Re: [Finale] Re: PDF manipulation

2002-10-09 Thread Howard Rigby
the machine running Acrobat Distiller. Hope this helps.. Cecil RIgby [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Phil Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Howard Rigby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Finale list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: We

Re: [Finale] PDF manipulation

2002-10-06 Thread Howard Rigby
Hi all--- thanks for the input- I found Enfocus' PitStop which can do all these things and more. It's a third-party plugin to Acrobat, so work should be quick and painless bon weekend- Cecil [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTE

[Finale] PDF manipulation

2002-10-05 Thread Howard Rigby
Hi all- I regularly convert Finale to PDF for distribution. Keith Hudson, of Handlo Music, and I have finalized an arrangement whereby the Handlo catalogue is at my disposal for printing and distribution. This is to satisfy those who want Handlo scores but who do NOT want the hassles associated

Re: [Finale] Finale Mentor needed

2002-09-28 Thread Howard Rigby
Hello El et al- (my, that sounds like Arabic!!) I for one would be glad to help as needed,,as would *many* people on the Finale-L, I'm sure. My limitation is this: I still use Finale for Mac 97c and Finale for Windows 98. Basics I can help with but there are things like staff styles, etc, I hav

Re: Lyric hyphens: [was][Finale] My personal wish-list

2002-07-19 Thread Howard Rigby
Hi Steven et al-- Steven wrote: I do pretty much the same thing: if the "continued" syllable of the hyphenated word occurs in the first measure of the lower system, then I use a text expression; if the syllable doesn't appear until later (long melismatic passages, for example) then I'll use the f

Re: [Finale] independent key sig and global cancel outgoing key

2002-07-10 Thread Howard Rigby
Hi Peter et al- Peter wrote: First off: the D minor section should be in written F-minor with your A clarinets, methinks. The change to parallel major should be F-major in the clarinet parts, with three flats naturalized at the bar line (and the non-transposing instruments will have one flat natu

Re: [Finale] independent key sig and global cancel outgoing key

2002-07-10 Thread Howard Rigby
Hi all-- Robert P. wrote: The way to avoid restriking the key sig is to put it in F major from the start. I'll try this if it means I can avoid going through the entire score to change enharmonics. Otherwise I'll apply David B.'s advice to use an opaque staff thingy Thanks for the i

[Finale] independent key sig and global cancel outgoing key

2002-07-09 Thread Howard Rigby
Hi all- I'm in FinWin97 (v3.8.3) Music I'm working on has key sig of d minor. Clarinets are in A, and I've set this staff to independent key sig so only the one flat shows (as the source does). Playback transposition is fine. When all other staves move to D major the clars move to F major. O

Re: [Finale] Cues on rhythmically free part

2002-06-30 Thread Howard Rigby
Hi Colin et al-- you wrote: My question is: on the individual parts, is it more helpful for each player to only have the cues in place that apply to him/her, or to have all of the cues even if they apply to other instruments, so that they know what else is going on around and thus can more easil

[Finale] temporary files

2002-06-25 Thread Howard Rigby
G'morning all I've meant to ask this question several times and always got sidetracked. Is there anyway to make temporary files usable? There've been times when I didn't have autosave turned on and, in accordance with Murphy's Law, I've lost power at my house for one reason or another.

Re: [Finale] Rests in triple time

2002-06-21 Thread Howard Rigby
Hi all-- John wrote: At 09:30 pm -0400 21.06.2002, Liontaris LM Flashmane wrote: > what is the standard for displaying rests in triple time? Is it: > >a) 1/4 note - 1/2 rest >or >b) 1/4 note - 1/4 rest - 1/4 rest (b) is the convention _except_ if there is a pause over beats 2 & 3: in that

Re: [Finale] OT: Book The Voice of New Music by Tom Johnson available free

2002-06-18 Thread Howard Rigby
Hi all-- Javier Ruiz wrote that all of Tom Johnson's music is now in the public domain. Johnson's web page says his article anthology is in the public domain now. All of his music is still being carried by Editions 75!!! There was NO mention on the site that the music was going in the public doma

Fw: [Finale] File formats - security anyone?

2002-06-18 Thread Howard Rigby
- Original Message - From: "Howard Rigby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Wiz-of-Oz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] File formats - security anyone? > Hi all-- > > Abel wrote: > > Cecil wrote:> Th

Re: [Finale] TAN: Prospects for obtaining work as engraver. (with addition)

2002-04-25 Thread Howard Rigby
Hi all-- David Bailey gave a really great breakdown on this topic (as usual, he KNOWS what he's talking about!) I suggest that David's post be added to Jari's website ASAP! I still continue working freelance, and for Handlo Music, Ltd. I'm still using FinWin98 on one machine and FinMac97c o

Re: [Finale] filter out those huge digests!

2002-04-17 Thread Howard Rigby
Hi all-- David wrote: I hate to keep harping on my email reader, Pegasus Mail, but it has a DOWNLOAD HEADERS option (MS Outlook had this in Outlook 97, the last version I risked using as an email client), and you can get a list of the messages on your ISP's mail server, including the size, the su

[Finale] filter out those hude digests!

2002-04-16 Thread Howard Rigby
Hi all-- after having had to download four of those huge digests I finally was able to get into my email controls and set a filter that allows me to NOT download anything that comes from "[Finale] Access denied" That way I continue to receive the other posts... that's what I did- maybe others c