Andrew: This isn't meant to counter your position... But you can extract parts in 2K9. I work with linked parts until I get them close, then extract and tweak. I rather like the option because occasionally I get a part that works as linked and I can just print it without extra tweaking.
-Carolyn On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Andrew Stiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess I've changed my mind again. > > FinMac 2K2 was an almost perfect program. All subsequent versions have been > distinctly inferior, and MakeMusic seems to have made almost no effort to > restore the smooth, seamless operation of its last pre-OSX version, but has > rather introduced new features (notably linked parts) that are buggy, > clumsy, incomplete, and logically arbitrary. > > I only ever bought 2K4 in order to run the program in OSX. If somebody could > manage to port 2K2 seamlessly into OSX, I would get it in a heartbeat and > never look back. > > Like many other of the older list members, I have routines I like that I > worked out long ago, that work fine for me, and that I have no desire to > supplant. I always work in Speedy, for example. I have never used mirrors, > because they offer too many chances for user error, and I now realize that, > for the same reason, I will never use linked parts. That being so, what > use will 2K9 be to me? Precious little, it seems, and I am now resolved > to uprgrade beyond 2K7 only if and when my composers become unable to send > me materials in a form I can currently work with. > > Andrew Stiller > Kallisti Music Press > http://www.kallistimusic.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
