Re: [Finale] Mid-measure double barline?

2019-11-12 Thread John Roberts
are 4/4. John Roberts > On Nov 12, 2019, at 11:00 AM, Steven Larsen wrote: > > There may be another way, but this is how I would do it. > Make Finale think that the measure with the double bar is actually two > measures with a double bar inbetween. > Let's say the meter is 4/

Re: [Finale] Long first ending

2019-08-15 Thread John Roberts
e a problem in this case. > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 9:23 AM John Roberts wrote: > >> It’s a guitar tab piece, a 32-bar waltz section and with variation on the >> repeat it works out to 16-bar 1st and 2nd endings, with about 5 bars per >> system. I also seem to remember that

Re: [Finale] Long first ending

2019-08-15 Thread John Roberts
Aug 15, 2019, at 9:35 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: > > On 8/15/2019 8:29 AM, John Roberts wrote: >> That’s the first thing I tried, David - I got a very long line on the first >> system that stretched way off the page. >> JR > > Is this something you have to do for a

Re: [Finale] Long first ending

2019-08-15 Thread John Roberts
That’s the first thing I tried, David - I got a very long line on the first system that stretched way off the page. JR > On Aug 15, 2019, at 4:54 AM, David H. Bailey > wrote: > > On 8/14/2019 11:47 PM, John Roberts wrote: >> How do I make a long first ending bracket t

[Finale] Long first ending

2019-08-14 Thread John Roberts
How do I make a long first ending bracket that continues over multiple systems? Thanks, John Roberts ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr

Re: [Finale] Dorico 2

2018-05-31 Thread Will Roberts
miss the memo? Best, -WR -- Will Roberts whrcompo...@fastmail.fm On Thu, May 31, 2018, at 7:01 AM, Robert Patterson wrote: > Could you send a link to the demo? I would be interested in seeing how > sting divisi are handled. > > On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 5:11 AM, Will Robe

[Finale] Dorico 2

2018-05-31 Thread Will Roberts
yet, though, so I can't see if it works as well as the demos make it look! Best, -WR -- Will Roberts whrcompo...@fastmail.fm ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send

[Finale] Coda sign in shape designer

2017-02-20 Thread John Roberts
I just found that I can’t type a coda sign (opt-shift-5 on the Mac) as text in the Shape Designer, at least in Maestro. This is for both Finale 25 and 2014.5. I got around it by opening the file in 2014 and it works there. Anyone else noticed this, or can anyone else confirm? JR

Re: [Finale] Finale 25: Lyrics window problem

2017-02-08 Thread John Roberts
You beat me to it, Christopher! I found this page not too long ago, and use it all the time. Very useful. JR > On Feb 8, 2017, at 7:14 PM, Christopher Smith > wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > I rarely get problems like this, though I’ve heard of them. Often,

Re: [Finale] Mac Modeless Plugin Windows

2017-01-15 Thread John Roberts
generally been only for lead sheets and tablature so my needs are simple. John Roberts > On Jan 15, 2017, at 10:01 PM, Chuck Israels <cisra...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > TGTools - Modify/Transfer Layout > > When Jari updates his plugins, this may be

Re: [Finale] Reliable way to combine multiple files

2016-12-09 Thread John Roberts
I do this sort of thing a lot, and have always used PageMaker or InDesign for the final document, exporting from the individual Finale files via eps (in the old days) or pdf (much better). If you don’t own this sort of page layout program, do follow Christopher’s advice and find a pdf editor to

Re: [Finale] (Not) reducing text expressions

2016-09-21 Thread John Roberts
As a former QuicKeys user, I'll add my recommendation of Keyboard Maestro as an excellent replacement. John Roberts On 9/21/16 1:56 PM, Doug Walter wrote: > Good point - thanks. I even bought Keyboard Maestro a while back and haven’t > managed to spend the time to get into it and progra

Re: [Finale] New Steinberg notation software announcement

2016-05-17 Thread John Roberts
300 euro crossgrade price? My breath will not be bated. They could have called it Doremi. JR On 5/17/16 1:58 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: > So far, no chord symbols. Absolutely no for me because of that, until that > omission gets rectified. > > Christopher > > >> On May 17, 2016, at 1:50 PM,

