Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Mark D Lew
On Jun 14, 2007, at 7:50 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Can you do that in Acrobat? (I am quite naive about applications that I haven't had reason to use, and at 70, I tend to avoid having to learn new ones. I have Acrobat and have used its distiller function.) You can certainly do it in the p

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Actually, it's really easy to do. Plus, you can have Acrobat put a Header/Footer on all the pages as well. So, you can have page numbers inserted on all the combined PDFs. That might be an option if you already have (and it look like you do) Acrobat. Chuck Israels wrote: On Jun 14, 2007, a

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Chuck Israels
On Jun 14, 2007, at 7:05 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: I agree with the many who recommend not combining all the songs into a single Finale file. However, I think importing into a page layout program is unnecessary. I would do each song in Finale, then make PDFs, then simply stack the PDFs into a

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Mark D Lew
I agree with the many who recommend not combining all the songs into a single Finale file. However, I think importing into a page layout program is unnecessary. I would do each song in Finale, then make PDFs, then simply stack the PDFs into a single file in Adobe. mdl _

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Chuck Israels wrote: Hi all, I am seeking advice before stumbling though the process of combining 7 songs for voice and piano into a "collection" booklet with consecutive page numbers (and a TOC page). Are there tricks, or working methods that make this go smoothly? I am assuming this can

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi Randolph, I will try these. I don't want to pop for Indesign quite yet. Meanwhile, a friend in Vancouver (Greg Hamilton) who has a copying service and is a meticulous pro with Finale and with InDesign has agreed to do this for me at a reasonable fee. He'll do it more elegantly than

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Randolph Peters
Chuck Israels inquired: I am seeking advice before stumbling though the process of combining 7 songs for voice and piano into a "collection" booklet with consecutive page numbers (and a TOC page). Are there tricks, or working methods that make this go smoothly? I am assuming this can be done

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Hands down Adobe Indesign. Great program. Chuck Israels wrote: Hi Christopher, All the layout has been done and, no, I don't want to do it again! I have not used a page layout program, but it does seem as if this may be the time to buy and learn to use one. Suggestions? Thanks, Chuck On

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread nraspa
I have done this using a different program. I didn't find that I could do it very easily in Finale. I have found that using Adobe InDesign is much easier. You have a lot of control with this program. Good Luck. Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises www.members.aol.com/njrmuse -Original Me

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi Christopher, All the layout has been done and, no, I don't want to do it again! I have not used a page layout program, but it does seem as if this may be the time to buy and learn to use one. Suggestions? Thanks, Chuck On Jun 14, 2007, at 1:28 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: On Jun 14

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Linda Worsley
Hi all, I am seeking advice before stumbling though the process of combining 7 songs for voice and piano into a "collection" booklet with consecutive page numbers (and a TOC page). Are there tricks, or working methods that make this go smoothly? The most important thing is to save and backu

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jun 14, 2007, at 3:44 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Hi all, I am seeking advice before stumbling though the process of combining 7 songs for voice and piano into a "collection" booklet with consecutive page numbers (and a TOC page). Are there tricks, or working methods that make this go s

[Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi all, I am seeking advice before stumbling though the process of combining 7 songs for voice and piano into a "collection" booklet with consecutive page numbers (and a TOC page). Are there tricks, or working methods that make this go smoothly? I am assuming this can be done elegantly w

Re: [Finale] Some notation matters

2007-06-14 Thread Mark D Lew
But other notation doesn't? mdl ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT: Safari for Windows

2007-06-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
Just a quick note that the major security flaws in the Safari for Windows beta appear to have been addressed in the latest update: http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/06/14/safari/index.php Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn,

RE: [Finale] Help With Crazy Double Stops Re-Write

2007-06-14 Thread John Howell
At 8:02 PM +0100 6/13/07, Owain Sutton wrote: Yes, any chance of seeing the actual passage, because there's all sorts of tricks and workarounds which can apply in specific situations. (It's rather like using Finale. Heh heh.) Owain is absolutely correct. We can't give much help unless we ca

Re: [Finale] Multiple Pages printing and other printing problems w 2006c

2007-06-14 Thread dhbailey
Raymond Horton wrote: dhbailey wrote: Raymond Horton wrote: This is a new one. FinWin 2006c. It has never showed up before. When I start Finale and print more than one copy of a file, lets say two copies, the first time Finale prints two copies. The next time I print two copies, it prints

Re: [Finale] [FinWin 2k5b] importing a MIDI file

2007-06-14 Thread dhbailey
Open the original midi file in a sequencer program (you could probably download and install a demo version of a program such as PowerTracks for this purpose and not end up spending any money if you don't already have a sequencer program on your computer) and read what the patch settings are for

Re: [Finale] Some notation matters

2007-06-14 Thread dhbailey
John Howell wrote: Dear List Mavens: We're in the middle of a week long string orchestra workshop, a few excellent players, others not so good, but will grow a lot from the experience. You wouldn't think that music at the level we're playing would toss up notation questions, but surprisingly

Re: [Finale] [FinWin 2k5b] importing a MIDI file

2007-06-14 Thread Marcello Noia
I see, but the problem is to recognize which sound should be assigned to every track, being no names assigned to tracks themselves :(. Thanks anyway - Original Message - From: "dhbailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] [FinWin 2k5b] i

[Finale] Some notation matters

2007-06-14 Thread John Howell
Dear List Mavens: We're in the middle of a week long string orchestra workshop, a few excellent players, others not so good, but will grow a lot from the experience. You wouldn't think that music at the level we're playing would toss up notation questions, but surprisingly enough it does. Th