Re: [Finale] Measures

2007-01-02 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
To delete the bars at the end, just click on Mass Mover tool, highlight the bars, and hit delete. To insert 2 bars between 15 nd 16, hit the measure tool, highlight bar 15, go to the measure drop down menu to insert, choose 2, and click it. Dean On Jan 2, 2007, at 12:23 AM, Will Denayer

RE: [Finale] the manual

2007-01-02 Thread Richard Yates
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 ext

Re: [Finale] the manual

2007-01-02 Thread dhbailey
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

Re: [Finale] the manual

2007-01-02 Thread Aaron Sherber
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.

[Finale] the manual

2007-01-02 Thread Will Denayer
'Rather than beginning a message with an almost boastful "Yes, David, you are right. But I'm doing my best." in response to David Fenton's questioning of whether Will has worked through the tutorials. It doesn't really seem that Will is doing his best ...' Hello David, I understand what you a

Re: [Finale] OT trouble sending pdf files

2007-01-02 Thread Chuck Israels
On Jan 2, 2007, at 1:15 PM, Thurletta Brown-Gavins wrote: Christopher, Thanks for the wonderful tip about www.transferbigfiles.com! My iDisk transfers don't always work for Windows users and this is an outstanding service! Chuck, with OS 10.3.9, instead of distilling, etc., I hit "Print"

Re: [Finale] Changing all accidentals in a measure

2007-01-02 Thread dhbailey
Aaron Sherber wrote: At 09:45 AM 1/2/2007, dhbailey wrote: >It is now ctrl-shift-+ (or -) to raise (or lower) all instances of that >pitch from the cursor onward in the measure. Ah, okay, thanks. This is just a documentation error, then -- the Fin2007a docs still say in several places that i

Re: [Finale] OT trouble sending pdf files

2007-01-02 Thread Thurletta Brown-Gavins
Christopher, Thanks for the wonderful tip about www.transferbigfiles.com! My iDisk transfers don't always work for Windows users and this is an outstanding service! Chuck, with OS 10.3.9, instead of distilling, etc., I hit "Print" and there is an option to "Save as PDF" there. Have had muc

Re: [Finale] OT trouble sending pdf files

2007-01-02 Thread A-NO-NE Music
David W. Fenton / 2007/01/02 / 12:34 PM wrote: >There's probably an encoding that you can use that AOL users will >understand, but I don't know which one it is I believe it's Base64. >I just don't get why anyone stays with AOL. At least, not why anyone >*pays* for it anymore! Well, I love to

Re: [Finale] OT trouble sending pdf files

2007-01-02 Thread David W. Fenton
On 2 Jan 2007 at 9:19, Chuck Israels wrote: > My friend cannot open either of them, and I think that > this is more likely to be a problem on his end than mine (he's on > AOL, and I seem to remember people saying that troubles like this > were common there). This little detail about AOL woul

Re: [Finale] Changing all accidentals in a measure

2007-01-02 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:45 AM 1/2/2007, dhbailey wrote: >It is now ctrl-shift-+ (or -) to raise (or lower) all instances of that >pitch from the cursor onward in the measure. Ah, okay, thanks. This is just a documentation error, then -- the Fin2007a docs still say in several places that it's without the Shift ke

Re: [Finale] OT trouble sending pdf files

2007-01-02 Thread Chuck Israels
I am trying each suggestion in turn - so far without success. The file, as it leaves here, has either a .pdf extension, or a .zip extension. My friend cannot open either of them, and I think that this is more likely to be a problem on his end than mine (he's on AOL, and I seem to remember

[Finale] O.T. Telemann CD recommendation

2007-01-02 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
Happy New Year to Everyone! I know from a few posts on the list. Herr Telemann has quite a few fans. I wanted to pass along a recommendation about a wonderful 3 CD set issued by Brilliant Classics. Apparently, the producers are going to record all of Telemann's Ouvertures. A daunting task, becau

Re: [Finale] OT trouble sending pdf files

2007-01-02 Thread John Roberts
Christopher's suggestion to add a .pdf suffix to the Mac file is a very good one, an easy one, and definitely the thing to do first. If that doesn't work, then try the more involved suggestions. Let us know if it works in your case. John Roberts On 1/2/07 10:33 AM, "Christopher Smith" <[EMAIL P

