Thomas, I address both of those issues with plugins. Copying slur shapes is trivial with my Mass Copy plugin (both in score and parts). As for spacing, I almost never manually modify spacing any more now that I have the Note Spacing plugin (part of my plugin suite as well). Probably the number one reason Note Spacing is so much better is that it has an option for adjusting the spacing between ledger lines. It also has an option for adjusting spacing after upstem flags. Even if you don't add any regions to the list in Note Spacing, just the ledger line and upstem flags options are worth the effort of using it.
And as long as I'm touting my plugins, another new one I'm so happy with (for using myself) is Multimeasure Rests. It automatically adds space for clefs, among many other addons to the built-in multimeasure rest options. On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Thomas Schaller <tom...@mensuramusic.com> wrote: > Robert, > deal breaker for me regarding linked parts is that you cannot copy certain > things from measure to measure in linked parts. For instance, I often fine > tune measure layouts in parts and if I have a part that repeats measures > that individual edit cannot be copied to other measures - instead I have to > try to make them look alike. If I remember correctly the same is true for > things like trying to copy a slur shape from one measure to another. That > complicates trying to achieve a professional look tremendously. > > Has that been addressed as well? > Thanks, > Thomas Schaller > > > On Aug 24, 2016, at 8:11 AM, Robert Patterson <rob...@robertgpatterson.com> > wrote: > > > I don't think 2012 is faster than 25. It may be roughly comparable. Where > > 25 really blows away the earlier versions is in starting up human > playback. > > > > I also wouldn't let the print dialog issues stop you from upgrading. > Though > > the issues are annoying and glaring, there are workarounds. The actual > > print quality is fine. (I'm pretty sure the print dialog issues are Mac > > only.) > > > > There are a number of significant improvements between Fin12 and Fin25. > The > > two big ones are 1) beat-attached smart shapes replaced meas-attached > smart > > shapes. This allows for much more precise placement in both score and > > parts. 2) Special tool edits are unlinkable in parts. With these two > > changes, linked parts are basically 98% fully functional. > > > > Especially on Windows, I would not hesitate to upgrade from Fin12 to > Fin25. > > > > FWIW: The "2%" that's still missing from linked parts: unlinkable > > horizontal offsets for mid-measure clefs, unlinkable vertical offsets for > > rests, voiced parts recognize special tools edits, plugin edits in part > > view unlink anything that can be unlinked manually. > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 6:46 AM, Christopher Smith < > > christopher.sm...@videotron.ca> wrote: > > > >> There are complaints in every version. The question is whether you can > >> live with them. If 2012 works for you (it won’t install on my new Mac) > it > >> apparently is quicker than 2014, 2014.5 or v. 25, so you could stick > with > >> it. The files can be shared with other users of newer versions, and they > >> can save in 2012 file format, so that issue is taken care of. > >> > >> Christopher > >> > >> > >>> On Aug 24, 2016, at 6:08 AM, Martin Nickless <mnnickl...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> Hi from what I've read I definitely won't be upgrading > >>> May I ask what the consensus is as to which is the best version of > finale > >>> I seem to remember many complaints about 2014 > >>> I'm currently still on finale 2012 using Windows 10 > >>> Would be good to know > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
