Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file
That control does not allow your defaults to be used with the setup wizard. On Sep 8, 2008, at 6:23 AM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: Martin, assuming you still have you Finale 2003 default file, do the following: 1. Open your 2003 default file with Finale 2008 and save it as my2008DefaultFile inside the folder Component Files, which is inside your Finale 2008 folder. 2. go to menu Finale 2008PreferencesProgram Options... 3. Click New -- it's the first item in the list at the left 4. Type my2008DefaultFile inside field Default Document From now on my2008DefaultFile will be your default file, and you can edit it as you like, just as you did before, in 2003. Harold At 7:05 -0400 08/09/08, mystrom1 wrote: And exactly where in the manual do I find this information to read up on? I was hoping to get a simple, clear and specific response from listers as to which item in the component files folder (like I did in FinMac2003) to define some basic things like fonts and measurement unit for all of my future files in Finale 2008. Instead, I seem to be getting all sorts of different suggestions on how to do this and how to do that. Martin On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read up on the new feature that allows you to use ANY Finale document as a template. It just has to reside in Document Styles folder inside the FInale folder to show up in the Setup Wizard. This replaces the old save the libraries method, which does not incorporate metatools, etc. It's WAY better now! However, I had files get corrupted when I used an old file for this purpose. It only seemed to affect me (nobody else confirmed having trouble with old files as templates) so you might be off scott-free. Try saving an old file in 2008 and using it. Maybe that will help avoid problems. Christopher On Sep 6, 2008, at 6:46 PM, mystrom1 wrote: I have just loaded Finale 2008 on my new iMac and wanted to set up my previous settings that I used in the past with 2003, including font sizes for lyrics, expressions, text blocks, etc... What is the best way to do this so that whenever I begin a new document, all (or most) of my settings are already in place? Do I open up the Component Files folder and use the Maestro Font Default? the Score Default? Thanks for you help. I hope that those of you in the wake of Hurricane Gustav in or near Baton Rouge, as well as those on the East Coast dealing with the remnants of tropical storm Hanna are safe and out of harms way. Martin ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Allen Fisher Founder and Principal Developer Fisher Art and Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file
And exactly where in the manual do I find this information to read up on? I was hoping to get a simple, clear and specific response from listers as to which item in the component files folder (like I did in FinMac2003) to define some basic things like fonts and measurement unit for all of my future files in Finale 2008. Instead, I seem to be getting all sorts of different suggestions on how to do this and how to do that. Martin On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read up on the new feature that allows you to use ANY Finale document as a template. It just has to reside in Document Styles folder inside the FInale folder to show up in the Setup Wizard. This replaces the old save the libraries method, which does not incorporate metatools, etc. It's WAY better now! However, I had files get corrupted when I used an old file for this purpose. It only seemed to affect me (nobody else confirmed having trouble with old files as templates) so you might be off scott-free. Try saving an old file in 2008 and using it. Maybe that will help avoid problems. Christopher On Sep 6, 2008, at 6:46 PM, mystrom1 wrote: I have just loaded Finale 2008 on my new iMac and wanted to set up my previous settings that I used in the past with 2003, including font sizes for lyrics, expressions, text blocks, etc... What is the best way to do this so that whenever I begin a new document, all (or most) of my settings are already in place? Do I open up the Component Files folder and use the Maestro Font Default? the Score Default? Thanks for you help. I hope that those of you in the wake of Hurricane Gustav in or near Baton Rouge, as well as those on the East Coast dealing with the remnants of tropical storm Hanna are safe and out of harms way. Martin ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file
