Well, the Sibelius 6 demo showed me enough to make me think cross-upgrading (and keeping Finale going) was worth doing. So, after many years of using Finale exclusively, I've started using Sibelius. (And interestingly, even though it was a competitive upgrade, I was able to register my copy online using the 'register using someone else's computer.' I don't know if at some point in the future they'll ask for my Finale 3.7 manual pages or not).
I've only had Sibelius 6 for a few days, but yes, you can center bar numbers underneath the lowest staff in a piece. The engraving rules seem fairly powerful and easy enough to make adjustments to fit one's own needs in most situations (with bar numbers, but also other situations). James Gilbert > -----Original Message----- > From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On > Behalf Of Matthew Hindson (gmail) > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 5:50 PM > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] Re: WHAT Sibelius can't do > > Can Sibelius now have bar numbers centred, automatically underneath > each > bar of the lowest staff in the piece? Couldn't before. > > Matthew > > Kim Richmond wrote: > > My main issue that Sibelius cannot do is a small thing, but something > I > > really want. That is, to be able to have a system start with (for > > instance) the double bar that appears at the end of the previous > system. > > It will not do that and, according to the Sibelius people, I > shouldn't > > want it to. However, that is a normal practice of notation where I > work > > (Los Angeles). It's not even on Sibelius' schedule to implement. > > All the best, > > KIM R _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
