I've used Finale for a very long time, mostly as a casual user. I find myself doing more projects these days, and I feel like I am not using some of the capabilities intelligently. In particularl, I don't think I am taking advantage of libraries as I should. I'd appreciate advice on this.
My projects are quite varied in instrumentation. I rarely do two with exactly the same instrumentation, so I have not set up my own templates. Instead I start each project by using the new document wizard.
That is terrific for getting the right instruments set up in score order with all the right transpositions and all. But I soon find myself entering lots of the same expressions into every document.
I presume it would be smart for me to save all my typical expressions into a library. But I don't quite get the concept. How do I save only the expressions that are my specials -- additional to the ones that come in the default Finale document? Is there a way to get them loaded automatically when I do the document setup wizard? How do y'all approach this?
Thanks, Craig
Go ahead and save your library with ALL the expressions. When you load it into another Finale document, the duplicates will be ignored, and only the new ones will be added to the bottom of the list.
Aaron's advice about making your expressions part of your default file was a good one. I also have a few libraries of expressions for specialised purposes ("my strings expressions", "my synth expressions", "my choral expressions", etc.) that I can load in when I need them.
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