Re: [Finale] clear manual positioning of tuplets
Yes! I completely overlooked that. Thanks! On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Robert Patterson rob...@robertgpatterson.com wrote: Does the Reset button in Change...-Tuplets not achieve what you wish? On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Ryan ry.squa...@gmail.com wrote: Finale 2014 Mac OS X 10.9 I'd like to reset the manual positioning of all tuplets so they revert back to the tuple settings I've defined. I copied and pasted music from someone else's file and their tuplet settings were included. I'm looking for a way to automatically clear all tuplets without having to edit them individually. I've used the Change…Tuplets command under the Utilities menu, but that doesn't clear any of the manual positioning. Thanks ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [Finale] clear manual positioning of tuplets
Does the Reset button in Change...-Tuplets not achieve what you wish? On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Ryan ry.squa...@gmail.com wrote: Finale 2014 Mac OS X 10.9 I'd like to reset the manual positioning of all tuplets so they revert back to the tuple settings I've defined. I copied and pasted music from someone else's file and their tuplet settings were included. I'm looking for a way to automatically clear all tuplets without having to edit them individually. I've used the Change…Tuplets command under the Utilities menu, but that doesn't clear any of the manual positioning. Thanks ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Chord manual input 2010
On Oct 19, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Mark McCarron wrote: Fin 2010 mac 10.4.11 When entering chords in a measure with notes in it you press the spacebar to progress to the next note. Sometimes when I do this I get the layer pull down menu popping up. What's happening? Something strange. Chuck Mark McCarron ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE!
Mark McCarron wrote: I don't understand. When I choose help from within the Finale menu Safari opens on ti's own. Of course I've never installed IE. But I do have Firefox. Are you on Windows? -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE!
On 13 Jun 2009 at 7:33, dhbailey wrote: What's up with this? Didn't enough of us complain before (I thought many of us had complained)? Or does MakeMusic get some sort of kickback from Microsoft for forcing us to use IE when we open the manual from within Finale? I really don't feel like opening the manual manually in Firefox before starting a Finale2010 session, and I wish they wouldn't force us to use IE. As I've pointed out in the past when this issue came up, it's far easier to use the default browser than it is to hardwire it to IE. The OS offers a simple API call, ShellExecute, that uses your default settings for file associations to determine which program to open for a particular file extension. It's one line of code. Perhaps the Finale help files don't have the HTML extension? If so, you might be able to set the association for that extension manually. Otherwise, it's pretty inexplicable. I can come up with an explanation of why developers might choose to do this, but it's not one that is convincing. The main reason is that MM is using a set of tools to produce the help files that is itself hardwired to IE, usually because it uses IE-only coding practices (which is a really bad thing to do, and has been something that professional HTML developers have been avoiding for many, many years now -- code to standards, not to a particular browser; IE is the only major browser that has major issues with standards support; the unfortunate IE8, which is breaking systems worldwide as people accidentally install it via Windows Update). But IE is obviously not available no the Mac, so the files produced have to be compatible with Mac browsers, so this really makes very little sense at all. As I said, despite there being a possible way to explain it away, it is still inexplicable that MM would make such a choice in the face of the obvious inadequacy of IE. -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE!
