I have discovered a quirk with my MacFin 2003. If I open 6 parts:
woodwinds 1-6, finale will only open 5: 1-5.
If I open 3 parts, only 2 will open. There is always 1 less part opened.
This has only been in Fin 2003.
Is there a cure?
Thanks:
Bob Florence
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On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 09:36 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
At 09:06 PM 11/7/02 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote:
I never said anything about a
script. On a Mac, "Get Info -> Open With..." uses the exact same two
clicks as it does in Windows.
I know nothing. I'm just following alo
At 09:33 PM 11/7/02 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>
>On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 09:24 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
>> And it has the problem of being a finite and very small space, with
>> many applications colliding over use of the extensions.
>
>At least *that* isn't a problem in OS X --
At 09:06 PM 11/7/02 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>I never said anything about a
>script. On a Mac, "Get Info -> Open With..." uses the exact same two
>clicks as it does in Windows.
I know nothing. I'm just following along here when it comes to Macs. You said:
"You are free to write an OS X
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 09:24 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
Of course, I wish extensions weren't used at all for determining what
application opens the file -- that's namespace that ought to be
available to *me* for whatever purpose *I* want.
Yes, in many ways the OS X file system is a
On 7 Nov 2002 at 21:06, Darcy James Argue wrote:
> As an experiment, I tried changing the extension of an MP3 file to
> .txt. I got a warning dialog telling me this would change the
> application the file is associated with, and asking me if I was sure.
> Once I changed it, double-clicking on
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 08:43 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
At 08:27 PM 11/7/02 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote:
The OS does not decide what can be open with what application -- the
application's creator decides that.
But not entirely, at least in Windows. Many applications can
a
At 08:27 PM 11/7/02 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>The OS does not decide what can be open with what application -- the
>application's creator decides that.
But not entirely, at least in Windows. Many applications can arbitrarily
open any file, asking for the required parameters in the open dia
On 7 Nov 2002 at 20:15, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
> At 08:00 PM 11/7/02 -0500, David W. Fenton wrote:
> >Then,
> >the OPEN WITH shortcut menu ought to give me the list of the programs
> >that are compatible with the file type
>
> Both you and Darcy are assuming that it's a good thing to deny
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 08:15 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
At 08:00 PM 11/7/02 -0500, David W. Fenton wrote:
Then,
the OPEN WITH shortcut menu ought to give me the list of the programs
that are compatible with the file type
Both you and Darcy are assuming that it's a good thing
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 08:00 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
I've always wanted a file system where I could say that I preferred
that JPEG files open with a certain program, but that I could also
tell it all the other programs that could handle the format.
Then you want OS X! Except yo
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 07:01 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
No, that's very different from what I meant.
See, I *knew* I had never seen anything like OS X column view on
Windows...
I don't actually like views like that, at all. Hierarchies are, by
definition, vertical, so the relatio
At 08:00 PM 11/7/02 -0500, David W. Fenton wrote:
>Then,
>the OPEN WITH shortcut menu ought to give me the list of the programs
>that are compatible with the file type
Both you and Darcy are assuming that it's a good thing to deny the
opportunity to open a file with an 'incompatible' applicatio
On 7 Nov 2002 at 19:33, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
> At 05:32 PM 11/7/02 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote:
> >Macs have no problem opening
> >documents in whatever application you specify (so long as the
> >application is capable of handling that filetype).
>
> Previous post noted that I can pla
At 05:32 PM 11/7/02 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>Macs have no problem opening
>documents in whatever application you specify (so long as the
>application is capable of handling that filetype).
Previous post noted that I can play a graphic, display an mp3.file, or open
an application binary i
At 05:32 PM 11/7/02 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>Macs have no problem opening
>documents in whatever application you specify (so long as the
>application is capable of handling that filetype).
