Dear list, when trying to manage fan files using several finale versions simultaneously, I prepared a common folder for my fan files and set the programs accordingly. But, I notice that sometimes, there are incompatibilities with some (?) notehad symbols - and articulations and ties move up/down.
I had some concrete questions regarding the organization of fan files: - is it possible to use the same fan file for different finale versions? If not, is it documented if any versions are compatible? - related to that, are fan files upwards/downwards compatible? That is, if I create a fan file in finale 2010, will it be valid in 2014? I didn't see any changes in the interface, but are there any internal changes? - how does finale connect fan files with fonts, is it through the filenames? E.g. Maestro.fan is for Maestro.ttf? I thought it was like that, but then I noticed that a duplicate of a fan file stored in the same folder did create an incompatibility - this was solved when I deleted all variants and only one fan file was left. E.g. as if I had deleted files "Maestro A.fan" and "Maestro B.fan". And some small details: - I usually just do "auto-annotate all" and save the fan - besides fine-tuning for slurs, is there a particular reason why do detailed work on these? - I didn't understand yet which/when changes in fan files update in a finale session. Usually I need to restart finale to be sure that changes are shown in the program. Best, Joao _______________________________________________ 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