Search Document Styles in the Help file. It is also under What's New. I actually told you exactly what to do, but you probably want to know more about it. C. On Sep 8, 2008, at 7:05 AM, mystrom1 wrote: And exactly where in the manual do I find this information to read up on? I was hoping to get a simple, clear and specific response from listers as to which item in the component files folder (like I did in FinMac2003) to define some basic things like fonts and measurement unit for all of my future files in Finale 2008. Instead, I seem to be getting all sorts of different suggestions on how to do this and how to do that. Martin On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read up on the new feature that allows you to use ANY Finale document as a template. It just has to reside in Document Styles folder inside the FInale folder to show up in the Setup Wizard. This replaces the old save the libraries method, which does not incorporate metatools, etc. It's WAY better now! However, I had files get corrupted when I used an old file for this purpose. It only seemed to affect me (nobody else confirmed having trouble with old files as templates) so you might be off scott-free. Try saving an old file in 2008 and using it. Maybe that will help avoid problems. Christopher On Sep 6, 2008, at 6:46 PM, mystrom1 wrote: I have just loaded Finale 2008 on my new iMac and wanted to set up my previous settings that I used in the past with 2003, including font sizes for lyrics, expressions, text blocks, etc... What is the best way to do this so that whenever I begin a new document, all (or most) of my settings are already in place? Do I open up the Component Files folder and use the Maestro Font Default? the Score Default? Thanks for you help. I hope that those of you in the wake of Hurricane Gustav in or near Baton Rouge, as well as those on the East Coast dealing with the remnants of tropical storm Hanna are safe and out of harms way. Martin ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file
Martin, assuming you still have you Finale 2003 default file, do the following: 1. Open your 2003 default file with Finale 2008 and save it as my2008DefaultFile inside the folder Component Files, which is inside your Finale 2008 folder. 2. go to menu Finale 2008PreferencesProgram Options... 3. Click New -- it's the first item in the list at the left 4. Type my2008DefaultFile inside field Default Document From now on my2008DefaultFile will be your default file, and you can edit it as you like, just as you did before, in 2003. Harold At 7:05 -0400 08/09/08, mystrom1 wrote: And exactly where in the manual do I find this information to read up on? I was hoping to get a simple, clear and specific response from listers as to which item in the component files folder (like I did in FinMac2003) to define some basic things like fonts and measurement unit for all of my future files in Finale 2008. Instead, I seem to be getting all sorts of different suggestions on how to do this and how to do that. Martin On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read up on the new feature that allows you to use ANY Finale document as a template. It just has to reside in Document Styles folder inside the FInale folder to show up in the Setup Wizard. This replaces the old save the libraries method, which does not incorporate metatools, etc. It's WAY better now! However, I had files get corrupted when I used an old file for this purpose. It only seemed to affect me (nobody else confirmed having trouble with old files as templates) so you might be off scott-free. Try saving an old file in 2008 and using it. Maybe that will help avoid problems. Christopher On Sep 6, 2008, at 6:46 PM, mystrom1 wrote: I have just loaded Finale 2008 on my new iMac and wanted to set up my previous settings that I used in the past with 2003, including font sizes for lyrics, expressions, text blocks, etc... What is the best way to do this so that whenever I begin a new document, all (or most) of my settings are already in place? Do I open up the Component Files folder and use the Maestro Font Default? the Score Default? Thanks for you help. I hope that those of you in the wake of Hurricane Gustav in or near Baton Rouge, as well as those on the East Coast dealing with the remnants of tropical storm Hanna are safe and out of harms way. Martin ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file
Martin did not mentioned the wizard, or did he? I think he just didn't know how to have his previous default file from v2003 to work similarly in 2008. Harold At 7:30 -0500 08/09/08, Allen Fisher wrote: That control does not allow your defaults to be used with the setup wizard. On Sep 8, 2008, at 6:23 AM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: Martin, assuming you still have you Finale 2003 default file, do the following: 1. Open your 2003 default file with Finale 2008 and save it as my2008DefaultFile inside the folder Component Files, which is inside your Finale 2008 folder. 2. go to menu Finale 2008PreferencesProgram Options... 