Thanks for that Rob.I do a large volume of short to medium length pieces with many being very 'layout specific'- eg marching band size, or A5 book size. Fortunately I have the time to do the required tweaking- but by the time I am onto the 39th of 40 different band parts I really am p****d of with it! I'll give it a try! Thanks again. Keith in OZ
----- Original Message ----- From: Rob Deemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 6:08 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Templates for Parts Extraction > David, > > I'm not sure this is what you're looking for, but I've found it to be a helpful, > time-saving process when extracting parts. > > Once I'm done with the score, I "Save As" that file to create a part template. I delete > every staff except the top one, which contains all of the textual instructions and > rehearsal numbers/letters as measure expressions, and then format that part the way I'd > like the rest of the parts to look like (margins, font sizes, title location, etc.). I > usually do this with the notes still existing from the top score staff (usually a piccolo > or flute part) and after I've already selected the entire document and created > multi-measure rests with the measure tool. I then save as "piccolo" and save again as > "template", after which I select all, break multi-measure rests (measure tool) and clear > all entries and smart shapes (mass mover tool). Now I have a virgin template for the > remainder of the score. I open the score file and move it so it fills half the screen and > the template file so it fills the other half. Using the Mass Mover tool, I select the > entire next part I want to make, drag it over to the template, and boom - instant part. I > rarely have to do much more than small tweakings and I'm done (clef changes are the only > major thing that can't be transferred this way). > > The only caveat to this is that you need to make sure all your expressions that you want > to be transferred from the score to the part are note expressions, or else they won't > show up in the part. I set my note and measure extractions to be different colors so I > can see immediately what will and won't transfer. I've been using this method now for > over a year and it saves me hours in part creation time. Hope that helps. > > -Rob > > ===== > Rob Deemer > Doctoral Candidate in Music Composition, > Assistant Director, UT New Music Ensemble > The University of Texas at Austin > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
