Hello again, Many thanks Linda and David for your very quick responses. It was wonderfully encouraging to find your friendly messages already waiting when I got back to the computer after a break. I still remember what a relief it was to join the Finale List soon after first trying Finale (having never even used Windows before) and find so many helpful people out there.
Linda, I can definitely relate to this! > Then I left a gap over a year ago when i installed 2012. I couldn't find > anything I was used to. A lot of things were better than before, but > many--like changing the names of tools and putting them in a different > menu--made me crazy, And there were other problems that even the Finale > help site and other forums were of no use. I'm afraid to install 2014 for > fear that the things I'm currently working on will be delayed by more > changes. This forum has resulted in many, many hints and help, but there > are still some elements that remain a mystery. That must be very, very frustrating. > I hope there are a lot of Windows users here to guide > you through the thicket of changes! That's a very good description. :) > From: "David H. Bailey" <dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com> > > 1. How can I increase the number of most recently closed items listed at the > > bottom of the File menu (default seems to be 4)? > > Edit menu, Preferences, then click on Open in the left-hand panel. On > the right once you do that is an option to set the number of Recent > Files listed in the File menu. Done! I'm slowly getting better at thinking of the possible ways to interact with tools/ menus/icons, etc. > > 2. How can I change the default font for e.g. the number above a > > multi-measure > > rest? I found a specific item for the default music font, but not the > > extensive > > list(s) I expected for all sorts of other elements. > To change the default font for anything other than the music font you > need to edit the default template, or you need to simply change the font > for each document you create. Or you can set the fonts as you wish, > then save the Library of all those changes to various items under > Document Options and then load that Library into each new document you > create. I often generate new files from old and collect the fonts etc. that way, but I may manage to try that out one of these months, thank you. I've saved libraries of e.g. expressions in the past. Just off now to sort out the multi-measure rest font, which will be a noticeable improvement in the readability of my latest parts. > > 3. I haven't found a way to respace a number of bars if e.g. I want to > > enlarge a > > multi-measure rest and then space the remaining bars in the line equally. > > I'm > > puzzled that it doesn't seem to be a possibility related to the menu that > > appears when I right click on one of the "measure spacing handles". I'm sure > > I > > must be mis sing something. > > I think you may need to drag the barlines for each measure on those > lines -- I don't know of a way to make all the measures on a system be > equally spaced. I hope someone else may have found a way to do what you > want. I'll be very disappointed if it's no longer possible. > Finale will always change the bar lengths according to what is in > each bar -- you wouldn't want a bar with only a single whole note to > take up as much space as a bar with 16 16th notes would you? No, you're right. What I really meant was that I wanted them spaced equally appropriately. If I just enlarge the rest bar the one next to it is all squished up. > Of course, if that's is the result you want, you can achieve that using a > hidden > layer full of whatever note value you want to determine the bar's width, > making it visible when you do your spacing and then hiding it for > printing after you've locked the layout. That's a useful reminder, thanks. I have done simlar things with hidden notes in the past. Best wishes Patsy -- Patsy Moore <pa...@mooremusic.org.uk> www.da-capo.org.uk _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