Re: [Finale] Combining text and Finale

2016-04-20 Thread John Roberts
is an inexpensive alternative, but any page layout program should work. John Roberts On 4/20/16 3:07 PM, g5gb sge5 wrote: > Thanks. I've been trying to figure out how to export a seletion from Finale > as a TIFF in the Graphics Tool (in page view). But what happens is I use > the selec

Re: [Finale] QuicKeys not working

2016-03-27 Thread John Roberts
Cheaper than QuicKeys, IIRC :-) John On 3/27/16 5:53 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: > Thanks, JD. I'll give it a try. > > Chuck > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 27, 2016, at 2:26 PM, "j...@thomastudios.com" >> wrote: >> >> It does everything and more. The most recent

Re: [Finale] QuicKeys not working

2016-03-27 Thread John Roberts
I just did enough to program the simple key shortcuts I used the most. I know it will do much, much more than I need. I am sure JD has far more experience with it than I. John On 3/27/16 4:52 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: > Hi JD and John, > > Does Keyboard Maestro do all that QuicKeys does? If

Re: [Finale] QuicKeys not working

2016-03-27 Thread John Roberts
I agree fully with JD. I gave up on QuicKeys a while ago, and was lost till someone here (quite possibly JD) recommended Keyboard Maestro. IMHO it works very well. JR On 3/27/16 3:59 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: > Hi all, > > A maintenance upgrade to El Capitan yesterday seems to have now finally

Re: [Finale] unprecedented trouble with 2014.5

2016-03-11 Thread John Roberts
www.johnroberts.name On 3/11/16 11:09 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: > >> On Mar 11, 2016, at 10:43 AM, John Roberts <an...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: >> >> I definitely concur with Christother here. (Well, I almost always do.) > > > Aww! So nice! Are we having a

Re: [Finale] unprecedented trouble with 2014.5

2016-03-11 Thread John Roberts
I definitely concur with Christother here. (Well, I almost always do.) Redraw to see where an articulation really is, especially on reduced staves. For me, any articulation placed on a 75% staff will jump 3-4 EVPU left on a redraw. And that's where it really is. There are some articulation

Re: [Finale] Respacing staff

2016-02-28 Thread John Roberts
If it is system margins, make sure "Avoid Margin Collisions" is unchecked in the Page Layout menu. JR On 2/28/16 1:50 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: > Probably the system margins are very large, either the top margin on the last > system, or the bottom margin on the second-last system. In the

Re: [Finale] Beam Removal

2016-02-18 Thread John Roberts
:43 PM, John Roberts <an...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > >> Could you rebeam to time signature, 8/8 or 16/16? Or am I being too >> simple minded (not rare)? >> JR >> >> >> On 2/18/16 5:38 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: >>> Does anyone know of a

Re: [Finale] Beam Removal

2016-02-18 Thread John Roberts
Could you rebeam to time signature, 8/8 or 16/16? Or am I being too simple minded (not rare)? JR On 2/18/16 5:38 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: > Does anyone know of a plugin that removes beams and replaces them with > flagged notes? > ___ > Finale

Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale 2012

2016-02-17 Thread John Roberts
I think many of the people who have used Finale or a while use Speedy, with or without a midi keyboard (in my case it's with). It used to be Make Music's recommended method, and that's what we got used to and developed the habits. Latterly it would seem that Simple entry has been improved

Re: [Finale] Use Finale's Page Orientation option

2016-01-07 Thread John Roberts
so it doesn't print in the top left corner. It seems this should be embarrassingly simple. John Roberts On 1/7/16 2:11 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: > Except Finale could easily be changed to use the doc's page size when > generating PDFs, so it is a limitation of Finale. > > On Thu,

Re: [Finale] Use Finale's Page Orientation option

2016-01-07 Thread John Roberts
Of course you are correct. My own needs are much simpler. JR On 1/7/16 6:53 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: > The whole point is to be able to print score and parts in one go. I don't > see how to do this with Graphics Tool export pages. > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 5:44 PM,

[Finale] More MusicXML

2015-11-15 Thread John Roberts
, 4, 7, 8 in layer 3; and 5, 6 in layer 4. And it's all like this, in various permutations. Same thing whether I use regular Finale import (into 2012) or the dolet. My mind is boggling. It'll certainly be faster to enter the music into an empty template. John Roberts "Disappo

