Hi Ray,
Linked parts takes some getting used to, but it does work pretty well
for me. I find TG Tools (the full deal) particularly useful in
transferring all or part of a part layout from one part to another
(TG Tool menu/modify/transfer), and that takes the place of the way I
used to work in extracted parts (using one part as a template for a
similar one (emptying the entries and refilling with the new part).
There are some irritating things about it (for me) but they are
balanced by other efficiencies. As I have often said, the one thing
I can't figure out how to do in the linked parts is to place a "To
Coda" symbol in the middle of a MM rest without breaking out one
individual measure (5 - 1- 2 for instance, instead of 6 - 2).
If you need help with any of this, I'll be happy to respond with
whatever I can.
Chuck
On Aug 4, 2007, at 2:09 PM, Raymond Horton wrote:
Now, will someone please explain to me how this linked parts stuff
works?
Raymond Horton
Bass Trombonist
Occasional composer, arranger
Louisville Orchestra
dc wrote:
Johannes Gebauer écrit:
Well, it is partly the completely absurd situation Makemusic have
put themselves into in the last few years. Every yearly release
has added a number of bugs, while only very few ever get fixed.
Longterm users are so frustrated they are now asking for a bugfix
release which they are willing to pay for, yet MakeMusic can't
even admit to the many bugs their software has, and certainly
couldn't put out a "bugfix release" with no feature additions and
ask for money, could they? So every year they develop new
features to get their yearly return from upgrade sales, and to
keep up with the competition. In the end bug fixes are simply not
possible because of the limited resource.
I can only agree with Johannes. I've been exchanging messages for
a month now with technical support about the hyphen bug(s) (after
several other exchanges since 2007 came out), and, after spending
weeks getting them to simply acknowledge that things "aren't
working as they should be", I've been offered no solutions to the
problems, and no commitments as to when they will be fixed. I've
only been told that "developers are looking into this". Since I
only do vocal music, and since Finale2007 (or 2008) is unusable
for professional engravings, I've simply asked for a refund for my
2007 upgrade. MM's policy is now so absurd that I don't see how
Finale will manage to survive. I wouldn't recommend Finale now to
anyone. If there are things Sibelius can't do yet, I'd still have
more hope in seeing them made possible in the near future than in
seeing MM get their act together. After all these years, there
still is no version of Finale that will correctly place hyphens in
lyrics. And no hope of seeing one in the near future, since MM
won't make any commitments. This is pathetic.
Dennis
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