Lawrence Yates wrote:
If anyone does this, could you please let us know how the crossgrade works -
what are the implications?
Cheers,
Lawrence
I've done it twice (so that my son can have his own copy of
Sibelius) and it's very simple -- you contact Sibelius by
following the link for the crossgrade on their web-site and
order and pay for the product. Then when it arrives, you
install it and can use it for a very limited time without it
being activated. In order to get an activation number, you
need to fill out a form and then send in the proof of
ownership of Finale that they request -- in the past they
have asked for either an installation disk or the original
first few pages from the Finale manual. Then they send you
back the activation information and you're off and running.
You are allowed to install Sibelius on up to two
computers at a time, so once you get the first one
activated, you can install on a second computer and you can
then activate that one online (it takes just a few seconds).
You still get to continue your ownership of Finale and can
stay on that upgrade path along with being on the upgrade
path for Sibelius, if you wish.
There are no implications other than the possible loss of
the installation CD for an older version of Finale. I can't
remember if they returned that installation CD or not --
they definitely don't return the first few pages from the
manual.
--
David H. Bailey
dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
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