I guess that's what I meant with my examples. I can play a graphic, display
an mp3.file, or open an
On 7 Nov 2002 at 17:57, Darcy James Argue wrote:
> Now I'm wondering if we are talking about the
> same thing at all? List view shows the contents of a *single* folder
> along with columns displaying user-configurable information like Date
> Modified, Date Created, Version, Size, etc. One
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It won't please every one, but I am using Note Shapes Notation style in the
Staff Tool for Percussion. I set the staff to Ignore Key and to not show Key
Signature. This defines a staff that is always in C. Then set the noteshapes
(in the Notaion Style>NoteShapes>Select... button at the botto
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 05:07 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
I also have always hated the Mac-style method of opening each folder
in its own window so that if you drill down several levels through
the hierarchy, you end up with a whole lot of windows open.
Gone in OS X, although if you
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 05:14 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
(I've seen Mac users open files in other apps, but either they weren't
experienced enough to do it easily, or it's just tricky to do.)
I don't see where you're getting that. It's not tricky to do at all.
QuickTime Play
At 04:41 PM 11/7/02 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>Ah, yes. I do remember seeing column view in Windows Explorer, just
>not in Windows desktop windows (or whatever the terminology is for the
>Windows equivalent to the Finder).
It's there if you want it to be. You can have it look like a glob
On 07.11.2002 22:29 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote
>
> Yes, I fully understand that.
>
> The problem is that I can't have a note-attached expressions *unless*
> I first create a metatool for it.
>
That is simply not true. Could it be that you are trying to assign an
expression to a note in a differ
On 7 Nov 2002 at 13:42, Mark D. Lew wrote:
> At 4:29 PM 11/07/02, David W. Fenton wrote:
>
> >The problem is that I can't have a note-attached expressions *unless*
> >I first create a metatool for it.
>
> Perhaps I'm missing something here. Are you saying you can't create
> note-attached expres
On 7 Nov 2002 at 16:41, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>
> On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 03:36 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
>
> > On 7 Nov 2002 at 14:24, Darcy James Argue wrote:
> >
> >> On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 01:17 PM, Phil Daley wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Windows has only done this for at le
At 04:54 PM 11/07/02, David W. Fenton wrote:
>Is it sticky? It seems that it stays with the previously chosen
>setting each time I open the dialog again.
For me, the key is the cursor. If you are pointing at 'empty' space, you
will see a cursor that looks like a double-arrow. If you double-click,
At 04:50 PM 11/07/02, David W. Fenton wrote:
>On 7 Nov 2002 at 16:24, David H. Bailey wrote:
>
>> When you click on the note the dialogue to select the expression opens
>> up -- at the bottom of this box are two radio buttons to select measure
>> expression or note expression. Simply click Note Ex
On 7 Nov 2002 at 16:38, Aaron Sherber wrote:
> At 04:29 PM 11/07/02, David W. Fenton wrote:
> >The problem is that I can't have a note-attached expressions *unless*
> >I first create a metatool for it.
>
> Sure you can -- select the Expression tool, point at a note (single
> crosshair cursor,
On 7 Nov 2002 at 16:26, Tim Thompson wrote:
> In the expression selection dialog, there are radio buttons at the bottom to
> select note attached or measure attached.
I see nothing of the sort. All I see is a choice about where the
playback effect is.
--
David W. Fenton |
On 7 Nov 2002 at 16:24, David H. Bailey wrote:
> When you click on the note the dialogue to select the expression opens
> up -- at the bottom of this box are two radio buttons to select measure
> expression or note expression. Simply click Note Expression and then
> choose the one you want.
I
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 04:38 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
Even for traps, I see no need for special noteheads since 11 different
instruments can be represented on one 5-line staff without leger
lines or any two instruments sharing any line or space. With one
ledger line, the number
At 4:29 PM 11/07/02, David W. Fenton wrote:
>The problem is that I can't have a note-attached expressions *unless*
>I first create a metatool for it.
Perhaps I'm missing something here. Are you saying you can't create
note-attached expressions at all without using a metatool? I do that
frequent
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 03:36 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 7 Nov 2002 at 14:24, Darcy James Argue wrote:
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 01:17 PM, Phil Daley wrote:
Windows has only done this for at least 5 years.
