Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 announced

2004-08-18 Thread Giovanni Andreani
...and my decision whether or not to buy 2K5 will be based entirely upon whether it proves to be more reliable and user-friendly than 2K4... Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press Another thing one should consider if not really needing or wanting to upgrade: if I don't upgrade from (let's say)

[Finale] OT - PBS - was ITunes and Josh Groban

2004-08-18 Thread Stu McIntire
As long as Frontline, American Experience, and the American Masters series are on PBS, along with a few other shows, I'm glad the network is still around, with all of its faults. Frontline, in particular, often knocks me out. Tonight I plan to watch the American Masters show on Julia Child, a

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 bug: confirmed by MM

2004-08-18 Thread dhbailey
K. Kastning wrote: In a follow-up to my posting from yesterday: I spent some time on the phone yesterday with Finale's tech support manager, and he confirmed that the speedy entry/multi-page bug was still intact, just as it was all through Fin2k4 and the 2k4 maintenance releases. He also

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 bug: confirmed by MM

2004-08-18 Thread Andrew Stiller
I'm only just now doing any extensive work in 2K4, and I note that the layout tool has become very buggy compared to previous versions: if I enter a number in one of the boxes in the Edit Systems dialog, the chances are distressingly high that a completely unexpected and undesired effect will

Re: [Finale] Help needed - Garbage fonts all over

2004-08-18 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Reuven wrote: Hi all: Suddenly, my 2004 (PC) displays odd characters instead of notation. Sounds to me like a corrputed font file. You don't specifiy which version of Windows you are running, but what I would do on 98 2nd Edition, is to go to the fonts folder, and look at for the different

[Finale] Mensurstriche and regular barlines in same section

2004-08-18 Thread Owain Sutton
I know I've asked something similar before, about wanting mensurstriche barring for only one section of a piecebut I can't remember what the solution was, and I can't find it in the archives. In any case, does anyone whether this will work for having mensurstriche for only some staves in

Re: [Finale] Help needed - Garbage fonts all over

2004-08-18 Thread Giz Bowe
Interesting -- I just had the same problem today -- my Finale files looked like they were done in Cyrillic characters. I re-installed 2004 and thank goodness, that seemed to work. I assumed mine were messed up somehow because I just deleted old versions of Finale: 2001, 2002 2003. At 03:35 PM

Re: [Finale] Help needed - Garbage fonts all over

2004-08-18 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Giz Bowe wrote: Interesting -- I just had the same problem today -- my Finale files looked like they were done in Cyrillic characters. I re-installed 2004 and thank goodness, that seemed to work. I assumed mine were messed up somehow because I just deleted old versions of Finale: 2001, 2002

Re: [Finale] Mensurstriche and regular barlines in same section

2004-08-18 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Owain Sutton wrote: I know I've asked something similar before, about wanting mensurstriche barring for only one section of a piecebut I can't remember what the solution was, and I can't find it in the archives. In any case, does anyone whether this will work for having mensurstriche for

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 bug: confirmed by MM

2004-08-18 Thread Richard Yates
I'm only just now doing any extensive work in 2K4, and I note that the layout tool has become very buggy compared to previous versions: if I enter a number in one of the boxes in the Edit Systems dialog, the chances are distressingly high that a completely unexpected and undesired effect will

Re: [Finale] Mensurstriche and regular barlines in same section

2004-08-18 Thread Owain Sutton
Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Owain Sutton wrote: I know I've asked something similar before, about wanting mensurstriche barring for only one section of a piecebut I can't remember what the solution was, and I can't find it in the archives. In any case, does anyone whether this will work for