Re: [Finale] chord suffix problem

2009-02-14 Thread Christopher Smith
On Feb 14, 2009, at 7:42 PM, trumpe...@verizon.net wrote: I'm using "Type Into Score" in the Chord tool and trying to type "Dbma7/Eb". It types as "Db~(#7)/Eb and I can't change it in the Chord Definition box or the Chord Suffix Editor. Any solutions? Thanks. Well, I'm sure you

[Finale] chord suffix problem

2009-02-14 Thread trumpet57
I'm using "Type Into Score" in the Chord tool and trying to type "Dbma7/Eb". It types as "Db~(#7)/Eb and I can't change it in the Chord Definition box or the Chord Suffix Editor. Any solutions? Thanks. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu htt

Re: [Finale] Editing

2009-02-14 Thread David W. Fenton
On 14 Feb 2009 at 7:26, dhbailey wrote: > In any event, that sort of incident you describe, a moment > of musical wonder and beauty in the midst of the hustle and > bustle of a big city is one of the very few reasons that I > wish I lived in a city. That opportunity to see how vast is > the c

Re: [Finale] another simple (I hope!) question

2009-02-14 Thread JRB
In the Page Layout menu UNcheck "avoid margin collision". JB Sent from my iPhone using my thumbs w/out a spellchecker On Feb 13, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Katherine Hoover wrote: I generally print on legal paper, in order to eventually have pieces done on 9 x 12 paper at the printer. This mea

Re: [Finale] another simple (I hope!) question

2009-02-14 Thread Christopher Smith
Richard, I'm sure it was just a typo, but editing the system margins can only adjust the space between SYSTEMS, not staves (if she has more than one staff per system, which is certainly the case in a piece for two pianos.) I suspect that her upper system margin is set high. This can be dr

Re: [Finale] Editing

2009-02-14 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 14.02.2009 dhbailey wrote: While I agree that the actual data within the file could be wildly different between two differently saved files, I would think that opening a file which was originally 100% (zero compression) and then compressing that 50% and saving the file, shouldn't the result

Re: [Finale] Editing

2009-02-14 Thread dhbailey
Aaron Sherber wrote: [snip]> Also -- and I admit this isn't particularly relevant here -- comparing file sizes isn't really an adequate way of comparing the files. You're saying that because one file is only a few bytes bigger or smaller, there can't be much difference between the two. But of c

Re: [Finale] Editing

2009-02-14 Thread dhbailey
Richard Yates wrote: (It's the same with images. If someone sends you a JPG that you plan to edit repeatedly, you should first open it and save it as a TIF, and then make all your edits to the TIF. When you're done editing, you can export the TIF as a JPG for portability, keeping your sourc

Re: [Finale] Editing

2009-02-14 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: On 13 Feb 2009 at 16:07, dhbailey wrote: Of course the player you saw may have been playing a "pocket trumpet" which is simply a regular Bb trumpet, predominently cylindrical bore and all, full length but just wrapped around more so it's short enough to fit into a pocke

Re: [Finale] another simple (I hope!) question

2009-02-14 Thread dhbailey
Katherine Hoover wrote: I generally print on legal paper, in order to eventually have pieces done on 9 x 12 paper at the printer. This means I have to work with systems rather freely at times. At the moment I'm doing a piece for two pianos, and need to get 3 systems on a page (3 groups of