I didn't even know Windows *had* column view.
Column view o
At 04:29 PM 11/07/02, David W. Fenton wrote:
>The problem is that I can't have a note-attached expressions *unless*
>I first create a metatool for it.
Sure you can -- select the Expression tool, point at a note (single
crosshair cursor, with quarter note), and double-click. You should see
'Note
At 9:40 AM 11/07/02, Linda Worsley wrote:
>I agree that this is something Finale could improve, but on the other
>hand, when there doesn't seem to be one single Kosher traditional way
>it HAS to be, then how do they set up a percussion part that will
>please everyone?
By giving the user the optio
I have lately gone more toward regular staff/notehead, because it's
a whole lot easier to do in Finale, and especially for studio stuff
which is not for actual publication, it saves me the time of
wrestling with the percussion staff.
...I'd be interested to hear how other composers/arrangers o
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 02:07 PM, David H. Bailey wrote:
That's odd, because when I don't change things, normal whole notes
show up when I enter them.
Well, yes -- no percussion map = regular whole notes. But there has
*never* been a way to specify separate noteheads for whole not
On 7 Nov 2002 at 16:23, Aaron Sherber wrote:
> At 04:10 PM 11/07/02, David W. Fenton wrote:
> >I am now editing an older file and have run into a problem caused by
> >the elimination of the distinction between a note expression and a
> >staff expression.
>
> Fin2003 still has these things, but
When you click on the note the dialogue to select the expression opens
up -- at the bottom of this box are two radio buttons to select measure
expression or note expression. Simply click Note Expression and then
choose the one you want.
David W. Fenton wrote:
I just upgraded from WinFin97 to
At 04:10 PM 11/07/02, David W. Fenton wrote:
>I am now editing an older file and have run into a problem caused by
>the elimination of the distinction between a note expression and a
>staff expression.
Fin2003 still has these things, but they are called note-attached
expressions and measure-attac
I just upgraded from WinFin97 to WinFin2003 a few months ago.
I am now editing an older file and have run into a problem caused by
the elimination of the distinction between a note expression and a
staff expression.
I just want to place a note expression on a single note, not in
multiple stave
On 7 Nov 2002 at 14:24, Darcy James Argue wrote:
> On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 01:17 PM, Phil Daley wrote:
> >
> > Windows has only done this for at least 5 years.
>
> I didn't even know Windows *had* column view.
Column view of *what*?
The standard list controls used in Windows have use
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 02:39 PM, David H. Bailey wrote:
This gets back to the age-old comeback on this list, whenever anybody
asks a question as to why something normal doesn't work: Why would
you want to do that?
I use percussion maps so I can get proper playback, and would like
This gets back to the age-old comeback on this list, whenever anybody
asks a question as to why something normal doesn't work: Why would you
want to do that?
I use percussion maps so I can get proper playback, and would like to be
able to place quarter notes, half notes and whole notes on a pe
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 01:17 PM, Phil Daley wrote:
Windows has only done this for at least 5 years.
I didn't even know Windows *had* column view.
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At 02:07 PM 11/07/02, David H. Bailey wrote:
>That's odd, because when I don't change things, normal whole notes show
>up when I enter them. I just checked, and sure enough the behavior you
>are reporting is happening -- I think this must be a bug introduced in 2003!
I have a score in front of me
That's odd, because when I don't change things, normal whole notes show
up when I enter them. I just checked, and sure enough the behavior you
are reporting is happening -- I think this must be a bug introduced in 2003!
Very curious!