3. Click New -- it's the first item in the list at the left 4. Type my2008DefaultFile inside field Default Document From now on my2008DefaultFile will be your default file, and you can edit it as you like, just as you did before, in 2003. Harold At 7:05 -0400 08/09/08, mystrom1 wrote: And exactly where in the manual do I find this information to read up on? I was hoping to get a simple, clear and specific response from listers as to which item in the component files folder (like I did in FinMac2003) to define some basic things like fonts and measurement unit for all of my future files in Finale 2008. Instead, I seem to be getting all sorts of different suggestions on how to do this and how to do that. Martin On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read up on the new feature that allows you to use ANY Finale document as a template. It just has to reside in Document Styles folder inside the FInale folder to show up in the Setup Wizard. This replaces the old save the libraries method, which does not incorporate metatools, etc. It's WAY better now! However, I had files get corrupted when I used an old file for this purpose. It only seemed to affect me (nobody else confirmed having trouble with old files as templates) so you might be off scott-free. Try saving an old file in 2008 and using it. Maybe that will help avoid problems. Christopher On Sep 6, 2008, at 6:46 PM, mystrom1 wrote: I have just loaded Finale 2008 on my new iMac and wanted to set up my previous settings that I used in the past with 2003, including font sizes for lyrics, expressions, text blocks, etc... What is the best way to do this so that whenever I begin a new document, all (or most) of my settings are already in place? Do I open up the Component Files folder and use the Maestro Font Default? the Score Default? Thanks for you help. I hope that those of you in the wake of Hurricane Gustav in or near Baton Rouge, as well as those on the East Coast dealing with the remnants of tropical storm Hanna are safe and out of harms way. Martin ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Allen Fisher Founder and Principal Developer Fisher Art and Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file
If he just wants to use his 2003 default file, then he should double click on it, just as he normally would. It will open by default in the newest version of Finale installed. Finale 2008 opens with the Setup Wizard if you don't double click a file. If you close windows and just use the New Document command, you get the Setup Wizard. It will allow you to use the settings from ANY Finale file that resides in the Document Styles folder. Christopher On 8-Sep-08, at 8-Sep-08 9:20 AM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: Martin did not mentioned the wizard, or did he? I think he just didn't know how to have his previous default file from v2003 to work similarly in 2008. Harold At 7:30 -0500 08/09/08, Allen Fisher wrote: That control does not allow your defaults to be used with the setup wizard. On Sep 8, 2008, at 6:23 AM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: Martin, assuming you still have you Finale 2003 default file, do the following: 1. Open your 2003 default file with Finale 2008 and save it as my2008DefaultFile inside the folder Component Files, which is inside your Finale 2008 folder. 2. go to menu Finale 2008PreferencesProgram Options... 3. Click New -- it's the first item in the list at the left 4. Type my2008DefaultFile inside field Default Document From now on my2008DefaultFile will be your default file, and you can edit it as you like, just as you did before, in 2003. Harold At 7:05 -0400 08/09/08, mystrom1 wrote: And exactly where in the manual do I find this information to read up on? I was hoping to get a simple, clear and specific response from listers as to which item in the component files folder (like I did in FinMac2003) to define some basic things like fonts and measurement unit for all of my future files in Finale 2008. Instead, I seem to be getting all sorts of different suggestions on how to do this and how to do that. Martin On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read up on the new feature that allows you to use ANY Finale document as a template. It just has to reside in Document Styles folder inside the FInale folder to show up in the Setup Wizard. This replaces the old save the libraries method, which does not incorporate metatools, etc. It's WAY better now! However, I had files get corrupted when I used an old file for this purpose. It only seemed to affect me (nobody else confirmed having trouble with old files as templates) so you might be off scott-free. Try saving an old file in 2008 and using it. Maybe that will help avoid problems. Christopher On Sep 6, 2008, at 6:46 PM, mystrom1 wrote: I have just loaded Finale 2008 on my new iMac and wanted to set up my previous settings that I used in the past with 2003, including font sizes for lyrics, expressions, text blocks, etc... What is the best way to do this so that whenever I begin a new document, all (or most) of my settings are already in place? Do I open up the Component Files folder and use the Maestro Font Default? the Score Default? Thanks for you help. I hope that those of you in the wake of Hurricane Gustav in or near Baton Rouge, as well as those on the East Coast dealing with the remnants of tropical storm Hanna are safe and out of harms way. Martin ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Allen Fisher Founder and Principal Developer Fisher Art and Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file