Re: [Finale] More MusicXML

2015-11-15 Thread John Roberts
exporting, they appear with blank stems in Finale. JR On 11/15/15 3:40 PM, John Roberts wrote: > Has anyone used XML as a transfer from Encore into Finale? I have single > line fiddle tunes, and by the time I get them imported into Finale the > notes have been divided up into four layers. On

Re: [Finale] Notes/rests in hidden layers still affect spacing

2015-08-21 Thread John Roberts
If you only want layer 4 to affect spacing, you can Apply Show Active Layer Only and space in Layer 4. Layer 1 won't affect spacing, but then neither will Layers 2 3. So this may not help. JR On 8/21/15 3:26 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi all, Is there a way to prevent notes and/or rests

Re: [Finale] Lyrics entry [was: Re: Part prints at 1/16 size of page]

2015-08-07 Thread John Roberts
If I'm entering lyrics too quickly for my own good, when I enter I, I fail to come off the shift key before hitting the space bar to the next syllable. Shift-space sends the cursor back one syllable, instead of the forward that I was aiming for. It does screw things up when you're not

Re: [Finale] 2012 Finale (Mac) lyric issue

2015-08-05 Thread John Roberts
Lyric Options, in the Lyrics menu, gives a number of alignment options for lyrics, including word extensions. Does this help? JR On 8/5/15 10:59 AM, Martin Banner wrote: When using the lyric tool to enter lyrics in Finale 2012 for Mac, I have noticed that most individual syllables of text

Re: [Finale] can't get tremelo to play back properly

2015-07-13 Thread John Roberts
When things don't do what they are supposed to, and have worked properly in the past, the first thing I do is reboot. It happens to me all the time. Today it was not recognizing one of my fonts and displaying something else. The other day it was note spacing handles not working correctly.

Re: [Finale] Bb7b4

2015-06-18 Thread John Roberts
b9 not b4. On 6/18/15 3:16 PM, Barbara Touburg wrote: On 18-6-2015 19:44, Chuck Israels wrote: I’m in agreement with Darcy and Craig. Bb7b4 is neither conventional nor does it seem to be a useful symbol. I fully agree. Perhaps you could give is a description of the notes in the chord

Re: [Finale] Lyric baseline adjust dialog

2015-06-13 Thread John Roberts
with numbers. Then Specify Current Lyric and go back in to adjust JUST THAT ONE baseline. Rinse and repeat. If you have ever worked in 3.5.2 the process is EXACTLY the same ... progress ... Huh? Steve On Jun 13, 2015, at 1:35 PM, John Roberts an...@nycap.rr.com wrote: I hadn't noticed this before

[Finale] Lyric baseline adjust dialog

2015-06-13 Thread John Roberts
I hadn't noticed this before in Finale 2014 (I'm using 2014d on a Mac). I suspect because I do most lyric adjustments manually. But I was working on some leadsheets with multiple verses and went to the Adjust baselines dialog in the lyrics menu. I have used this many times before, but not

Re: [Finale] Auto-save doesn't autosave (MacFin14d)

2015-05-21 Thread John Roberts
file does not exist. On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 8:29 AM, John Roberts an...@nycap.rr.com wrote: I commented on this a few months ago. I think when Finale restarts, it opens the autosaved file without giving you the choice of what to open. But I didn't really investigate fully. It does mean

Re: [Finale] Auto-save doesn't autosave (MacFin14d)

2015-05-21 Thread John Roberts
I commented on this a few months ago. I think when Finale restarts, it opens the autosaved file without giving you the choice of what to open. But I didn't really investigate fully. It does mean that if you crash in the middle of a long and complex experiment, you don't have the return to

Re: [Finale] Auto-save doesn't autosave (MacFin14d)

2015-05-21 Thread John Roberts
finally relaxed about this, as the system seems to work reliably. It’s just different from the way it used to work. I hope I am right about this. So far, it’s been OK. Chuck On May 21, 2015, at 8:04 AM, John Roberts an...@nycap.rr.com wrote: No, it doesn't exist per se. Finale reopens

Re: [Finale] Auto-save doesn't autosave (MacFin14d)