David W. Fenton wrote: On 13 Jun 2009 at 7:33, dhbailey wrote: What's up with this? Didn't enough of us complain before (I thought many of us had complained)? Or does MakeMusic get some sort of kickback from Microsoft for forcing us to use IE when we open the manual from within Finale? I really don't feel like opening the manual manually in Firefox before starting a Finale2010 session, and I wish they wouldn't force us to use IE. As I've pointed out in the past when this issue came up, it's far easier to use the default browser than it is to hardwire it to IE. The OS offers a simple API call, ShellExecute, that uses your default settings for file associations to determine which program to open for a particular file extension. It's one line of code. Perhaps the Finale help files don't have the HTML extension? If so, you might be able to set the association for that extension manually. Otherwise, it's pretty inexplicable. I can come up with an explanation of why developers might choose to do this, but it's not one that is convincing. The main reason is that MM is using a set of tools to produce the help files that is itself hardwired to IE, usually because it uses IE-only coding practices (which is a really bad thing to do, and has been something that professional HTML developers have been avoiding for many, many years now -- code to standards, not to a particular browser; IE is the only major browser that has major issues with standards support; the unfortunate IE8, which is breaking systems worldwide as people accidentally install it via Windows Update). But IE is obviously not available no the Mac, so the files produced have to be compatible with Mac browsers, so this really makes very little sense at all. As I said, despite there being a possible way to explain it away, it is still inexplicable that MM would make such a choice in the face of the obvious inadequacy of IE. The help files have the .htm extension, and in Windows Explorer they exhibit the default browser (firefox) icon and in the type column they are labeled Firefox Document and when I double click on the files from within Windows Explorer they open in Firefox by default since that's my default browser. So it's just laziness on MakeMusic's part, or there may be some under-the-table dealings which make it profitable for MakeMusic to force people to use IE, who knows. In any event it's totally annoying and serves no purpose and is just another instance of where MakeMusic hasn't listened to its end-users. Those who like it opening in IE probably have IE as their default browser and so even if MakeMusic issued the API call that you mention they could still view the files in IE, but for those of use who prefer different browsers (it shouldn't matter which one as long as it conforms to standards) we ought to be able to have the files open automatically from within Finale2010 using whatever browser we wish. Oh, well. Now to see what other things have been improved -- that percussion-map thingy is something I'll be playing around with later. In the Preferences, there is an interesting new addition whereby we can choose how things are copied from pitched-staves to percussion-staves. The options are to copy maintaining the midi-note-numbers (so the position in the playback would stay where we want it but it might make the notation look weird) or copy maintaining the staff positions, so if we have created a drum staff with the notes where we want them for a typical drum part, they should stay looking the same when copied to a non-pitched percussion staff. That sounds very good! -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE!
On 13 Jun 2009 at 8:58, dhbailey wrote: So it's just laziness on MakeMusic's part, or there may be some under-the-table dealings which make it profitable for MakeMusic to force people to use IE, who knows. I think you should stop saying this, as it makes your otherwise worthwhile post sound like it comes from a wacko. MS doesn't pay anybody to use IE. The idea is so laughable as to be insane. MS doesn't *need* to pay people -- they have far more leverage than mere $$ could ever give them. -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE!
So it's just laziness on MakeMusic's part, or there may be some under-the-table dealings which make it profitable for MakeMusic to force people to use IE, who knows. On OS X it's a piece of cake to change whatever app should open whatever document/image/pdf/etc. Click on a .htm file once, hit Cmd-I, choose there which app to open this document, then choose to open all similar documents of this type with this app. / Cb ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE!
On Jun 13, 2009, at 10:09 AM, ch...@directionsinmusic.com wrote: So it's just laziness on MakeMusic's part, or there may be some under-the-table dealings which make it profitable for MakeMusic to force people to use IE, who knows. On OS X it's a piece of cake to change whatever app should open whatever document/image/pdf/etc. Click on a .htm file once, hit Cmd-I, choose there which app to open this document, then choose to open all similar documents of this type with this app. / Cb Chris, That operation won't change the browser that Finale uses when you access the help files from the Finale Help menu. It will, however, allow you to double click the help files from the Finder window and have them open where you want. Strangely, the place you change Finale's browser choice is inside the Safari application (!?) in PreferencesDefault Browser. I hardly ever touch Safari, so I was as surprised as you must be to discover that I have to open Safari in order to get Finale help files to open in Firefox. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE!
Friends, Regarding the situation about which David W. Fenton wrote, which annoys some of us, namely that when one clicks on help from within Finale, the help files open in MS Internet explorer, there is an easy enough work-around. Don't open the help files by using the links from within Finale. The help files _will_ open just fine in other browsers, so I have my browser of choice set to open with it's home page as the beginning of the Finale Help system. (the machine I use for my MakeMusic work is not the machine on I normally use for on-line access, and I have the web browser installed mainly for other situations, so it's not particularly inconvenient on this machine to have it open to the Finale help files by default. If I want to access the help files, I just open the browser, rather than click the help button in Finale. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE!
ch...@directionsinmusic.com wrote: So it's just laziness on MakeMusic's part, or there may be some under-the-table dealings which make it profitable for MakeMusic to force people to use IE, who knows. On OS X it's a piece of cake to change whatever app should open whatever document/image/pdf/etc. Click on a .htm file once, hit Cmd-I, choose there which app to open this document, then choose to open all similar documents of this type with this app. So it is in Windows as well. When I double click on the help files in Windows Explorer they open in my default browser (Firefox). But when I try to open them from the help menu in Finale, IE opens. -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE!
Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Friends, Regarding the situation about which David W. Fenton wrote, which annoys some of us, namely that when one clicks on help from within Finale, the help files open in MS Internet explorer, there is an easy enough work-around. Don't open the help files by using the links from within Finale. The help files _will_ open just fine in other browsers, so I have my browser of choice set to open with it's home page as the beginning of the Finale Help system. (the machine I use for my MakeMusic work is not the machine on I normally use for on-line access, and I have the web browser installed mainly for other situations, so it's not particularly inconvenient on this machine to have it open to the Finale help files by default. If I want to access the help files, I just open the browser, rather than click the help button in Finale. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Yes, that's the workaround I've arrived at, also. But we shouldn't have to do that. And just for the record, lest David Fenton's name be connected to my sometimes crazy ravings, it was David Bailey who started this complaint. :-) -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE!
David W. Fenton wrote: On 13 Jun 2009 at 8:58, dhbailey wrote: So it's just laziness on MakeMusic's part, or there may be some under-the-table dealings which make it profitable for MakeMusic to force people to use IE, who knows. I think you should stop saying this, as it makes your otherwise worthwhile post sound like it comes from a wacko. MS doesn't pay anybody to use IE. The idea is so laughable as to be insane. MS doesn't *need* to pay people -- they have far more leverage than mere $$ could ever give them. You're right -- I realized it was foolish just after I sent it. Oops. -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE!
dhbailey wrote: And just for the record, lest David Fenton's name be connected to my sometimes crazy ravings, it was David Bailey who started this complaint. :-) So it was. Bad editing on my part. Sorry. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE!
Noel Stoutenburg wrote: dhbailey wrote: And just for the record, lest David Fenton's name be connected to my sometimes crazy ravings, it was David Bailey who started this complaint. :-) So it was. Bad editing on my part. Sorry. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To get around the Finale-forces-IE issue I made a desktop shortcut to the index.htm file of the manual, so I just have to remember not to go to the Help menu but rather to double-click on the shortcut. -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE!
On 13 Jun 2009 at 17:02, dhbailey wrote: And just for the record, lest David Fenton's name be connected to my sometimes crazy ravings, it was David Bailey who started this complaint. :-) I would be happy to be mistaken as the author or your crazy ravings. You have common sense that is unerring, it seems to me. You're just not as hot-headed as me. ;) -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE!
I don't understand. When I choose help from within the Finale menu Safari opens on ti's own. Of course I've never installed IE. But I do have Firefox. Mark Mccarron --- On Sat, 6/13/09, dhbailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com wrote: From: dhbailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com Subject: Re: [Finale] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE! To: finale@shsu.edu Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 5:02 PM Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Friends, Regarding the situation about which David W. Fenton wrote, which annoys some of us, namely that when one clicks on help from within Finale, the help files open in MS Internet explorer, there is an easy enough work-around. Don't open the help files by using the links from within Finale. The help files _will_ open just fine in other browsers, so I have my browser of choice set to open with it's home page as the beginning of the Finale Help system. (the machine I use for my MakeMusic work is not the machine on I normally use for on-line access, and I have the web browser installed mainly for other situations, so it's not particularly inconvenient on this machine to have it open to the Finale help files by default. If I want to access the help files, I just open the browser, rather than click the help button in Finale. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Yes, that's the workaround I've arrived at, also. But we shouldn't have to do that. And just for the record, lest David Fenton's name be connected to my sometimes crazy ravings, it was David Bailey who started this complaint. :-) -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ 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] Finale2010 Manual still requires IE!
