I'd like to add another option: turn off or hide courtesy time
signature on an individual basis..
In general I'd like to be able to move anything anywhere, hide
anything at all and lose the space given to hidden items if and only
if I want.
Steve P.
On 14 Jan 2011, at 03:25, Brian Williams wrote:
Michael,
Try this (assuming you have TGTools installed):
TGTools > Modify > Transfer...
It will let you copy bar layouts, etc. from one place to another
(from a
laid-out separate part file to a linked part in another file, or
from one
linked part to another within the same file). You'll still have to
open each
extracted part individually, select all, copy the layout with the
TGTools
plugin and then open the corresponding linked part in the original
master
file and paste the layout, but it will still save you time vs. redoing
everything from scratch.
Linked parts are great and have come a long way since 2007. Thanks
to the
TGTools plugin, I have been using them for the past couple of years
in lieu
of my old "Special Part Extraction" method. In Finale 2010 they
finally
allowed for separate measure number settings in the score vs. parts
which
was a HUGE improvement. However, there is one issue that still
causes me to
have the score file separate from the parts for large orchestral
works -
time signature display on staves in score vs. parts. In a large
orchestral
score, I prefer to only display time signatures on 4 or 5 staves
(i.e. the
first staff of each section) and I set them to be GIGANTIC in the
score but
normal sized in the parts. Obviously I want time signatures to
appear on all
staves in the parts. Currently there is no way to do this until they
add
another checkbox in staff attributes: "Time Sig. in Score" and "Time
Sig. in
Parts" like they already do for Staff Name. There's even an extra
space for
it in the dialog! Oh well, I can dream... (yes, I have told tech
support/product development about this).
-Brian
On 1/13/11 10:01 AM, finale-requ...@shsu.edu wrote:
Since I'm of the "old school" Finale users, having really cut my
teeth on
the program almost ten years ago, I never was used to the idea of
linked
parts, so I have continued doing the usual extraction method. I'm
starting
to
regret this, especially as I didn't realize that this "unlinks" the
parts
from the score; I thought that "linked" parts meant "linked
extracted"
parts. I guess I need to read the directions a little more. Now
that I've
spent 30 minutes just making one pass to change of all things, the
title, I'm
really wanting my parts to be linked again.
Is it possible to do an Indiana Jones-like switcheroo, where I
insert the
part file I've been working on and laid out beautifully into the
rough-cut
part file that Finale wants to use when I go to select the part in
question?
I realize that for certain things I'll probably need to still use
some
part extraction, but with that being the exception rather than the
rule, I'll
even allow for some extra cleanup if it will save me some time
down the
road.
Conversely, if someone has a way I can literally cut-and-paste all
the
layout changes I've made and can superimpose them on the part with
minimal
damage, that would be acceptable, too. I don't think this will
work where
I've exploded the parts into multiple staves, though, such as my
double wind
lines. But perhaps there's a plugin for that, too?
Thanks,
Michael Wittenburg
Sarasota Opera
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