Re: [Finale] Problem with layers

2002-10-23 Thread Nico Schliemann
> What layer were your kicks in? If they were in Layer 1, then slash > notation hides everything in layer 1 to show slashes instead. That was not my problem, as I changed this setting before I entered the kicks. The problem was, that everything dissapeared, and only the empty staves were left the

[Finale] Italian help needed

2002-10-23 Thread Andrew Stiller
The two Italian musicologists I've been working with have had a falling out, leaving me to deal with them individually. Unfortunately, one of them doesn't speak English, and my limited Italian is not up to explaining all the engraving and publishing niceties that she is asking about. Would any

[Finale] Re: Plugin idea

2002-10-23 Thread jef chippewa
>From: Aaron Sherber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >That sounds fantastic, Jari -- I can't wait. neither can us mac users... 8^) jef -- .jef.chippewa. mailto:jef@;newmusicnotation.com .shirling.&.neueweise. http://newmusicnotation.com ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Problem with layers

2002-10-23 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 6:15 PM +0200 10/23/02, Nico Schliemann wrote: Hi folks, I just discovered a really weird bug (?) in Finale 2002b (Mac). I was entering some notes, and for some reasons I turned of all the check boxes in the Layer-Options for Layer 1 off. So far, so good. Some time later I had to do some kicks

[Finale] Problem with layers

2002-10-23 Thread Nico Schliemann
Hi folks, I just discovered a really weird bug (?) in Finale 2002b (Mac). I was entering some notes, and for some reasons I turned of all the check boxes in the Layer-Options for Layer 1 off. So far, so good. Some time later I had to do some kicks over time (slashes) in the drum part, and had to tu

Re: [Finale] Plugin idea

2002-10-23 Thread Mark D. Lew
>Unless I'm misunderstanding the question. If the suggestion was that I >select those measures and apply a different spacing algorithm to them to >get them to fit, then I didn't do that. And I would say that changing >spacing mid-piece (and having to remember to change it back again if >needed) is

Re: [Finale] Plugin idea

2002-10-23 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:25 PM 10/23/02, David H. Bailey wrote: >No, I think she means BEFORE running TGTools. Okay -- well then, yes, I did. Unless I'm misunderstanding the question. If the suggestion was that I select those measures and apply a different spacing algorithm to them to get them to fit, then I didn

Re: [Finale] Plugin idea

2002-10-23 Thread David H. Bailey
No, I think she means BEFORE running TGTools. Aaron Sherber wrote: At 01:42 PM 10/23/02, Jane Frasier wrote: >Maybe I missed something here, but have you unlocked your systems and then >re-spaced? Do you mean after running TGTools? That just returns the systems to the state they were in bef

Re: [Finale] Plugin idea

2002-10-23 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 01:42 PM 10/23/02, Jane Frasier wrote: >Maybe I missed something here, but have you unlocked your systems and then >re-spaced? Do you mean after running TGTools? That just returns the systems to the state they were in before running TGTools. Aaron. ___

Re: [Finale] Problems with Chords

2002-10-23 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 2:49 PM +0100 10/23/02, Marcus Girvan wrote: I find that Finale's chord analysis problematical in the extreme. It always seems to find the most obscure constructions possible. It would be more helfupl if the analysis provided simpler or simplified chords. Have I been missing something all this

[Finale] LETTER FROM A BANK MANAGER

2002-10-23 Thread MR. KOFFI MOTEMBRE
FROM MR.KOFFI MOTEMBRE BIA TOGO S.A 13 RUE DU COMMERCE LOME-TOGO Private email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ATTN: DIRECTOR/CEO Dear Sir/Madam, I am Koffi Motembre a senior Manager at BIA Bank here in Togo. Though we have not related in the past, I am compelled by the important nature of the opportunity a

[Finale] LETTER FROM A BANK MANAGER

2002-10-23 Thread MR. KOFFI MOTEMBRE
FROM MR.KOFFI MOTEMBRE BIA TOGO S.A 13 RUE DU COMMERCE LOME-TOGO Private email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ATTN: DIRECTOR/CEO Dear Sir/Madam, I am Koffi Motembre a senior Manager at BIA Bank here in Togo. Though we have not related in the past, I am compelled by the important nature of the opportunity a

Re: [Finale] Plugin idea

2002-10-23 Thread Jane Frasier
Maybe I missed something here, but have you unlocked your systems and then re-spaced? Jane On 10/23/02 11:22 AM, "Aaron Sherber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 11:01 AM 10/23/02, Rick Neal wrote: >> I just now had to do this with a page with 8 staff systems and one measure on >> the next page.

Re: [Finale] Plugin idea and TGTools

2002-10-23 Thread Aaron Sherber
Okay, I've done some other spot tests, and it seems that in most cases TGTools Fit Measures does do what I'm looking for. In a few cases, though, it does just cram the extra measure into the previous system without reflowing anything. I guess that its internal algorithm might decide that this i

Re: [Finale] Plugin idea

2002-10-23 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 11:01 AM 10/23/02, Rick Neal wrote: >I just now had to do this with a page with 8 staff systems and one measure on >the next page. When I used TGTools it redistributed the entire page NOT just >cramming the extra measure into the last system. No system looks any more >crowded than another. After

Re: [Finale] Plugin idea

2002-10-23 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 08:54 AM 10/23/02, Barbara Touburg wrote: >TGTools Fit Music does this. >Just select the music that you want to be on the page, count the systems, and >let TGTools redistribute the music. Works fine for me. I had some problems (detailed in another post) in getting this to work as I would like.

Re: [Finale] Plugin idea

2002-10-23 Thread Barbara Touburg
TGTools Fit Music does this. Just select the music that you want to be on the page, count the systems, and let TGTools redistribute the music. Works fine for me. Aaron Sherber schreef: > When I extract parts from a score and then go to tweak each part, I seem to > spend much of my time in scenari

[Finale] Problems with Chords

2002-10-23 Thread Marcus Girvan
I find that Finale's chord analysis problematical in the extreme. It always seems to find the most obscure constructions possible. It would be more helfupl if the analysis provided simpler or simplified chords. Have I been missing something all this time? Is there an auto simplifier somewhere that

Re: [Finale] Plugin idea

2002-10-23 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 08:55 AM 10/23/02, Rick Neal wrote: >Have you tried TGTools: Layout - Fit Measures - specify the number of systems >you want to distribute the highlighted measures into? This is close, but it doesn't quite do what I'm looking for. For example, I've got a page of music with 5 systems, and one m

Re: [Finale] Plugin idea

2002-10-23 Thread Rick Neal
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 18:26:55 -0400 Aaron Sherber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd love to be able to select all of the > measures on the page and > distribute them optimally in one pass. > > This would also help at the ends of pieces. I > find that very often the last > line of a part has just

Re: [Finale] Plugin idea

2002-10-23 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 01:38 AM 10/23/02, Jari Williamsson wrote: >Layout Manager in Forza! will do that, although it will give you a bit more >options regarding measure distribution and page breaks than this. I'll see >if I can put a draft of this specific feature in the next couple of betas. That sounds fantastic,