Re: [Finale] Mac Enter/Return Key
I bought the Belkin YourType Wireless Keypad, and it seems to be a great tool for Finale. I can use the number pad for speedy entry, and the enter key really works the way it should. And for good measure, I’ve now got a real “delete” key. About $50 at the Apple Store. - Bob ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Mac Enter/Return Key
Jef, I feel better knowing it’s not just me. I’m just surprised that something I took for granted in Windows is such a pain to achieve. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Mac Enter/Return Key
Ryan, thanks for the idea of getting a wireless number pad. If I g=don’t receive a better workaround, I’ll stop at the Apple Store tonight. - Bob ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Mac Enter/Return Key
Hi, I apologize if this has been covered before and I missed it. After over two decades of using Finale for Windows, I’ve moved to the Mac world. While it hasn’t been painless, I’m making it work, and even beginning to enjoy it. In Windows, using Speedy, if I entered a note or chord, then changed my mind, I’d always been able to change the note using my MIDI keyboard and pressing the enter/return key. Apparently, on my little bluetooth iMac keyboard, without a number pad, the return key is different from the enter key. (At least that’s what MM tech support explained.) And indeed, when I held down the function key with one hand, the MIDI keyboard with the other, and hit “return” using a pencil in my mouth, the feature worked as expected. I’m looking for a way that will avoid having to use the pencil-in-the-mouth technique. Yes, I could buy a larger iMac keyboard which would have the requisite key, but I do like the light wireless small keyboard. Can anyone help? - Bob Marks ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Joining the Mac world
One problem solved! When I purchased the Vienna font, there was a directory "OSX" with four versions of the font, and a "WIN" directory with two versions. After days of failing to get ANY of the OSX Vienna fonts to work on my MacBook, including emptying my caches, and trying everything possible, on a whim I installed the WIN TTF version on my MacBook. Hallelujah!! It worked! Now if I can only get Finale to locate my default file. that's today's project. - Bob ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Joining the Mac world
>> I'm confused, are you trying to get your preferences synced via Dropbox? Nope, it's just that Finale soesn't seem to be able to find my default file. I'll have to do more experimenting tomorrow and figure it out. And I'll also have to figure out why the Vienna font doesn't work! - Bob ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Joining the Mac world
Hi Jef and Linda, Jef, thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, nothing seems to work. File locations under Preferences > Folders seem to be using colons (Macintosh HD:users:bobmarks:dropbox: finale. ) and I tried using slashes, colons, and a combination of both (colons for the file locations, then slashes after "dropbox"). Nothing works. I'll keep trying though. And I did add "Vienna" to the MacSymbolFonts.txt - to no avail. Linda, with Dropbox pretty-much changing my work habits, I plan on using the iMac at my office, and the MacBook Air at home and on the road. They will both be running Finale 2012, and I'll have access to all my files via Dropbox. The iMac isn't so much a desktop in the old fashined sense, but a beautiful thin large monitor that somehow has a full computer built right inside. They start at about $1,300. As long as I'm lucky enough to have the Air for portability, and access to my files from anywhere, I should be covered. When changing over, I decided I'd get my MacBook to do everything I need, and then migrate those settings to the iMac when it arrives. I hope I'm right. Giving up Outlook wasn't without reservations, and I still miss Outlook's data entry, and features such as "categories." But I'm trading that in for the synchronization of iCloud, and so far, it seems to be working. (I know there's Outlook for the Mac, but it doesn't synchronize using iCloud.) Thanks for the good wishes! - Bob ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Joining the Mac world