On 13 Jun 2009 at 17:58, Mark McCarron wrote: I don't understand. When I choose help from within the Finale menu Safari opens on ti's own. Of course I've never installed IE. But I do have Firefox. This is a Windows-only issue. And that's one of the reasons why it's so infuriating -- they have to do it correctly on the Mac (i.e., use your default browser), but they deliberately choose on Windows do override the users preferred browser. -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] 2008 manual not appearing
Johnson, Mark wrote: Hi Chuck (and SHSU list), Do you happen to have Finale installed on a drive other than your boot drive? If so, this could be causing the problem. For now, you could either install Finale on your boot drive or create a bookmark to Finale 2008/Help Files/Finale.htm in the browser of your choice. This has something to do with the way context help is setup and the engineers are looking into a fix for maintenance. While I'm here I should mention that I've been noting the other concerns regarding the new help system and take them seriously - particularly forcing IE, which was a necessary evil and the result of another context-sensitivity issue. Please note the system can be viewed on the browser of your choice by opening the finale.htm file manually. Our documentation staff was very busy this year implementing the new system. We hope you find it helpful and plan additional improvements in the coming months. Mark, Thank you very much for appearing on this list. I do have to say that the documentation, at least as much as I have worked with it so far, is much improved, and my initial concerns over the use of HTML have proven unfounded. I like the quick access to the different things I might need to cross reference much better than with PDF, and if they can solve the mandatory use of IE, it may well be the best documentation since the printing of the three bound volumes all those many versions ago. Thank you again for stepping forth to help Chuck solve his problem! -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] 2008 manual not appearing
At 02:34 PM 7/11/2007, Chuck Israels wrote: Help - does not open in Safari (OS 10.4 something). Anyone have any ideas why? Take a look under Program Options | Folders. Does the User Manual entry point to something like Finale 2008/Help Files? Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] 2008 manual not appearing
It does open if you go through the Finale folder and navigate to Finale.htm - just not from the help menu while you're in Finale. On Jul 11, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: Help - does not open in Safari (OS 10.4 something). Anyone have any ideas why? Thanks, Chuck Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] 2008 manual not appearing
Hi Aaron, It points to the right place, and the address appears in the address bar, but the window doesn't open. I called support, and they thought it was probably specific to my browser setup. They suggested clearing Safari preferences, but I don't want to lose all that, so I simply put a bookmark for the help files in Safari, and they open that way - just not from the help menu. Chuck On Jul 11, 2007, at 12:08 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 02:34 PM 7/11/2007, Chuck Israels wrote: Help - does not open in Safari (OS 10.4 something). Anyone have any ideas why? Take a look under Program Options | Folders. Does the User Manual entry point to something like Finale 2008/Help Files? Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
RE: [Finale] 2008 manual not appearing
Hi Chuck (and SHSU list), Do you happen to have Finale installed on a drive other than your boot drive? If so, this could be causing the problem. For now, you could either install Finale on your boot drive or create a bookmark to Finale 2008/Help Files/Finale.htm in the browser of your choice. This has something to do with the way context help is setup and the engineers are looking into a fix for maintenance. While I'm here I should mention that I've been noting the other concerns regarding the new help system and take them seriously - particularly forcing IE, which was a necessary evil and the result of another context-sensitivity issue. Please note the system can be viewed on the browser of your choice by opening the finale.htm file manually. Our documentation staff was very busy this year implementing the new system. We hope you find it helpful and plan additional improvements in the coming months. Sincerely, Mark Johnson Documentation Editor MakeMusic -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Israels Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:06 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] 2008 manual not appearing It does open if you go through the Finale folder and navigate to Finale.htm - just not from the help menu while you're in Finale. On Jul 11, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: Help - does not open in Safari (OS 10.4 something). Anyone have any ideas why? Thanks, Chuck Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ 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] 2008 manual not appearing
Hi Mark, see below On Jul 11, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Johnson, Mark wrote: Hi Chuck (and SHSU list), Do you happen to have Finale installed on a drive other than your boot drive? If so, this could be causing the problem. This is not the issue on my system. For now, you could either install Finale on your boot drive or create a bookmark to Finale 2008/Help Files/Finale.htm in the browser of your choice. Bookmark done - and the main problem is now solved. I can get to the files, just not from the Help Menu. This is only a small inconvenience, since the wait time for the browser to open is there in either case. This has something to do with the way context help is setup and the engineers are looking into a fix for maintenance. Since our various disappointments with maintenance fixes in 2007, it is encouraging to hear that things like these are being addressed now. Thanks, Chuck While I'm here I should mention that I've been noting the other concerns regarding the new help system and take them seriously - particularly forcing IE, which was a necessary evil and the result of another context-sensitivity issue. Please note the system can be viewed on the browser of your choice by opening the finale.htm file manually. Our documentation staff was very busy this year implementing the new system. We hope you find it helpful and plan additional improvements in the coming months. Sincerely, Mark Johnson Documentation Editor MakeMusic -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Israels Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:06 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] 2008 manual not appearing It does open if you go through the Finale folder and navigate to Finale.htm - just not from the help menu while you're in Finale. On Jul 11, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: Help - does not open in Safari (OS 10.4 something). Anyone have any ideas why? Thanks, Chuck Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ 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 Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] the manual
