Re: [Finale] compatibility with OS Catalina

2019-10-08 Thread Jon Delfin
Finale hasn't yet announced a go-ahead on Catalina. This is the most recent notice on their website: https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360036288573-Finale-Notation-Products-and-macOS-10-15-Catalina So proceed at your own risk. On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 1:48 PM Chuck Israels wrote:

Re: [Finale] OT: Vocal Underlay of "Mrs.:

2019-08-27 Thread Jon Delfin
"Mis-sus" is the accepted spelling/syllabification in music and in text. There's also at least one movie title that uses it. It's not offensive (the dictionary's reference to "dialect" is not prohibitive or damning). If everyone refuses to accept a century of precedent, I have nothing further. On

Re: [Finale] OT: Vocal Underlay of "Mrs.:

2019-08-27 Thread Jon Delfin
On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:08 PM timothy price wrote: > Missus isn’t even a word. (What else could you expect from composers?) Or Merriam Webster. What do *they* know about words? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] OT: Vocal Underlay of "Mrs.:

2019-08-27 Thread Jon Delfin
For what it's worth, the sheet music for "Mrs. Robinson" uses "Mis-sus." On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 11:54 AM Robert Patterson < rob...@robertgpatterson.com> wrote: > Jennifer, I like the way you think. And I'm gonna do "Mr." that way as > well. "Mister" looks very fussy and the abbreviated form

Re: [Finale] OT: Vocal Underlay of "Mrs.:

2019-08-27 Thread Jon Delfin
Merriam Webster says "mis-sus." On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 9:50 AM timothy price wrote: > Isn’t Mrs. the abbreviation of Missis? Mis-sis. > > > On Aug 27, 2019, at 9:28 AM, Robert Patterson < > rob...@robertgpatterson.com> wrote: > > > > Has anyone ever had to divide "Mrs." into two syllables for

Re: [Finale] Long first ending

2019-08-15 Thread Jon Delfin
Foolishly, the "To adjust the brackets on a repeat ending" in Finale Help does not say that this is best accomplished in Page View, but that has always been the case. (They also don't tell you to wait to make the adjustment until after layout is complete. Oy.) On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 10:22 AM

Re: [Finale] Fin 25 and Mojave Compatibility

2018-10-03 Thread Jon Delfin
That announcement was released before Mojave was available on September 24. On September 25, Finale withdrew the warning: https://www.finalemusic.com/blog/finale-mojave-compatibility-update/ On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 12:09 PM Eric Fiedler wrote: > > I think even Fin25 has some problems with

Re: [Finale] Finale version 26

2018-08-08 Thread Jon Delfin
What's to discuss? So far, all we have is a version number and press release puffery. On Wed, Aug 8, 2018, 9:34 PM Craig Parmerlee wrote: > I am surprised there has not been any discussion of Finale's "preview" > of Version 26: > > https://www.finalemusic.com/blog/coming-soon-finale-version-26/

Re: [Finale] Daniele Gatti

2018-08-04 Thread Jon Delfin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/assaults-in-dressing-rooms-groping-during-lessons-classical-musicians-reveal-a-profession-rife-with-harassment/2018/07/25/f47617d0-36c8-11e8-acd5-35eac230e514_story.html?utm_term=.f84131d3afe0 followed by

Re: [Finale] PC keyboard help in staff tool?

2017-10-18 Thread Jon Delfin
On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 5:42 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz < bath...@maltedmedia.com> wrote: > Didn't see an answer yet... > > On Wed, October 18, 2017 7:38 am, SN jef chippewa wrote: > > i'm on mac, but helping a PC user learn finale. what are the keys / > strokes > > to select non-adjacent staves

Re: [Finale] Problems emailing musx files

2017-04-15 Thread Jon Delfin
Easiest solution: Dropbox. It's free and easy to use. You upload the file, and send the link. On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Andrew Levin wrote: > Hi, all, > > Does anyone have trouble emailing musx files? In recent months, some > colleagues of mine at the university and I

Re: [Finale] Quickest chord entry methord

2017-03-12 Thread Jon Delfin
On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 7:41 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: > For things that you only do occasionally and so aren't likely to > remember the complicated set of keystrokes, you may need to keep a > notebook of such things, or print out a single sheet which has all your >

Re: [Finale] How to eliminate parens in continuation of 8va

2017-01-03 Thread Jon Delfin
Presumably, convincing the client he's wrong is not an option. You may have to enter the shapes on each individual line without overlap, after you've finalized the layout. Or there's always White Out. jd On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz < bath...@maltedmedia.com> wrote: > Hi

Re: [Finale] Two Template questions

2017-01-02 Thread Jon Delfin
On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 12:20 PM, Martin Nickless wrote: > > Hi there I'm on Windows 10 > And finale 2012 > > I have a big band template sent to me I think it's from finale 08 > Question one how do I save that as a new template in my Document from > template file > Question