Re: [Finale] More Linked Parts questions
On May 9, 2008, at 6:33 PM, Brian Williams wrote: 3) Staff optimization: How can I make staff optimization work in a linked part? The bottom staff of the Master Rhythm part needs to be optimized out on several systems, and I've made sure that "Allow Optimization" is checked in the Staff Attributes dialog for that staff, and that "Optimize Normally" is selected in the Group Attributes db. Yet when I try to optimize the part, nothing happens! What am I missing? Darcy gave you pretty good answers to the other questions, though he left out one step for the measure number question: LEAN ON MAKEMUSIC TO LET US HAVE DIFFERENT MEASURE NUMBER OPTIONS IN SCORE AND PARTS! That's all. Most likely what has happened here is you tried to optimise, then tried to set the optimising options afterwards on the optimised part. You have to REMOVE optimisation, THEN set the group to Optimise Normally, THEN apply optimisation. Do this while IN the part, not in the score (unless you do it both places) because you can have different group settings in the part than in the score (very nice of them to do this, but NOT ALLOW DIFFERENT MEASURE NUMBER SETTINGS!) Sometimes I have to do this in the score THEN in the part for it to stick. I don't know why. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] More Linked Parts questions
> I still use the old method of having a score and a parts copy. So when I think that everything possible has been entered in the file I save that as "score" and then "save as" for the parts. Where I alter the measure numbers and quite a few other things that I like to be much different in the parts than the score. Mike Greensill www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] More Linked Parts questions
On 9 May 2008, at 6:33 PM, Brian Williams wrote: Thanks, John and Darcy, for telling me about TGTools > Modify > Transfer > Layout. That worked like a charm. However, I have some more issues that have come up when dealing with linked parts in Finale 2008a. The document in question was created from the Jazz Font template that shipped with Finale 2008. 1) Measure numbers: What is the easiest way to display measure numbers differently in the score than in linked parts? Usually, I like the score to only show measure numbers below certain staves, and I want them large, enclosed in a square, centered horizontally, and 1/2" or so below the staves they show on. On parts, I want the measure numbers to be small (9pt), and positioned just below the barlines of the bottom staff of every part. How can I do this using linked parts? There is no easy solution, as measure numbers in the score and parts cannot be unlinked. Your best bet is to set up two regions: one set to all views, the other set to "Scroll and Studio View Only (Will Not Print)." Configure one region for score and one for parts. Switch the options as necessary when printing score vs. printing parts. 2) Multimeasure rests: When I edit the width of an individual multimeasure rest in a linked part, it doesn't stick after I leave the part. In fact, all multimeasure rests revert to the default width set in the Document Options - Multimeasure Rests window whenever you go to view that part. How can I have different multimeasure rest widths in the same document with linked parts? Document Options -> Multimeasure Rests -> uncheck "Update Automatically". 3) Staff optimization: How can I make staff optimization work in a linked part? The bottom staff of the Master Rhythm part needs to be optimized out on several systems, and I've made sure that "Allow Optimization" is checked in the Staff Attributes dialog for that staff, and that "Optimize Normally" is selected in the Group Attributes db. Yet when I try to optimize the part, nothing happens! What am I missing? There is normally not a problem optimizing staves out of linked parts. I suspect the staves you are trying to optimize have entries in them, or staff styles (like slash notation) that prevent optimization. But it's probably easier to just handle the optimization manually for these systems, with TGTools Staff List Manager. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] More Linked Parts questions
Thanks, John and Darcy, for telling me about TGTools > Modify > Transfer > Layout. That worked like a charm. However, I have some more issues that have come up when dealing with linked parts in Finale 2008a. The document in question was created from the Jazz Font template that shipped with Finale 2008. 1) Measure numbers: What is the easiest way to display measure numbers differently in the score than in linked parts? Usually, I like the score to only show measure numbers below certain staves, and I want them large, enclosed in a square, centered horizontally, and 1/2" or so below the staves they show on. On parts, I want the measure numbers to be small (9pt), and positioned just below the barlines of the bottom staff of every part. How can I do this using linked parts? 2) Multimeasure rests: When I edit the width of an individual multimeasure rest in a linked part, it doesn't stick after I leave the part. In fact, all multimeasure rests revert to the default width set in the Document Options - Multimeasure Rests window whenever you go to view that part. How can I have different multimeasure rest widths in the same document with linked parts? 3) Staff optimization: How can I make staff optimization work in a linked part? The bottom staff of the Master Rhythm part needs to be optimized out on several systems, and I've made sure that "Allow Optimization" is checked in the Staff Attributes dialog for that staff, and that "Optimize Normally" is selected in the Group Attributes db. Yet when I try to optimize the part, nothing happens! What am I missing? Thanks in advance for your help! Brian Williams ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] PROGRAMMING Tool Set
Can anyone tell me how to program a tool set? MacFin2008 I know that, while depressing the Option key, we select under the VIEW menu PROGRAM TOOL SET (choose Master Tool Set, one, two or three), but how do we get what we want changed to come up the next time we select that set? Thanks, KIM R ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