At 05:51 PM 1/2/2007, Will Denayer wrote: Hello David, I understand what you are saying and I appreciate. But, since you don't know me, let me explain. I have been asking rather simple questions here - and always got a pertinent response, for which I am very grateful - because I find it easy. I have big problems reading these days because my eyesight is extremely poor. To read a book (which can lie flat), I use a magnifier with a bulb, but my bulb broke down. ... So I will print the manual and copy it, Will, when you open the manual in Acrobat, you can use Acrobat to enlarge it on-screen as large as you wish. This is certainly easier than printing the whole (enormous) manual and copying it. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] the manual
Aaron Sherber wrote: At 05:51 PM 1/2/2007, Will Denayer wrote: Hello David, I understand what you are saying and I appreciate. But, since you don't know me, let me explain. I have been asking rather simple questions here - and always got a pertinent response, for which I am very grateful - because I find it easy. I have big problems reading these days because my eyesight is extremely poor. To read a book (which can lie flat), I use a magnifier with a bulb, but my bulb broke down. ... So I will print the manual and copy it, Will, when you open the manual in Acrobat, you can use Acrobat to enlarge it on-screen as large as you wish. This is certainly easier than printing the whole (enormous) manual and copying it. To say nothing of the functions which Windows (I believe he's on a windows machine) offers for accessibility, including magnifying portions of the screen for better legibility. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
RE: [Finale] the manual
You should contact Hal Owen, a former reader of this list who also has written excellent Finale tutorials. He has very poor vision and may have helpful tips. Try: http://music.uoregon.edu/About/bios/owenh.html Richard Yates I have big problems reading these days because my eyesight is extremely poor. To read a book (which can lie flat), I use a magnifier with a bulb, but my bulb broke down. Now, you can say, 'buy another bulb' and I ordered some, but this is Ireland and everything goes unbelievably slow here. To work on the computer, I use a headband with magnifying glasses. It's something that jewellers use to set stones or to do very detailed work. The problem with that is that it magnifies only a little area at a time, so all these things are difficult for me. There is no way that I can read pocket scores, not even with a magnifier. I cannot even read full scores (the big Dover format), so I have to copy everything into a bigger format So I will print the manual and copy it, but give me a couple of days. I am in the process of writing something and I really want to go on with it. With best regards, Will ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] The Manual
Hi Will, Obviously you should not have modified the User Manual files. You can do a custom re-install of Finale that includes just the User Manual, and that's what I suggest you do. You can then open the User Manual from the Help menu in Finale. You may also want to try installing Adobe Reader 8 before you do this. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 18 Dec 2006, at 1:25 PM, Will Denayer wrote: With respect to opening the manual for Finale, you wrote earlier that you converted the ~.pdf files to ~.rtf format. Based upon that statement, if it were me, here's what I'd do. Hello Noel, Thank you very much for your help. I tried to do today what you were saying. I did everything right, at least I could follow all the steps. The manual still doesn't open. Did anyone else had this problem before too? Is it possible that there is something wrong with my copy. This really begins to annoy me enormously. With best regards, Will Send instant messages to your online friends http:// uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ 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] Darcy's manual
At 12:23 PM 12/17/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having trouble finding Darcy's manual on GPO - where am I likely to find it please. Sorry, I know this has already been discussed but I've spent half an hour ploughing throught the archives and still can't find it. It's in the User Manual folder of your Finale installation. It's also at http://www.garritan.com/support/GPOHPiTutorialSupplement.pdf, although this is the version for Fin2006 rather than Fin2007. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Darcy's manual
At 05:22 PM 12/17/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it was already in the folder, but it doesn't appear in the list when I select Help-Manuals. That's right. I don't know why Makemusic didn't add a link to it, but they didn't. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Darcy's manual
I entered it into the Mac spotlight and it came up in the 2006d User Manual. Dean On Dec 17, 2006, at 2:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Aaron, thanks for that. I tried to download it from the website only to find that it was already in the folder, but it doesn't appear in the list when I select Help-Manuals. At least I've found it now. Thanks again, Lawrence ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Dean M. Estabrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.comcast.net/~d.esta/ Power embraces greed and abjurs justice ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] The manual
