Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file

2008-09-08 Thread Allen Fisher
That control does not allow your defaults to be used with the setup wizard. On Sep 8, 2008, at 6:23 AM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: Martin, assuming you still have you Finale 2003 default file, do the following: 1. Open your 2003 default file with Finale 2008 and save it as

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file

2008-09-08 Thread mystrom1
And exactly where in the manual do I find this information to read up on? I was hoping to get a simple, clear and specific response from listers as to which item in the component files folder (like I did in FinMac2003) to define some basic things like fonts and measurement unit for all of my

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file

2008-09-08 Thread Christopher Smith
Search Document Styles in the Help file. It is also under What's New. I actually told you exactly what to do, but you probably want to know more about it. C. On Sep 8, 2008, at 7:05 AM, mystrom1 wrote: And exactly where in the manual do I find this information to read up on? I was

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file

2008-09-08 Thread Haroldo Mauro Jr.
Martin, assuming you still have you Finale 2003 default file, do the following: 1. Open your 2003 default file with Finale 2008 and save it as my2008DefaultFile inside the folder Component Files, which is inside your Finale 2008 folder. 2. go to menu Finale 2008PreferencesProgram Options...

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file

2008-09-08 Thread Haroldo Mauro Jr.
Martin did not mentioned the wizard, or did he? I think he just didn't know how to have his previous default file from v2003 to work similarly in 2008. Harold At 7:30 -0500 08/09/08, Allen Fisher wrote: That control does not allow your defaults to be used with the setup wizard. On Sep 8,

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file

2008-09-08 Thread Christopher Smith
If he just wants to use his 2003 default file, then he should double click on it, just as he normally would. It will open by default in the newest version of Finale installed. Finale 2008 opens with the Setup Wizard if you don't double click a file. If you close windows and just use the

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file

2008-09-08 Thread mystrom1
Yes, I absolutely want to be able to use setup wizard!!! Okay, so how do I do this in 2008 so everytime I begin a new document in Setup Wizard, it will have all the settings I want each and every time. This was so easy to do back in 2003. Martin On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Haroldo Mauro Jr.

Re: [Finale] FinMac 2008 - setting up a default file

2008-09-08 Thread Christopher Smith
I already told you in my first reply. Copy the doc whose setting you want into the Document Styles folder. Then select it from the Setup Wizard every time you want those settings. C. On 8-Sep-08, at 8-Sep-08 9:40 AM, mystrom1 wrote: Yes, I absolutely want to be able to use setup

Re: [Finale] OT: Comb binding supplies

2008-09-08 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Sep 7, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 08:55 PM 9/7/2008, Andrew Stiller wrote: I get my long combs from the Spiral Binding Co., Totowa NJ, www.spiralbinding.com, phone 973-256-0666. They will cut combs to just about any length you like, but since there is a surcharge for every

[Finale] TGTools Finale 2k9

2008-09-08 Thread Randolph Peters
Here are a few problems that I've found with TGTools and Finale 2k9 (Mac): 1) TGTools crashes Finale when you choose the Staff Manager. 2) The expression alignment hotkeys don't work with hairpin dynamics anymore. (This has been mentioned here already.) 3) There is some weirdness with the

Re: [Finale] Be sure to tell all of your band-directing friends...

2008-09-08 Thread John Howell
At 12:14 AM -0500 9/7/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...about the new band transcription from MMB Music (www.mmbmusic.com) by Finale list-member Aaron Rabushka, a publication that brings the subject of a centuries-old musical whodunit to life in the colors of the modern wind ensemble! Unico Willem

Re: [Finale] EPS and Word

2008-09-08 Thread John Howell
At 6:58 PM -0400 9/7/08, Darcy James Argue wrote: For the record: I have learned that Word 2008 fixes the longstanding problem with EPS on-screen. It also fixes the problem I was having with generating a PDF from a Word document that includes EPS graphics. Cheers, - Darcy Good news for

[Finale] OT- Ircam Solo Instruments

2008-09-08 Thread Bob Morabito
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Re: [Finale] OT: Comb binding supplies

2008-09-08 Thread Aaron Sherber
Thanks for the comb info, Andrew. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] EPS and Word

2008-09-08 Thread David W. Fenton
On 7 Sep 2008 at 22:36, John Howell wrote: At 6:58 PM -0400 9/7/08, Darcy James Argue wrote: For the record: I have learned that Word 2008 fixes the longstanding problem with EPS on-screen. It also fixes the problem I was having with generating a PDF from a Word document that includes EPS

Re: [Finale] EPS and Word

2008-09-08 Thread Ray Horton
John Howell wrote: Good news for many people, no doubt, but please be warned that Word 2008 (for Mac) probably shares the same problem as Word 2007 (for Windows), in that it saves files in a new .docx format that cannot be opened in ANY PREVIOUS VERSION OF WORD. It also messes up some math

RE: [Finale] EPS and Word...and other stream-of-unconsciousness observations

2008-09-08 Thread Williams, Jim
I find myself (gasp!) in the awkward position (shudder) of defending (aghhh) Microsoft... It is not IMPERATIVE to save a Word 2007 in .DOCX format. There is an option to save in any number of other formats, including the least common denominator .DOC for Word 97-2003. It even goes back

Re: [Finale] EPS and Word

2008-09-08 Thread Allen Fisher
I was prompted to download a converter and have had no problems. On Sep 7, 2008, at 9:36 PM, John Howell wrote: Good news for many people, no doubt, but please be warned that Word 2008 (for Mac) probably shares the same problem as Word 2007 (for Windows), in that it saves files in a new

Re: [Finale] EPS and Word...and other stream-of-unconsciousness observations

2008-09-08 Thread Christopher Smith
On Sep 8, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Williams, Jim wrote: As I get my feet wetter and wetter with linked parts, I'm finding it less to my liking...I've had to do the score for score and score for parts thing...I'm used to that, but the finagling that has to be done to get voiced parts from

Re: [Finale] EPS and Word...and other stream-of-unconsciousness observations

2008-09-08 Thread Chuck Israels
On Sep 8, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: On Sep 8, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Williams, Jim wrote: As I get my feet wetter and wetter with linked parts, I'm finding it less to my liking...I've had to do the score for score and score for parts thing...I'm used to that, but the

Re: [Finale] EPS and Word...and other stream-of-unconsciousness observations

2008-09-08 Thread Christopher Smith
On Sep 8, 2008, at 11:19 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Hi Christopher, These are all clever solutions to problems that are endemic to the system of linked parts (to which I am a convert), but it took me quite a while to get a grip on the system and to be able to control it. I am surely far