Re: [Finale] OT trouble sending pdf files

2007-01-02 Thread David W. Fenton
On 2 Jan 2007 at 7:01, Chuck Israels wrote: > I am on a Mac, and I send pdfs of scores to a friend in NY who has a > PC. He receives them as .mime files (I don't know what they are) even > though I send pdfs. I have taken care to make the pdfs readable by > creating ps files and distilling the

Re: [Finale] OT trouble sending pdf files

2007-01-02 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jan 2, 2007, at 10:01 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: Hi all, I am on a Mac, and I send pdfs of scores to a friend in NY who has a PC. He receives them as .mime files (I don't know what they are) even though I send pdfs. I have taken care to make the pdfs readable by creating ps files and

Re: [Finale] OT trouble sending pdf files

2007-01-02 Thread John Roberts
I get around a lot of problems like this by using StuffIt to send an archive file (StuffIt will also create zip files which any PC should be able to open automatically). Expander is a free download on both platforms. I have an older Mac and still use an old OS9 version of StuffIt in Classic, which

Re: [Finale] OT trouble sending pdf files

2007-01-02 Thread Phil Daley
At 1/2/2007 10:01 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: >Hi all, > >I am on a Mac, and I send pdfs of scores to a friend in NY who has a >PC. He receives them as .mime files (I don't know what they are) >even though I send pdfs. I have taken care to make the pdfs readable >by creating ps files and distillin

Re: [Finale] OT trouble sending pdf files

2007-01-02 Thread Cecil Rigby
Hi Chuck- it sounds to me like his service provider hasn't set an association for the .pdf extension on their servers. Your friend should contact the ISP and ask them to do so. When an attachment's extension type isn't on a server's association list it will just assign whatever the provider sets

[Finale] OT trouble sending pdf files

2007-01-02 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi all, I am on a Mac, and I send pdfs of scores to a friend in NY who has a PC. He receives them as .mime files (I don't know what they are) even though I send pdfs. I have taken care to make the pdfs readable by creating ps files and distilling them to pdfs, which has sometimes worked

Re: [Finale] Changing all accidentals in a measure

2007-01-02 Thread dhbailey
Aaron Sherber wrote: Hi all, I'm on WinFin07a. It used to be, in Speedy Entry, that positioning the cursor on the first instance of a note in a measure and pressing Ctrl plus the NumPad + or - would raise or lower all instances of that note in the measure. Now I find that this shortcut has be

Re: [Finale] Measures

2007-01-02 Thread mnoia
-Messaggio Originale- Da: "dhbailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A: Data invio: martedì 2 gennaio 2007 12.37 Oggetto: Re: [Finale] Measures Is this another case where Will has not worked through the tutorials? Lawrence has already answered this message, but it really is time for Will to a

[Finale] Changing all accidentals in a measure

2007-01-02 Thread Aaron Sherber
Hi all, I'm on WinFin07a. It used to be, in Speedy Entry, that positioning the cursor on the first instance of a note in a measure and pressing Ctrl plus the NumPad + or - would raise or lower all instances of that note in the measure. Now I find that this shortcut has been hijacked by the ne

Re: [Finale] Measures

2007-01-02 Thread dhbailey
Will Denayer wrote: Doesn't doubleclicking the measure tool add a new measure in Simple, just as it does in Speedy? Is this another case where Will has not worked through the tutorials? Yes, David, you are right. But I am doing my best. On the other hand, my wife and daughter are on holidays,

Re: [Finale] Measures

2007-01-02 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
1. Select the unwanted measures with the mass mover tool then click "delete" (Clicking backspace will empty the measures of music but leave the measures there.) 2. Select the measure tool - go to the measure measure menu - click on "insert" then when the dialog box appears, enter how many b

[Finale] Measures

2007-01-02 Thread Will Denayer
Doesn't doubleclicking the measure tool add a new measure in Simple, just as it does in Speedy? Is this another case where Will has not worked through the tutorials? Yes, David, you are right. But I am doing my best. On the other hand, my wife and daughter are on holidays, so everything is ver