I am going to send a bug report / question to [EMAIL PROTECT
At 11/07/2002 12:20 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>I ran into this tip in today's Apple eNews, and it's so useful (and
>inadequately documented!) that I thought I'd share:
>
>> In this issue, we offer this excerpt from Scott Kelby's "Mac OS X
>> Killer Tips":
>>
>> "If you're in Column View, you ca
At 9:26 AM -0500 11/7/02, Aaron Sherber wrote:
At 08:30 AM 11/07/02, Darcy James Argue wrote:
I seem to recall you mentioning that this was a timpani staff? If so,
why are you using a percussion map for pitched percussion? IMO, the
only time you should be using percussion maps is for unpitched
I ran into this tip in today's Apple eNews, and it's so useful (and
inadequately documented!) that I thought I'd share:
In this issue, we offer this excerpt from Scott Kelbys Mac OS X
Killer Tips:
If youre in Column View, you can get tired of resizing columns to
accommodate long filenames
I'm assuming the home Jam Box is like some sort of
stereo (sometimes I route my keyboard through a karaoke box).
If you have saved your jingle as a midi, one of the
easiest ways is to open it in Acid Pro, adjust it to its original tempo (Acid
Pro likes to change the tempo, but it's a one cl
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 10:49 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
At 10:20 AM 11/07/02, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>> Yes. I don't spend a lot of time on playback details, but it's very
>> disconcerting to play back a piece that's supposed to use tom-toms
and
>> hear instead whistles and guiros a
At 07:26 AM 11/7/02 -0800, Jim Bennett wrote:
>Dear Some One More Knowledgeable Than I, I've written a short test jingle
>in Finale and am playing it through my Roland Fantom synth and the sound
>comes from my home jam box. I would like to move this jingle on to a CD for
>others to hear. How to I p
Dear Some One More Knowledgeable Than I,
I've written a short test jingle in Finale and am playing it through my Roland Fantom synth and the sound comes from my home jam box. I would like to move this jingle on to a CD for others to hear. How to I proceed?
Thanks, jim bennettDo you Yahoo!?
U2 on LA
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 10:10 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
Yes. I don't spend a lot of time on playback details, but it's very
disconcerting to play back a piece that's supposed to use tom-toms and
hear instead whistles and guiros and the like.
What about turning off percussion playbac
At 09:54 AM 11/07/02, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>Well, obviously those are notated with standard noteheads, not
>X-noteheads.
Yes -- although most of the entries in Finale's default percussion maps use
standard noteheads rather than X noteheads.
>Since you are evidently using standard noteheads,
At 09:53 AM 11/07/02, Tobias Giesen wrote:
>this is a known issue and it will be fixed in the maintenance release.
Thanks, Tobias -- good to know it's not just me.
Aaron.
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On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 09:26 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
It's not actually a timpani staff -- I used that as an example only
because I'm most familiar with the way those parts look. But I've just
checked a few scores (Wozzeck, e.g.), and even non-pitched percussion
parts are engraved
Hello Aaron,
this is a known issue and it will be fixed in the maintenance release.
Best wishes,
Tobias
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At 08:30 AM 11/07/02, Darcy James Argue wrote:
>I seem to recall you mentioning that this was a timpani staff? If so,
>why are you using a percussion map for pitched percussion? IMO, the
>only time you should be using percussion maps is for unpitched
>percussion.
It's not actually a timpani staf
On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 08:18 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote:
But I didn't change the noteheads. The percussion map dialog displays
two noteheads for each instrument: a closed notehead and an open
notehead.
Aaron,
I seem to recall you mentioning that this was a timpani staff? If so,
wh
At 06:15 AM 11/07/02, David H. Bailey wrote:
>What I have found in working with percussion parts is to NOT change the
>default shapes which appear in the dialog where we create the percussion
>map. The only time I change anything is when I want something
>specifically different such as an X notehe
You might consider creating two copies of the score, then -- get all the
(Bbasic notation issues correct and then enter items as you want them for
(Bthe actual printing and then make a copy of the score where you will add
(Bany additional items you want for proper playback.
(B
(BAnother possib
What I have found in working with percussion parts is to NOT change the
default shapes which appear in the dialog where we create the percussion
map. The only time I change anything is when I want something
specifically different such as an X notehead. Otherwise I leave them as
is. When I do
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