Has anyone on this list come up with any clear advantages to even
having a Linked Parts feature?
i consider this feature to be a **major** improvement to the programme.
I understand if you make some revisions (accidentals, etc.) in the
score it updates the parts behind the scenes
this is a major part of the the answer to your question. there are
still a large number of issues to resolve, but for many people not
all of the issues are troublesome.
At least when I've done parts the "old fashioned way", the task is
predictable and reliable, even though it might be a little more
time consuming.
i don't see the problem, linked parts is totally predictable and
reliable once you wrap your head around the inherently different
working methods. and once the feature is properly mastered, i don't
believe anyone could claim linked parts are **only** a "little less
time consuming" than extracting to separate files.
for (one obvious) example, imagine and compare the time involved in
correcting the score + 22 parts in kim's situation below:
- linked parts: checking/adjusting layout in one open file and
printing the entire batch of parts in one go;
- extracted parts: inserting measures and checking/adjusting layout
in 23 separate open documents.
kim wrote:
Create Multimeasure Rests.... has to be done on every part. Doing
it when viewing the score doesn't do it. Unfortunately, I hadn't
done that with all 22 parts, and there was a lot of missing music
in the parts today. It appears this 2007 version has a LOT of
problems.
there is nonetheless an advantage to finale NOT auto-updating
inserted measures: when these fall within existing MM rests in parts,
i would assume that you would go through and check the thing in all
the parts anyways, i would never assume that inserting an extra
measure in the piece would work without any adjustments whatsoever
with the layout of 22 parts, and would therefore go through them one
by one to correct it as needed. again, once the user understands ALL
aspects of how it works it is a very powerful tool.
this is not a feature that any user should simply use out of the box,
it is not intuitive and because of its inherent complexity, everyone
should read the manual very carefully before using linked parts.
this has been mentioned here many times, linked parts are not
something to be taken lightly!
one thing that can save a lot of aggravation is generating the parts
and doing the layout as late in the game as possible (i realise this
is not always possible, but is something to keep in mind). if vern
and kim had done this, much of the problems they encountered would
not have occured.
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