Will Denayer wrote: With respect to opening the manual for Finale, you wrote earlier that you converted the ~.pdf files to ~.rtf format. Based upon that statement, if it were me, here's what I'd do. 1) Close all files, folders and programs. 2) Click on Start 3) Open the folder containing Finale 2007. 4) In the Finale 2007 folder, find the folder User Manual. 5) Copy that entire folder and contents to the desktop. 6) Open the folder User Manual in Finale 2007 7) Delete the entire contents, but not the folder. 8) Insert the distribution DVD or the CD labeled 1 of 2, whichever you have, in the CD / DVD drive. 9) If it doesn't start automatically, start set-up. When you reach the dialog asking if you want a typical, compact, or custom installation, select custom. 10) In the custom installation, scroll down the list, and select for installation only the item user documentation, near the bottom. 11) Install a new copy of the documentation. 12) Complete the installation dialog, and close all windows 13) Start Finale, select help, and from the drop down menu, select user manual, and see if you can't get the manual window to open. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] The 'Manual'
At 01:57 PM 12/13/2006, Will Denayer wrote: Because I still can't open the freaking thing. I have Adobe Reader, but it doesn't open, What doesn't open -- Adobe Reader, or the Finale manual? Have you tried downloading and installing a new copy of Adobe Reader from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html? Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] The 'Manual'
Will, if you are on Mac, there might be a gotcha here. I tried to change the default program to open PDFs to be Preview (faster, smaller than Reader) and ended up defeating my abilities to read the manual from inside Finale. Finale NEEDS the manual files to be opened in Adobe Reader ONLY. Once I changed their defaults back to Reader, all was well, and I was able to access the manual from the Help menu of Finale, as I should be able to do. Christopher On Dec 13, 2006, at 2:56 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 01:57 PM 12/13/2006, Will Denayer wrote: Because I still can't open the freaking thing. I have Adobe Reader, but it doesn't open, What doesn't open -- Adobe Reader, or the Finale manual? Have you tried downloading and installing a new copy of Adobe Reader from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] The 'Manual'
FYI, Mac OS X might still default to Preview rather than Adobe Reader even if you install it. You might try: Selecting a PDF file. Anything ending in .PDF File- Get Info a little box will open with info about the file. Look for OPEN if it says Preview, Click on it, it might or might not give you a list of other programs to open it with. Adobe might show up there. If not, select other than then look in Applications/Adobe Acrobat Reader and select the program there. You can also tell OS X to open all files like that one with Adobe Acrobat Reader as well. Christopher Smith wrote: Will, if you are on Mac, there might be a gotcha here. I tried to change the default program to open PDFs to be Preview (faster, smaller than Reader) and ended up defeating my abilities to read the manual from inside Finale. Finale NEEDS the manual files to be opened in Adobe Reader ONLY. Once I changed their defaults back to Reader, all was well, and I was able to access the manual from the Help menu of Finale, as I should be able to do. Christopher On Dec 13, 2006, at 2:56 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 01:57 PM 12/13/2006, Will Denayer wrote: Because I still can't open the freaking thing. I have Adobe Reader, but it doesn't open, What doesn't open -- Adobe Reader, or the Finale manual? Have you tried downloading and installing a new copy of Adobe Reader from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html? ___ 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] The manual
At 07:59 PM 12/13/2006, Will Denayer wrote: I try to open the manual by clicking on the book button (or going to Help, it is the same). On the right, you can then see what I assume is the first page of the manual, while on the left, you can see the adobe icons for every chapter. Nothing happens when I click these icons. Nothing? Doesn't the right side change to the appropriate Table of Contents for the chapter you clicked on? If not, then you should try downloading and reinstalling Adobe Reader, per my last post. When I click on 'See next chapter' at the right hand of the screen, it gives me the index of the new chapter. That's right. And doesn't display the first page of that chapter on the right? Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
RE: [Finale] The manual
Nothing happens when I click these icons. Have you tried a double-click? RY ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] The 'Manual'
- Original Message - From: Will Denayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 2:26 AM Subject: [Finale] The 'Manual' Well, I wanted to ask about this before, but it sounds so stupid that I refrained myself from doing so. When I ask something, people refer to the manual, but which manual? My version of Finale (2007) came together with a book called Installation Guide and Tutorials. These tutorials are pretty easy, but at the end of every chapter they refer you to ... the manual if you want to know more. This mythical manual is probably on my hard disk, which is some sort of magical thing to me anyway, but where? The only thing I found so far are the videos, which I understand, although they go too quick to make notes. OK, I guess you are all laughing now. Best regards, Will Usually in a folder called user manual (at least 2005 and 2006 versions do so) in Finale installation folder. When you are into Finale main window, user manual is reachable clicking on help menu at the far right of menus. If this does not happen, you could have a bad (weird?) installation of Finale. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] The 'Manual'
At 08:26 PM 12/11/2006, Will Denayer wrote: Guide and Tutorials. These tutorials are pretty easy, but at the end of every chapter they refer you to ... the manual if you want to know more. This mythical manual is probably on my hard disk, which is some sort of magical thing to me anyway, but where? Help | User Manual | Index. Also see Help | Finale Tutorials, per David Fenton's suggestion. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