2015-05-21 Thread John Roberts
like it at all. I've written to Makemusic support. We'll see what they come back with. On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 10:41 AM, John Roberts an...@nycap.rr.com wrote: More or less what I said, I think, only clearer :-) Thanks, Chuck. John On 5/21/15 11:28 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: I have had

Re: [Finale] Text won't copy - import

2015-04-30 Thread John Roberts
In my experience this is the sort of thing often solved with a restart of Finale. That's the first thing I would do. JR On 4/30/15 9:02 AM, Raymond Horton wrote: Thanks! On Apr 30, 2015 5:53 AM, David H. Bailey dhbaile...@comcast.net wrote: On 4/29/2015 11:01 PM, Raymond Horton wrote:

Re: [Finale] Finale 2014 unexpectedly quit when quitting normally (Mac)

2015-04-12 Thread John Roberts
Is there a solution? I just ignore it and continue. JR On 4/10/15 2:44 PM, Lon Price wrote: I forget - what is the solution to this problem - Finale 2014 unexpectedly quit when quitting normally (Mac - Mavericks) ** Lon Price lonpr...@att.net

Re: [Finale] Crashes and AutoSave

2015-02-17 Thread John Roberts
, 2015, at 11:38 AM, John Roberts an...@nycap.rr.com wrote: Am I right that if* Finale 2014 crashes, as well as losing the file you're working on the AutoSave file disappears as well? *when This seems to happen to me and I'm wondering if that's the case or whether I might not have set AutoSave

Re: [Finale] Crashes and AutoSave

2015-02-17 Thread John Roberts
I had started the thread on AutoSave and I just got a new one. The message: The file could not be Autosaved. This file doesn't exist. That's the file I am just working on, and had done a Save As to this name. I tracked this down to an illegal filename character (slash), from an old

[Finale] Crashes and AutoSave

2015-02-17 Thread John Roberts
Am I right that if* Finale 2014 crashes, as well as losing the file you're working on the AutoSave file disappears as well? *when This seems to happen to me and I'm wondering if that's the case or whether I might not have set AutoSave up correctly.

Re: [Finale] OVERSIZED accidentals on chord symbols

2015-02-14 Thread John Roberts
Document Options: Fonts: Chord: Alterations This changes the # and b symbols used in chord names (not the suffixes). JR On 2/14/15 3:43 AM, Kim Richmond wrote: Some help needed. I’m using MacFin2014. Default font is Jazz Font, chords symbols are Times. BUT, all the accidentals on the

Re: [Finale] chord suffix

2015-01-12 Thread John Roberts
If you don't use the current chord suffix font, at that particular size, anywhere else, you can change the font globally to your new font. You'll still have a lot of cleaning up to do. JR On 1/12/15 9:36 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: You have to edit the suffixes independently, one at a

Re: [Finale] Tuplet Not Displaying

2015-01-05 Thread John Roberts
Did you do an Update Layout after changing the measure widths? JR On 1/5/15 8:03 AM, John Witmer wrote: I have a slightly different tuplet problem. When I adjust measure widths to make crowed notes more visible, the tuplet brackets (or slurs) don't move with the notes. The same thing happens

Re: [Finale] Re(2): Finale 2012 and EVPUs

2014-11-11 Thread John Roberts
I have never had problems regarding EVPUs which I have used since version 2.1. I seem to recall that the defaults changed, so you have to change preferences. The main global selection is not in Preferences per se: it is in the Finale 2012 menu. Right below Preferences is Measurement Units

Re: [Finale] Music Editor for Macs

2014-11-09 Thread John Roberts
I have used Amadeus for quite a while now. Like some others not free, but I like it a lot better than Audacity and it was worth it to me. John On 11/5/14 5:17 PM, Thurletta Brown-Gavins wrote: Graham, That is music to my ears. Please post your experience at the Audacity web site to make

Re: [Finale] Strange slur bug in 2014 Mac

2014-10-23 Thread John Roberts
, John Roberts an...@nycap.rr.com wrote: Doesn't it disappear with a redraw? JR On 10/22/14 11:45 AM, Steve Parker wrote: I’m having a curious problem with slurs in layers other than 1 sticking if I flip, so I end up with two. The original one is not selectable. Any one else? Steve P

Re: [Finale] Strange slur bug in 2014 Mac

2014-10-22 Thread John Roberts
Doesn't it disappear with a redraw? JR On 10/22/14 11:45 AM, Steve Parker wrote: I’m having a curious problem with slurs in layers other than 1 sticking if I flip, so I end up with two. The original one is not selectable. Any one else? Steve P.

