Unfortunately, that great solution is gone in 2012. While playback of instrument changes is much easier now, the actual act of entering of them into the score takes three times the mouse clicks and you can't see the results.
Christopher On Thu Jan 5, at ThursdayJan 5 11:50 AM, Dr. Benjamin Ayotte, Ayotte Custom Musical Engravings wrote: > Dear Steve and Don, > > Thank you for the tips--that was the ticket! It is certainly preferable > to have a score that looks right and sounds wrong, if that choice needs > to be made. I should have prefaced this by saying that I am compiling a > score from a set of transposed parts. That may or may not be relevant. > OK: I created a new template with no transpositions in staff > attributes, copied the sax parts, verified the correct concert pitch, > and then applied staff styles. Score and playback seem fine (!), but > the Staff Styles tool has changed my staff name from, e.g., "Reed 1" to > Alto Saxophone" or "flute" as I scroll along. I would prefer this > remain "Reed 1" and I will indicate instrument changes in the score. > But this is a great solution; many thanks! > > Benjamin > > > > ___________________________________________ > > Dr. Benjamin McKay Ayotte, Proprietor > > Ayotte Custom Musical Engravings LLC, A.S.C.A.P. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale