One thing to keep in mind is that is very difficult for a conductor to turn any page much larger than 11X17 in performance. Also, it is difficult for them to scan such a large vertical space. In fact, I know conductors who prefer to conduct from miniature scores for just this reason.
Another thing is that notes look smaller on the screen than they look on the printout, so you might not be in such bad shape with tabloid size paper. I start my score with staff spacing set smaller than Finale's default (-260 EVPU's vs -320) and then space them further apart when necessary. Jari Williamson's staff spacing plug-in is very helpful for accomplishing this. Remember that your score has to be optimized (whether you remove staves or not) for you to be able to move a system's staff individually. Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Music Preparation -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Glenn Adams Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 12:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Finale] Page layout problem Hello everyone, I just finished a orchestral score with 44 staves, 533 measures, and did a test print with 11x17 paper. The notes look VERY small, even at 115%. I managed to find 12x18 paper and have used that instead. It's better but everything is still pretty tiny. Assuming the composer doesn't want to optimize the conductor's score, is there a way to have the staves and notes be bigger? I don't care if I end up with less measures on a page, I'd just like to see things larger. I'm sure the conductor will too. Any way to do this? What technique am I missing here? Thanks for your help! -- Cheers, Glenn Adams _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