Re: [Finale] Links to really insulting answers from MakeMusic

2014-10-21 Thread John Roberts
test results. This file may be missing a few notes or rests. I have gone back to using 2012, despite _its_ problems. I don't know what else to do. I open a file to make a pdf or something, and things are screwed up. John Roberts On 10/21/14 11:01 AM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: On 10/19/2014 9:37

Re: [Finale] Missing text

2014-10-16 Thread John Roberts
You probably did all this, but quit restart Finale, quit Finale restart the computer, check any preferences that might affect it, make sure that you're in the right layer, and so forth. JR On 10/16/14 2:26 PM, Martin Banner wrote: I went from an old iMac (10.5.8) to a new iMac (10.9.5)

Re: [Finale] Barline question

2014-09-30 Thread John Roberts
I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but nobody has answered you. Would it work to set the measure to no barline at the end, and use a graphic expression to create a barline to the specs you want which you could place at the end of the measure and then extend down as far as you needed it. I've

Re: [Finale] Re(2): Weird Articulation Behaviour

2014-09-23 Thread John Roberts
I've found that articulations tend to appear in the wrong vertical place when the notes are too far away from the staff lines. If the artic is set to be placed manually, this doesn't happen, so a solution is to define an artic with the same symbol, but to be positioned manually. Of course,

[Finale] Disappearing notes

2014-09-01 Thread John Roberts
be causing this? I really don't want to be forced to proofread a file every time I open it. (Finale 2014c, Mac OS 10.9.4) John Roberts ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale

Re: [Finale] This isn't the Pique I wanted to see

2014-08-28 Thread John Roberts
Reading your post is one thing -- I could read it but I don't understand your bringing Kafka or Kubrick into the discussion. I would call it colorful prose, spiced (or piqued, perhaps) with metaphor. JR ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

[Finale] Save As

2014-08-25 Thread John Roberts
Most peculiar behavior - If I type a title in the Save As dialog, no problem. If I _paste_ a title in the box, then the Save option is disabled. Does anyone else see this? (Mac OSX 10.9.4, Finale 2014c) John ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Dots on lines in 2-voice staves

2014-08-17 Thread John Roberts
Doc options/Augmentation Dots/ check box for Adjust Dot for Multiple Voices. Doesn't that do it for you? John On 8/17/14, 9:24 AM, Robert Patterson wrote: Is there a setting somewhere that will make Finale correctly place dots on downstem notes on lines in 2-voice staves? Manually editing

[Finale] MakeMusic joins Peaksware

2014-08-06 Thread Will Roberts
,-A-115-Worker-Co-,-To-Leave-MN Best, -WR -- Will Roberts whrcompo...@fastmail.fm ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu

[Finale] Chord symbol question

2014-05-15 Thread John Roberts
I'm finding that when I add a chord suffix to an altered chord, eg F#7, the suffix is too close to the # sign. It's fine with a plain chord letter name. Is there a way to add some space after the accidental? I suppose I could create a whole duplicate set of symbols with a little extra space

Re: [Finale] Chord symbol question

2014-05-15 Thread John Roberts
or original copyright holder and may not be used without permission.* On 15 May 2014 15:56, John Roberts an...@nycap.rr.com wrote: I'm finding that when I add a chord suffix to an altered chord, eg F#7, the suffix is too close to the # sign. It's fine with a plain chord letter name

Re: [Finale] Copying layers

2014-04-27 Thread John Roberts
Use Show Active Layer Only to hide layer 1, paste into layer 2. (I think you also have to copy _from_ layer 2 to do this.) JR On 4/28/14, 12:58 AM, terry cano wrote: Finale 2012 Trying to copy stave and paste to another staff as Layer 2 WO overwriting notes in Layer 1 How to do? Thanks

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-17 Thread John Roberts
Layers preferences can position rests differently when there are other layers present. That would be my guess. JR On 4/17/14, 8:44 PM, Girard Bowe wrote: Thanks to all for the suggestions, and thank goodness for Jari's plug-ins! I did experience a bug - when entering notes rests into layer

