Re: [Finale] (no subject)

2009-02-12 Thread dhbailey
Katherine Hoover wrote: Dear Finalelist, I still need answers to the following. 1. In Finale 2000 and before, I could hit say a quarter note with the 4 key (on a Mac) and it would turn into an 8th. My Finale 2004 will not do this. I have to erase and do over. Is there a way to r

Re: [Finale] (no subject)

2009-02-12 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 2/12/2009 7:31 PM, Katherine Hoover wrote: 1. In Finale 2000 and before, I could hit say a quarter note with the 4 key (on a Mac) and it would turn into an 8th. My Finale 2004 will not do this. I have to erase and do over. Is there a way to reset this? You don't say what

[Finale] (no subject)

2009-02-12 Thread Katherine Hoover
Dear Finalelist, I still need answers to the following. 1. In Finale 2000 and before, I could hit say a quarter note with the 4 key (on a Mac) and it would turn into an 8th. My Finale 2004 will not do this. I have to erase and do over. Is there a way to reset this?

Re: [Finale] Splash screen

2009-02-12 Thread David W. Fenton
On 12 Feb 2009 at 17:50, Phil Daley wrote: > I thought Microsoft's defense was that Apple stole it from Xerox to begin > with? I don't know and am not really interested in investigating it myself. You can likely figure it out for yourself by reading this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_v._M

Re: [Finale] Splash screen

2009-02-12 Thread Carl Dershem
Phil Daley wrote: At 2/12/2009 05:28 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: >On 12 Feb 2009 at 17:12, dhbailey wrote: > >> Blake Richardson wrote: >> >> Actually it was original at the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto >> >> Research Center) and Apple stole it from them and then >> >> Microsoft stole it from Appl

Re: [Finale] Splash screen

2009-02-12 Thread Phil Daley
At 2/12/2009 05:28 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: >On 12 Feb 2009 at 17:12, dhbailey wrote: > >> Blake Richardson wrote: >> >> Actually it was original at the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto >> >> Research Center) and Apple stole it from them and then >> >> Microsoft stole it from Apple >> > >> > No, Apple *li

Re: [Finale] HP and Down-bow

2009-02-12 Thread John Howell
At 1:37 PM -0500 2/12/09, Christopher Smith wrote: On 12-Feb-09, at 12-Feb-09 12:11 PM, Adam Taylor wrote: I'm working on the finale of my second symphony and I'm having some problem getting playback to work correctly. The final two chords for the strings are marked staccato with a down-bow o

Re: [Finale] Splash screen

2009-02-12 Thread David W. Fenton
On 12 Feb 2009 at 17:12, dhbailey wrote: > Blake Richardson wrote: > >> Actually it was original at the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto > >> Research Center) and Apple stole it from them and then > >> Microsoft stole it from Apple > > > > No, Apple *licensed* it from Xerox. That's why Xerox never sued Appl

Re: [Finale] Splash screen

2009-02-12 Thread dhbailey
Blake Richardson wrote: Actually it was original at the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) and Apple stole it from them and then Microsoft stole it from Apple No, Apple *licensed* it from Xerox. That's why Xerox never sued Apple. They were paid for letting Apple use their design. Unlike wha

Re: [Finale] Splash screen

2009-02-12 Thread Blake Richardson
> Actually it was original at the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto > Research Center) and Apple stole it from them and then > Microsoft stole it from Apple No, Apple *licensed* it from Xerox. That's why Xerox never sued Apple. They were paid for letting Apple use their design. Unlike what Microsoft did. __

Re: [Finale] HP and Down-bow

2009-02-12 Thread Christopher Smith
On 12-Feb-09, at 12-Feb-09 12:11 PM, Adam Taylor wrote: I'm working on the finale of my second symphony and I'm having some problem getting playback to work correctly. The final two chords for the strings are marked staccato with a down-bow on each chord, (and non-divisi for the double st

[Finale] HP and Down-bow

2009-02-12 Thread Adam Taylor
I'm working on the finale of my second symphony and I'm having some problem getting playback to work correctly. The final two chords for the strings are marked staccato with a down-bow on each chord, (and non-divisi for the double stops in the violins and violas). When I play it back with HP (F

[Finale] Deadly component in old files

2009-02-12 Thread Howey, Henry
I have come to believe that a successful updating of an old file requires the deletion of any measure or note-attached fermatas. Fermatas attached as articulations seem to be OK. Also, they should be removed via the table of measure items. I have not tried this yet in 2009. Almost all of the "

Re: [Finale] Re: Desktop

2009-02-12 Thread Phil Daley
At 2/11/2009 04:17 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: >So, in reality, the order of your list ought to be: > >1981 -- Xerox Star >1983 -- Apple Lisa >1984 -- Apple Macintosh >1985 -- Microsoft Windows 1 >1987 -- IBM OS/2 (April) >1987 -- Microsoft Windows 2 (October) >1990 -- Microsoft Windows 3 >1993 --