> -----Original Message----- > > What aspects of layout are fixed by forking the file before you > extract parts? >
It allows you to edit the score for extraction without affecting your clean score. These edits are likely to be 1. Preprocessing (e.g., TGTools Smart Explosion). 2. Cues. 3. Headers (as for staff names). 4. Miscellanous Edits. Item #1 generally only applies for large band and orchestra scores, where it is necessary, e.g., to break the 4 horn parts out onto separate staves before extracting. (In many scores, they are combined on staves in the score to reduce the vertical footprint of each system.) Judicious application of TGTools Smart Explosion helps reduce the pain in this process to a surprising extent, even with quite convoluted changes in the distribution of parts on staves from one system to the next. Item #2 is obvious. It is much easier to create cues before extracting, especially with the help of tools like TGTools Add Cue Notes. Item #3 is less obvious, unless you happen to use my Copyist Helper plugin. Then what you do is create headers with staff-name placeholders. After extraction, the plugin can convert the placeholders to actual staff names. This is far more flexible than the limited features for staffname headers built into Finale's part extraction. These added flexibilities include 1. Precise placement of a header on page 1. Precise placement of a different header on the rest of the pages. 2. The ability to embed the staffname inside other text. 3. For doubling parts, the ability to show the current instrument name in addition to (or instead of) the staff name, e.g. "Reed 1--Soprano Sax". For more info, see the Copyist Helper page at my website. Item #4 (Miscellaneous) may include stuff like moving the titles on page 1 (and/or global titles) to match what you want in each part. For me, quite often, the placement of page 1 titles in the score bears only passing resemblance to that for parts. It's a nuisance to move them around separately in each part. Robert _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
