I was the original poster of this question, and I got many helpful
responses (including this one). But, is this not possible to do
within Finale in 2008? I don't mean to suggest thee there aren't
things which might be done more easily or more elegantly with
programs that are specifically designed for page layouts, but I
believe this is now possible within Finale using Score Merge from the
File Menu.
I have not tried combining separate files into a book - the
equivalent of a multi-movement work, but I merged separate parts into
a score yesterday, and it worked about as well as could be expected.
Of course, there are inherent issues - multiple Measure attached
expressions seems to be the biggest one, and I suppose that could be
dealt with by designing something like the copying filter dialog that
could apply to this function. Barring that possible improvement, it
works well.
Chuck
On Jul 18, 2007, at 8:00 AM, Fisher, Allen wrote:
I just got done with a song collection and I used separate finale
files
for each. I typically use Pages (MS Pubisher, or MS Word over on my
PC)
for title pages/performance notes. I then convert all of these
(including finale files) to PDF. I use a FREE program called
CombinePDF
to drop all the PDF into one file. I think I spent a total of $250 on
the software I use for this workflow--and that includes an upgrade to
Finale.
Granted, this is all on Mac. If I'm on PC I use PDF 995 for PDF's.
--Allen
| -----Original Message-----
| From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Sherber
| Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 4:35 PM
| To: finale@shsu.edu; finale@shsu.edu
| Subject: Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection
|
| At 05:04 PM 6/14/2007, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
| >Hands down Adobe Indesign. Great program.
|
| InDesign is a great program, but it's also expensive -- $700
| -- and often overkill for people who don't have extensive needs.
|
| I use InDesign and have used Quark XPress in the past, but I
| also keep around a copy of MS Publisher. Publisher is
| emphatically *not* a great program, but it's relatively easy
| to use, and it does fine with relatively simple layout jobs.
| It costs $150, or $90 to upgrade. I believe you can get the
| upgrade price if you own any previous version of Office,
| whether or not that Office package includes Publisher. Go to
| Staples or CompUSA or wherever and check the box to make sure.
|
| Aaron.
|
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