Re: [Finale] 2014 crashes

2014-04-15 Thread John Roberts
Various things can trigger crashes, it seems. I was experiencing a similar problem, different trigger, but editing an expression always caused a crash. One of the things tech support suggested was removing the custom menu commands I'd created in Mac OS System Prefs/Keyboard/Shortcuts. It

Re: [Finale] Hard hyphen question

2014-04-01 Thread John Roberts
is longer AND thinner. An em dash is even longer, and the same thickness as the en-dash. I can forward you a Finale file privately with all these entered for examination, if you want. Christopher On Mon Mar 31, at MondayMar 31 11:33 PM, John Roberts wrote: It looks like a simple en-dash

Re: [Finale] Hard hyphen question

2014-03-31 Thread John Roberts
There is a difference. Opt-hyphen gives an n-dash, depending on the font this may be longer, sometimes thinner, but not the same as a regular hyphen. Sometimes I prefer to add the hyphen graphically, as an expression or articulation. But of course, then you have to keep track of it if the

Re: [Finale] Hard hyphen question

2014-03-31 Thread John Roberts
It looks like a simple en-dash to me. (I took it as an instruction to type an en-dash for someone who might not know what an en-dash is). John John On 3/31/14, 10:30 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: In the Text menu when you are typing lyrics, there is a command insert hard hyphen for which the

Re: [Finale] How to move notes

2014-03-29 Thread John Roberts
That's what I would have done - but is there a way to delete a note at the end of the section you want moved, then leave the measure in Speedy without filling it up again with rests? That's how Speedy used to work, to leave a partially-filled measure as is. But now it fills it with rests. Can

Re: [Finale] How to move notes

2014-03-29 Thread John Roberts
Oh yes - somehow I'd missed that, Thank you. JR On 3/29/14, 12:35 PM, Lawrence Yates wrote: Speedy - speedy options - uncheck fill with rests (that works up to Fin2012 - don't know about 2014) Cheers, Lawrence On 29 March 2014 16:31, John Roberts an...@nycap.rr.com wrote: That's what I

Re: [Finale] How to move notes

2014-03-29 Thread John Roberts
Thank you, gentlemen, now I don't feel _quite_ so stupid :-) JR On 3/29/14, 2:20 PM, J D Thomas wrote: I completely agree with Chuck. That's the primary reason I have the F9 key programmed to toggle it on and off. Now if we could just convince MM to re-input the Cancel button is the 'too

Re: [Finale] keyboard shortcuts not working in 2014

2014-03-21 Thread John Roberts
QuicKeys is no longer supported, but my shortcuts are still working in OS 10.8. I know others who have had similar results. Chuck Israels (360) 201-3434 Sent from my iPad On Mar 20, 2014, at 8:34 PM, John Roberts an...@nycap.rr.com wrote: I was having problems with frequent crashes (Finale

Re: [Finale] keyboard shortcuts not working in 2014

2014-03-20 Thread John Roberts
I was having problems with frequent crashes (Finale 2014a - Mavericks 10.9.2 on an iMac). Tech support suggested I disable custom keyboard shortcuts, which I was using to replace QuicKeys shortcuts after QuicKeys stopped working with OSX Lion. Crashes became much less frequent, but still

Re: [Finale] always open with 2012 disabled when 2014 installed

2014-03-17 Thread John Roberts
My understanding is that if 2012 is running and 2014, though installed, is closed, double clicking a Finale file will open it in 2012. (If it was created in 2014, it will simply not open, with a message to that effect). JR On 3/17/14, 6:19 PM, Ryan wrote: Hello Mac OS. I installed Finale

Re: [Finale] Mac Enter/Return Key

2014-01-13 Thread John Roberts
I tried the number pad for a while, but I prefer my current solution, which is the Logitech K750 Solar Keyboard. The one thing I don't like is that there's no caps lock indicator light, otherwise it's perfect. John On 1/13/14, 1:44 PM, Robert Marks wrote: Hi, I apologize if this has been

Re: [Finale] Problem with fonts

2014-01-13 Thread John Roberts
Where is the preferences file in 2014a/Mavericks? I can't seem to find it. JR On 1/13/14, 8:05 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Trashing and rebuilding the preferences is a good first thing to try. Chuck On Jan 13, 2014, at 5:00 PM, Jón Kristinn Cortez cor...@internet.is wrote: Thank you,

