I don't think there is any way without redoing. I didn't answer before because I was hoping someone might know better.. :-(
Steve P. On 17 Sep 2013, at 09:52, Dan Tillberg <dan.h.tillb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting discussions about Finale's future; this is obviously topics > that engages people. I am tempted to join; shortly I agree to those who say > that Finale typically not needs to be able to do more fancy audio things > (there are other good tools and they are numerous); neither to have more > intelligence in recognizing harmonics and things like that. A good arranger > or composer knows the harmonics by heart. What is needed is more editorial > help in certain areas...which brings me in to that I got no comment on my > last question(s). > > Perhaps the answer is "you need to redo your page layout everytime you add > a new part", then please confirm this. > > If not, I would really appreciate some tips & tricks in this subject. > Original question below. > > Thanks > /DT > > ================================= > > Hi again folks, > > I have a question that I think is a bit too low level for this list; but I > couldn't find this info in the manual... > > I have a page layout for my parts that has emerged over some years and that > I am very satisfied with; and with design I do mainly think about page > margins, system margins, number of systems per page etc. > > When I need to add a new part (as a new stave in the score, followed by > "Manage parts | New part", the layout is defaulted I think. Anyway it > really doesn't match what I want. > > Yesterday I spent some time restoring a new part by all the quite tricky > page layout tools, but it took a while and the effect of changes are not > always obvious; after a while I succeeded. Now I need to do the same thing > with another score and I don't want to spend the time again "restoring the > settings" for the new part. > > So my question is actually two-fold > 1) What is the best way to create a new part in a given score that adapts > to an existing part from the design perspective? > 2) Is there any good way to copy a given part design to another part after > it has been created? > > Thanks > /DT > > ================================= > _______________________________________________ > 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