Hi All, I've been using Finale on the PC since it first came out, but I'm now joining the Mac world. I'm trying to get everything working on my new MacBook Air, so that when my iMac is delivered next week the transition will be as seamless as possible. Two trouble spots have come up using Fin 2012c, and MM tech support unfortunately couldn't help me. On my MacBook Air, the Vienna font (musegraph.com)doesn't seem to have the characters mapped correctly. I tried installing versions in dfont, ttf, and otf formats (not at the same time , of course,) but it makes no difference. The FAN file is installed as well. For example, the quarter rest comes out as the Fortissississimo symbol, and the eighth rest as an accent mark. As you'd expect, files previously created on the PC in Vienna come out unreadable. But if I change the default file to Maestro, all is well. I did add Vienna to my symbol font list, but that didn't seem to help either. The other problem is that Finale Mac refuses to open the file I set as my default. On the PC, it gives me the option to browse to the file, and then has no trouble finding it when I hit Ctrl-N. I've tried everything to get that to work on the Mac. I should mention that all my Finale files are stored on Dropbox, but that doesn't seem to be a problem for anything else. Thanks for any help. It's making me crazy! - Bob Marks ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Re: Finale 2011 Review
Hi, Since I began many years ago with Version 1, I've had a habit of re-using my templates for most Finale upgrades. I did make new ones for 2010, but I wonder if I need to make new ones from scratch for 2011? Will the new lyric and staff improvements carry over? Thanks for your continued good advice! - Bob ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Font Substitution in Finale
Hope someone has a way around this: For a couple of years, I used a font other than Maestro for my clefs. I've now decided that I like the the clefs in EngraverFontSet better, so I deleted the other font. Obviously, when I open any of the older files, my clefs come out in some non-musical font. It's easy enough to change manually, but is there a way to have Finale automatically make the substitution when I open the file? MakeMusic tech support says no, but I won't believe it until I hear it on this forum! Thanks so much! - Bob Marks ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Windows Alt-0160 gives me a box
Noel, Thanks for the valuable advice. I did receive a generous offer from someone on the list to edit the font for me, and I'm hoping that does the trick. I'm hoping one day Finale will do what MS Word does, and automatically insert correct apostrophes and quotation marks. We'll see. Thanks again. - Bob ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Windows Alt-0160 gives me a box
Hi, I edited a typeface to use for lyrics because I wanted a "real" apostrophe without going to the bother of Alt-0146 each time. I'm using Fin 2010, and for the last couple of versions (2006, maybe) I suddenly got an empty "box" when I entered a hard space (Alt-0160). It's pretty easy to fix by highlighting the box and changing the font for the empty spaces to Times New Roman, but maybe I'm missing something. It's particularly annoying on old files when I forget to check it over. (My files go back to Finale Version 1). I could probably somehow re-edit the font, but I've kind of given up Fontographer and the like. (I guess I'm less ambitious.) Maybe there's a setting I'm missing? Would anyone like to edit a Windows TrueType font? (It's a nice Time Roman Semibold!) Happy New Year to all! - Bob Marks ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Time Signatures in Text Expressions
Thank you! Matthew Hindson's font is exactly what did the trick! You guys are amazing! - Bob ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Time Signatures in Text Expressions
I know that Finale is capable of pretty much any notational need -- as long as I can figure out how to do it. But I'm having trouble with this one: I want a text expression that reads "At Cue, 12/8 Feel" with the 12/8 looking like a regular (but smaller) time signature. I'm sure there's a way, but I can't figure it out. I have all the fonts, including Bill Duncan's, but I don't see it in any of the documentation. Many thanks! - Bob Marks ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Re: Wouldn't it be nice?
>> It sure is nice -- just press Ctrl-9 (or the Mac equivalent), and all >> identical pitches in that measure are changed. I don't mean having to go back after the notes are entered. In speedy, after I decide that a Db should be a C# (by pressing "9"), it would be nice if Finale could remember that for the rest of the measure. Or, at the very least, when it's tied to the next note. Or possibly let me hit Ctrl-9 (or the Mac equivalent) for that behavior. - Bob ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Wouldn't it be nice?
Wouldn't it be nice, when you made an enharmonic change (using "9") in speedy entry, if Finale could remember that preference for at least the rest of the measure? - Bob ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
