Pablo's suggestion did not help. In private messages, Henry Howey suggested I switch music fonts. I switched from Maestro to Engraver - notes and stems are again as they should be. but I have no solution for the slurs and ties floating way above the staff. Once again, thanks for any suggestions. I still would like advice on where to find the fan files.
Raymond Horton Composer, Arranger Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) United Methodist Church Retired Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra, 1971-2016 Visit us at rayhortonmusic.com On Sat, Sep 1, 2018, 3:51 PM Raymond Horton <horton.raym...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you, Pablo. I will try that. > > I do have more problems than just the slurs, though. In several files, not > just imported old ones, the note front is fouled up, with the stem well to > the right of the note head all in all of the stems up notes. Very strange > looking! > > Thank you for all offered help, everybody! > > Raymond Horton > Composer, Arranger > Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) United Methodist Church > Retired Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra, 1971-2016 > Visit us at rayhortonmusic.com > > On Sat, Sep 1, 2018, 1:07 PM Paolo Alberto Rismondo < > prismo...@aliceposta.it> wrote: > >> Dear Raymond, >> >> I haven't recent versions of Finale installed on my PC (and no copy of >> Finale at all in this PC indeed, that's why I can't be more specific), >> but in the conversion of files from Finale 'old versions' to the new one >> that problem occured fairly often: if I remember well, a good solution >> is as follows: go to the 'Smart Shape' menu, then to ‘Smart Slur >> options’ and check/uncheck 'Use Engraver slurs' option. >> >> Hoping that it can help. >> >> all best, >> >> Paolo A. Rismondo >> >> Il 01/09/2018 04:52, Raymond Horton ha scritto: >> >> > Help! I have a few files that I was working on in Finale 25 windows, and >> > for a variety of reasons, had to work on them on another computer with >> > fin2014 windows. They appeared to save in 2014 with no problem, but >> > when I >> > got them back to my main computer and open them in Windows finale 25, I >> > have major problems: mostly, all of the slurs appear well above the >> > staff. >> > >> > My main computer was having its hard drive copied and restored as part >> > of a >> > repair, and now I have to reinstall the programs I will be working >> > with. I >> > suppose I could reinstall 2014 on this computer, but it would be nice >> > if I >> > could avoid that. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated! >> > >> > Raymond Horton >> > Composer, Arranger >> > Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) United Methodist Church >> > Retired Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra, 1971-2016 >> > Visit us at rayhortonmusic.com >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> >> >> >> >> --- >> Questa email è stata esaminata alla ricerca di virus da AVG. >> http://www.avg.com >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