Yes, I absolutely want to be able to use setup wizard!!! Okay, so how do I do this in 2008 so everytime I begin a new document in Setup Wizard, it will have all the settings I want each and every time. This was so easy to do back in 2003. Martin On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Martin did not mentioned the wizard, or did he? I think he just didn't know how to have his previous default file from v2003 to work similarly in 2008. Harold At 7:30 -0500 08/09/08, Allen Fisher wrote: That control does not allow your defaults to be used with the setup wizard. On Sep 8, 2008, at 6:23 AM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: Martin, assuming you still have you Finale 2003 default file, do the following: 1. Open your 2003 default file with Finale 2008 and save it as my2008DefaultFile inside the folder Component Files, which is inside your Finale 2008 folder. 2. go to menu Finale 2008PreferencesProgram Options... 3. Click New -- it's the first item in the list at the left 4. Type my2008DefaultFile inside field Default Document From now on my2008DefaultFile will be your default file, and you can edit it as you like, just as you did before, in 2003. Harold At 7:05 -0400 08/09/08, mystrom1 wrote: And exactly where in the manual do I find this information to read up on? I was hoping to get a simple, clear and specific response from listers as to which item in the component files folder (like I did in FinMac2003) to define some basic things like fonts and measurement unit for all of my future files in Finale 2008. Instead, I seem to be getting all sorts of different suggestions on how to do this and how to do that. Martin On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read up on the new feature that allows you to use ANY Finale document as a template. It just has to reside in Document Styles folder inside the FInale folder to show up in the Setup Wizard. This replaces the old save the libraries method, which does not incorporate metatools, etc. It's WAY better now! However, I had files get corrupted when I used an old file for this purpose. It only seemed to affect me (nobody else confirmed having trouble with old files as templates) so you might be off scott-free. Try saving an old file in 2008 and using it. Maybe that will help avoid problems. Christopher On Sep 6, 2008, at 6:46 PM, mystrom1 wrote: I have just loaded Finale 2008 on my new iMac and wanted to set up my previous settings that I used in the past with 2003, including font sizes for lyrics, expressions, text blocks, etc... What is the best way to do this so that whenever I begin a new document, all (or most) of my settings are already in place? Do I open up the Component Files folder and use the Maestro Font Default? the Score Default? Thanks for you help. I hope that those of you in the wake of Hurricane Gustav in or near Baton Rouge, as well as those on the East Coast dealing with the remnants of tropical storm Hanna are safe and out of harms way. Martin ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Allen Fisher Founder and Principal Developer Fisher Art and Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file
I already told you in my first reply. Copy the doc whose setting you want into the Document Styles folder. Then select it from the Setup Wizard every time you want those settings. C. On 8-Sep-08, at 8-Sep-08 9:40 AM, mystrom1 wrote: Yes, I absolutely want to be able to use setup wizard!!! Okay, so how do I do this in 2008 so everytime I begin a new document in Setup Wizard, it will have all the settings I want each and every time. This was so easy to do back in 2003. Martin On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Martin did not mentioned the wizard, or did he? I think he just didn't know how to have his previous default file from v2003 to work similarly in 2008. Harold At 7:30 -0500 08/09/08, Allen Fisher wrote: That control does not allow your defaults to be used with the setup wizard. On Sep 8, 2008, at 6:23 AM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: Martin, assuming you still have you Finale 2003 default file, do the following: 1. Open your 2003 default file with Finale 2008 and save it as my2008DefaultFile inside the folder Component Files, which is inside your Finale 2008 folder. 2. go to menu Finale 2008PreferencesProgram Options... 