[Finale] Procedure for setting up parts

[Jamin Hoffman]

A while back, I remember someone suggesting a fairly detailed set of steps to 
follow in order to make sure that the extraction and printing of parts went as 
painlessly as possible - including when to optimize.  If someone can point me 
in the direction of those instructions, or provide a newer version, I would 
greatly appreciate it!

Thanks, also, for the suggestions about movement titles.  I am doing a 
four-movement full orchestra work for a friend who originally set up each 
movement as a different file.  I put them all together with ScoreMerger (which 
did a great job, with only a little tweaking to make sure that all the files 
had the same number of staves), and am now starting to work on the parts.  It 
seems like there are myriad little problems that can descend from one little 
tweak (adjusting for a page turn can throw the optimization off, for instance), 
so I'd like to find the most effective way to run in to the fewest problems!  I 
am using FINMAC 2008.r2 on a MacBook running OS 10.5.4.

Thanks in advance . . .

 (Mr.) Jamin Hoffman
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Thiensville, WI  53092
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Re: [Finale] Movement titles

[shirling & neueweise]

hi jamin,

What's the best way to put in movement titles so they show up where 
they are supposed to on the parts?


(on mac) set the title in the score, go to a part and cmd-drag it in 
the part to exactly where you want it for the majority of the parts. 
go to the score and cmd-drag it to appear properly on the score. 
check all parts and drag/nudge as needed (without cmd).


then read chapters 37-5 (in 2007 i think) ff on linked parts very attentively.

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Re: [Finale] Finale Notepad/Reader 2009

[shirling & neueweise]

Let's hope the new version of Notepad is worth the money and hassle.


oh stop being so pessimistic, you just have to look at the history of 
the company that... er... um... oh goodness...


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Re: [Finale] Repeat wing styles

[Aaron Sherber]

At 06:29 PM 9/4/2008, Christopher Smith wrote:
>You can fake it, though, using a measure-attached expression. I
>believe the wings are actual characters,

Oh, would that this were true! And it does sort of look like they're 
just characters added on to the regular repeat, but I don't see the 
chars in any of the Finale fonts.


>though even if they aren't
>you could export a graphic and then import it.

Very interesting solution. Thanks.

Aaron.

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Re: [Finale] Finale Notepad/Reader 2009

[Christopher Smith]

Yeah, I know. I've always counted on the Notepad to be able to send  
files to clients who don't have Finale, and to be able to have  
students get examples from me online.


I guess the reader will be able to do what I need, but sometimes a  
note or two changed is all that's needed...


Christopher


On Sep 4, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Matthew Hindson fastmail acct wrote:

As I am on the digest, apologies if someone's already posted about  
this.


There is apparently a letter being sent out to registered Finale  
and Notepad users outlining (basically) that Finale Notepad 2009 is  
going to cost $9.95, and there will be a free Finale Reader 2009  
that will open, print and playback Finale and MusicXML files.




This is a bit of a shame.  Sure, US$9.95 isn't too much even if  
you're a student (presumably with a credit card), but for students,  
downloading a cracked version of Sibelius is free.


In an institution, where (for example) we put a copy of Finale  
Notepad onto every staff computer and lab computer (and get the  
staff member to register it online), this is going to be a  
financial imposition.


Let's hope the new version of Notepad is worth the money and hassle.

Matthew
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[Finale] Finale Notepad/Reader 2009

[Matthew Hindson fastmail acct]

As I am on the digest, apologies if someone's already posted about this.

There is apparently a letter being sent out to registered Finale and 
Notepad users outlining (basically) that Finale Notepad 2009 is going to 
cost $9.95, and there will be a free Finale Reader 2009 that will open, 
print and playback Finale and MusicXML files.




This is a bit of a shame.  Sure, US$9.95 isn't too much even if you're a 
student (presumably with a credit card), but for students, downloading a 
cracked version of Sibelius is free.


In an institution, where (for example) we put a copy of Finale Notepad 
onto every staff computer and lab computer (and get the staff member to 
register it online), this is going to be a financial imposition.


Let's hope the new version of Notepad is worth the money and hassle.

Matthew
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Re: [Finale] Repeat wing styles

[Christopher Smith]

On Sep 4, 2008, at 3:45 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote:


Hi all,

Repeat wing style is set in document options (none, curved, single,  
double). Is there any way to override this choice for one linked part?


I've got a score with the 'none' style selected, but for the drum  
part, I want curved. I know I can just extract the drum part and  
change the style there, but I'm looking for a solution within  
linked parts.


WinFin2007.


No, there is no way to set this in doc options.

You can fake it, though, using a measure-attached expression. I  
believe the wings are actual characters, though even if they aren't  
you could export a graphic and then import it.


Christopher



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Re: [Finale] menu item Preferences... disapeared from menu

[Christopher Smith]

Yup, it's a confirmed bug. Prefs are still accessible using the  
keyboard commands, even after the menu disappears. You have to  
restart Finale to get it to reappear.


Christopher


On Sep 4, 2008, at 5:19 PM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote:


Hi, has this happened to anyone yet?

Menu item "Preferences" disapeared from the "Finale 2008" menu  
after I edited the Chord Alteration Baseline Adjustment for flats  
in Document Options>>Chords. It came back only after quiting Finale  
and launching again.


Harold
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Re: [Finale] menu item Preferences... disapeared from menu

[Chuck Israels]

Harold,

I do remember something like this - menu items that disappeared and re- 
appeared after quitting and restarting Finale, but I don't remember  
what those things were - whether it was the preferences menu, or  
something else.  Whatever it was, it hasn't happened to me for quite a  
while.


Chuck


On Sep 4, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote:


Hi, has this happened to anyone yet?

Menu item "Preferences" disapeared from the "Finale 2008" menu after  
I edited the Chord Alteration Baseline Adjustment for flats in  
Document Options>>Chords. It came back only after quiting Finale and  
launching again.


Harold
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[Finale] menu item Preferences... disapeared from menu

[Haroldo Mauro Jr.]

Hi, has this happened to anyone yet?

Menu item "Preferences" disapeared from the "Finale 2008" menu after I edited 
the Chord Alteration Baseline Adjustment for flats in Document Options>>Chords. 
It came back only after quiting Finale and launching again.

Harold
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[Finale] Repeat wing styles

[Aaron Sherber]

Hi all,

Repeat wing style is set in document options (none, curved, single, 
double). Is there any way to override this choice for one linked part?


I've got a score with the 'none' style selected, but for the drum 
part, I want curved. I know I can just extract the drum part and 
change the style there, but I'm looking for a solution within linked parts.


WinFin2007.

Thanks,
Aaron.

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Re: [Finale] Movement titles

[Christopher Smith]

I had a method in 2008, but in 2009 I haven't worked it out yet  
because the expressions have changed and I don't understand them yet.


Here it is.

Enter the movement title as a Measure Attached expression. Assign it  
to the first measure, left barline, at the height you like (about an  
inch for me.) Set the justification of the expression to be Centre,  
and add a horizontal offset of exactly the distance you need to get  
it to the centre of the page. (for me, since I have 1 inch margins on  
8.5X11 paper and a .5 inch inset for my first system, I set an offset  
of +3 inches.) Use a Staff List that only lets it appear on the Top  
staff (works in the score AND parts this way!)


Ta dah!

Christopher


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