation with rests. With this you can create a staff style that hides the cues (in any layer) and displays a default whole rest. Sounds like this is what you're looking for. In a message dated 7/28/07 10:24:54 AM, [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] midi problem

2007-08-10 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 8/10/07 8:17:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, I did check use midi impu.It still didn't work. Does your DX show up in the Audio/Midi set-up? If not, defining it there should make it available from within Finale again. ** Get a

Re: [Finale] RE: computer hangs

2007-08-17 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 8/17/07 6:58:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OK, I ran MemTest and all tests passed. Now what? I would consider upgrading - maybe to 2006 if you can find it and if you don't want to get the most recent version. I suggested 2006 because I think it is the most stable of

Re: [Finale] EPS in FinMac 2008 woes: daily update

2007-08-21 Thread JohnBlane
Chris - I assume you tried to export WITHOUT including fonts? ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Magical Rests

2007-08-22 Thread JohnBlane
It can be deceiving but the extra rests are actually in the measure *before* where they appear to be. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Beaming over rests

2007-09-11 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 9/11/07 11:37:26 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The beam extention tool will do this where you want it. Yep, I wasn't completely clear.  Right now, I am able to beam over  rests, but the secondary beams are broken in the global setting, and  the client wants them solidly

Re: [Finale] Beaming over rests

2007-09-11 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 9/11/07 1:59:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Bean Extension Tool (under Special Tools) will ONLY extend the  end of the beams.  Not the internal, secondary beams. Not so. When you dbl click the handle, select 16th NOT 8th. **

Re: [Finale] Beaming over rests

2007-09-11 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 9/11/07 1:58:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Beam Extension tool won't give stem stubs, though, will it? The global settings will give you the stubs. You only need to adjust the places where you want the 16th beams over the rests.

Re: [Finale] Beaming over rests

2007-09-12 Thread JohnBlane
Your example helped illustrate the problem. In this case you need to break the beam befor the 32nd notes. Use the beam extention tool on both extending the stubs AND extend the 8th beam backwards to connect the 32nd note group to the 16ths. Sent a pdf of the example privately

Re: [Finale] break points

2007-09-24 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 9/24/07 4:17:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone know how to insert (and where to find) the cessura markings for scores that have a small number of staves per system?  Say I'm working with a chamber score setup, and I'll have two full systems on each page, I'd

Re: [Finale] More on coil binding.

2007-09-25 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 9/25/07 10:19:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Could someone please explain if there is any brand affinity between the hole puncher for coil binding and the coils themselves. Or can I get, e.g., a CoilMac puncher and then use any brand of spiral coil with it? I would

Re: [Finale] respect the lists purpose!!!!!!

2007-10-15 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 10/15/07 4:24:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (who just ordered the cross-grade to Sibelius as well, since the  price was so good. One of the features of Sibelius that I am looking  forward to is the one where you copy a line to another staff, then  hit successive notes

Re: [Finale] OT Crazy For You full score?

2004-07-23 Thread JohnBlane
The parts were exquisitely hand copied as well. Good show. Anyone know who worked on it? It previewed in late 1997 in Toronto then premiered in NYC in 1998. Darcy, any ideas? I believe it was Holly Carroll. John Blane Blane Music Preparation 1649 Huntington Ln. Highland Park, IL 60035 847

Re: [Finale] RAM disks in OS X

2004-08-21 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 8/21/04 6:03:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There is no alternative RAM disk software. There is this one - been using it for a while with the results I expect. Can't say one way or another if it improves Finale's performance. I don't think, however, that it works against

Re: [Finale] Putting Full Staff Name in middle of score

2004-09-03 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 9/3/04 7:34:32 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I realize this has been discussed several times over the years that I have been on this list but I can't for the life of me remember how I can get the full staff names to appear in the middle of a multi-movement score. One

Re: [Finale] OT: OSX display problem

2004-09-12 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 9/12/04 10:56:14 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yesterday when shutting down my iMac, it did not at first shut down, but changed the display to graphite mode. When I pressed the shutdown keys again, shutdown took place normally. Today I find the display is still in graphite,

Re: [Finale] ties

2004-09-18 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 9/18/04 2:20:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I believe you found a bug. I just tried putting a tie end in a bar with a key change. It shows up using speedy entry, but does not print nor display. Perhaps this needs to be sent to Finale Support, as it appears in the Windows