3. Click New -- it's the first item in the list at the left 4. Type my2008DefaultFile inside field Default Document From now on my2008DefaultFile will be your default file, and you can edit it as you like, just as you did before, in 2003. Harold At 7:05 -0400 08/09/08, mystrom1 wrote: And exactly where in the manual do I find this information to read up on? I was hoping to get a simple, clear and specific response from listers as to which item in the component files folder (like I did in FinMac2003) to define some basic things like fonts and measurement unit for all of my future files in Finale 2008. Instead, I seem to be getting all sorts of different suggestions on how to do this and how to do that. Martin On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read up on the new feature that allows you to use ANY Finale document as a template. It just has to reside in Document Styles folder inside the FInale folder to show up in the Setup Wizard. This replaces the old save the libraries method, which does not incorporate metatools, etc. It's WAY better now! However, I had files get corrupted when I used an old file for this purpose. It only seemed to affect me (nobody else confirmed having trouble with old files as templates) so you might be off scott-free. Try saving an old file in 2008 and using it. Maybe that will help avoid problems. Christopher On Sep 6, 2008, at 6:46 PM, mystrom1 wrote: I have just loaded Finale 2008 on my new iMac and wanted to set up my previous settings that I used in the past with 2003, including font sizes for lyrics, expressions, text blocks, etc... What is the best way to do this so that whenever I begin a new document, all (or most) of my settings are already in place? Do I open up the Component Files folder and use the Maestro Font Default? the Score Default? Thanks for you help. I hope that those of you in the wake of Hurricane Gustav in or near Baton Rouge, as well as those on the East Coast dealing with the remnants of tropical storm Hanna are safe and out of harms way. Martin ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Allen Fisher Founder and Principal Developer Fisher Art and Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file
Read up on the new feature that allows you to use ANY Finale document as a template. It just has to reside in Document Styles folder inside the FInale folder to show up in the Setup Wizard. This replaces the old save the libraries method, which does not incorporate metatools, etc. It's WAY better now! However, I had files get corrupted when I used an old file for this purpose. It only seemed to affect me (nobody else confirmed having trouble with old files as templates) so you might be off scott-free. Try saving an old file in 2008 and using it. Maybe that will help avoid problems. Christopher On Sep 6, 2008, at 6:46 PM, mystrom1 wrote: I have just loaded Finale 2008 on my new iMac and wanted to set up my previous settings that I used in the past with 2003, including font sizes for lyrics, expressions, text blocks, etc... What is the best way to do this so that whenever I begin a new document, all (or most) of my settings are already in place? Do I open up the Component Files folder and use the Maestro Font Default? the Score Default? Thanks for you help. I hope that those of you in the wake of Hurricane Gustav in or near Baton Rouge, as well as those on the East Coast dealing with the remnants of tropical storm Hanna are safe and out of harms way. Martin ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file
mystrom1 wrote: I have just loaded Finale 2008 on my new iMac and wanted to set up my previous settings that I used in the past with 2003, including font sizes for lyrics, expressions, text blocks, etc... What is the best way to do this so that whenever I begin a new document, all (or most) of my settings are already in place? Do I open up the Component Files folder and use the Maestro Font Default? the Score Default? You can name the file Default, and set it so that it opens as the default file; I figured out how to do this from the documentation, so I'm sure you can to. But your question is also informed by your work methods and flow. I changed mine long ago, because I found it useful to be able to choose from a number of different readily defaults, so I just set each one up as a template file, and when I start a new document, I load the appropriate template. Besides the ability to choose from any number of templates, this has the advantage of reducing file size. Most files I've seen libraries in them that are never used, which simply take up excess bandwidth. I've found starting from a template which contains only the elements I need can result in a file only 1/3 the size of the default, and while this is not of great significance in most instances today, when computers are fast and memory is cheap, it can still be useful. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