Re: [Finale] Overlapping Slurs

2004-11-29 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 11/29/04 12:22:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 11:06 AM 11/29/04 +0100, Giovanni Andreani wrote: I've created a text symbol and enclosed it in an shape, opaque selected, for overlapping staff lines and, eventually, slurs While it overlaps staff lines with no problems,

Re: [Finale] Trouble optimizing a harp part in finmac 05

2004-12-06 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 12/6/04 12:33:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I extracted a 2 stave harp part and have been trying to optimize away the unneeded staves in the part like I've done zillions of times before in earlier versions.  Here's all I can think of that's pertinent to tell you: Hi Don

Re: [Finale] DVI splitter

2005-01-12 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/12/05 4:13:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Failing that, is there some sort of switcher box that would allow me to easily switch back and forth between two different monitors? Darcy - Check out Dr. Bott. They have a switcher box.

Re: [Finale] DVI splitter

2005-01-12 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/12/05 5:22:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Did you have a product in mind?  The only switches I saw were ones designed to share a single monitor between multiple computers, not the other way around (which is what I want). However, I did find this cable, which looks

Re: [Finale] DVI splitter

2005-01-12 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/12/05 6:23:30 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 12 Jan 2005, at 07:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That doesn't seem like it will accomplish what you want - you want to share a monitor between 2 computers not send video to 2 monitors, right?  No.  The opposite.  One

Re: [Finale] TAN: QuickKeys or iKeys?

2005-01-27 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/27/05 9:10:28 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm still in QuicKeys X version 2, but I don't have a big need to upgrade to v.3 because I can do everything I want with the current version. I have to agree. The initial horror of QKX v.1 (their first attempt to port to OSX -

Re: [Finale] Garritan and other stuff

2005-01-29 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/29/05 2:23:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What irony was that our work saved shows when musicians went on strike. Sorry, Hiro - that's bullshit. The show producers had planned for the strike by being ready to install the virtual orchestra to replace the striking

Re: [Finale] Fin2005b

2005-02-06 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 2/6/05 4:00:35 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Fin2005b is available. Main fix is probably the occasional problem when pasting to older files. Thanks for this info, Jari. Would you mind giving us a little more detail about what you mean when you say, "..occasional problem

Re: [Finale] Curious about Finale fonts

2005-09-24 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 9/24/05 6:02:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi there: I haven't subscribed in a while but have come back since I have a question that has come up. I am way behind in many things, including Finale, which is 2000c for Mac. (I have to boot in OS 9 to use it, can't

Re: [Finale] changing staff name

2005-12-12 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 12/12/05 3:32:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there anyway to retroactively change an abbreviated staff name throughout a score, after all the pages have been optimized, without having to change each page individually or losing the optimization? Staff names are not

Re: [Finale] changing staff name

2005-12-13 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 12/13/05 11:36:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One word:  TGTools Where, exactly? I don't see anything there that would apply. Others suggested changing the name in the normal way--but this affects only unoptimized pages. Layout-Update Groups should work after you

Re: [Finale] slashes

2006-01-09 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/9/06 2:24:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I enter slashes from alternate notation, The key signature on transposing parts reverts to concert. Any ideas? I had a similar experience this weekend. Go into the definition for the slash notation staff style and UNcheck

Re: [Finale] slashes

2006-01-09 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/9/06 2:28:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I enter slashes from alternate notation, The key signature on transposing parts reverts to concert. Any ideas? I had a similar experience this weekend. Go into the definition for the slash notation staff style and UNcheck

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2006c copying behaviour between files

2006-01-18 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 1/18/06 11:17:26 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was reconstituting the score that I lost from the File Overwrite bug bite, when I realised that none of the double bars, nor the repeats, were copying to the new document. I tried just about everything except clip files (drag

Re: [Finale] Different font issue...

2006-02-05 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 2/5/06 3:27:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In the meantime, can someone suggest a fix or workaround?  I don’t have a font editor, so I can’t manually add the character, unless there’s a way to do this in Photoshop, etc.  I’m working in Mac OS X with FinMac2006d. It's

Re: [Finale] Rearranging chords

2006-06-20 Thread JohnBlane
Sounds like a job for the Canonic Utilities plug-in. In a message dated 6/20/06 10:15:21 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there some easy way to change all chords in a song to invert the  top note down to the bottom?  For example, I have a song that has  soprano, alto, tenor all together in

Re: [Finale] Trombones

2006-06-23 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 6/23/06 3:27:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1. The only modern contrabass trombone I've EVER heard of is in BB-flat, though some today add an F trigger. Both of these are an octave lower than the tenor-bass instrument used today, regardless of its boresize. Actually,