Re: [Finale] Problem with fonts

2014-01-13 Thread John Roberts
OK - found it - hidden folder. JR On 1/13/14, 11:57 PM, John Roberts wrote: Where is the preferences file in 2014a/Mavericks? I can't seem to find it. JR On 1/13/14, 8:05 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Trashing and rebuilding the preferences is a good first thing to try. Chuck On Jan 13

Re: [Finale] tuplets in Finale 2014

2014-01-02 Thread John Roberts
It works perfectly for me in Speedy - but I start by hitting option-5 on the Mac. It's also correct in Simple - enter dotted 8th + 8th, then use tuplet tool on the 1st note to make 5 1/16 in 4/16. (I've never used simple entry, so it wasn't quick!) JR On 1/2/14, 6:36 AM, David H. Bailey

[Finale] Finale 2014

2013-10-15 Thread Will Roberts
? As a Windows guy the Mac re-write is no use to me. Best, -WR -- Will Roberts whrcompo...@fastmail.fm ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] corrupted half note rest symbol

2013-05-22 Thread John Roberts
I would try Doc OptionsNotes Rests, reset the half note rest character in the rest character menu about 2/3 down. JR On 5/22/13 3:01 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: I don't remember exactly how this is repaired, but I think I remember that this kind of thing is a font issue, and that there is a way

Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols

2013-04-08 Thread John Roberts
I've used Steve Powell's Metronome fonts for years (from DVM Publications), including MetTimes and MetHelvetica, which mix music characters with those text fonts. JR On 4/8/13 6:26 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Linda: The real timesaver for you in this situation is one of the fonts that

Re: [Finale] [OT] sudden profusion of tab fields in all dialogues (mac)

2012-08-18 Thread Will Roberts
SN jef chippewa wrote: all of a sudden when i tab through dialogue boxes there are way more places available using the tab, and this has not changed after a reboot. it happens on finale but seemingly also in other things on the system, like print dialogues. [snip] is this normal in any

[Finale] Emailing: MakeMusic CEO Gone; Search for Replacement Begins

2012-06-14 Thread Will Roberts
Will this make it five CEOs in five years? http://tcbmag.blogs.com/daily_developments/2012/06/makemusic-ceo-gone-search-for-replacement-underway-.html Hope everybody is okay up there at MakeMusic HQ. Best, -WR -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-10 Thread Will Roberts
. The full manual is here: http://www.sibelius.com/download/documentation I don't have Sibelius 6, but am thinking about upgrading. Best, -WR -- Will Roberts whrcompo...@fastmail.fm ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman

Re: [Finale] Sibelius crossgrade price $129

2010-01-10 Thread Will Roberts
toronado...@gmail.com wrote: ... was wondering if it matters which program disk you send them. Like, could you send them your old Finale 2008 CD and keep your Finale 2009 and your user guide remains intact? I don't think it matters, provided it's an original program CD. David, can you

Re: [Finale] compile postscript listing with image

2009-12-30 Thread John Roberts
I have been totally p'd off for a number of years, I think since Finale moved to Mac OSX. I used to get beautiful eps rendition when I exported files into PageMaker, since then it's been barely legible, transparency is lost, and it's been a disaster, JR On 12/29/09 9:38 PM, Christopher Smith

Re: [Finale] Tutorials for 2010a

2009-12-01 Thread John Roberts
Apologies to the listmembers. That last should have gone privately to Hal. John Roberts ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Time Signature - Stumped - FinWin2007

2009-10-30 Thread John Roberts
I had no problems changing time sig in 2008 or 2009. I don't have 2007 so can't try that, sorry. JR On 10/30/09 11:38 AM, Richard Yates rich...@yatesguitar.com wrote: I have a file in which I cannot change the time signatures of any measures. The Time Signature Dialog Box seems to work

Re: [Finale] Re: Finale 2010a Maintenance Update Now Available

2009-10-21 Thread John Roberts
That sounds a bit too close to Socialism, David! JR On 10/20/09 7:34 PM, David W. Fenton lists.fin...@dfenton.com wrote: I'm reminded of the recent exchange in a health care hearing on Capitol Hill in DC where a male Congressman observed that he didn't need pre-natal care in his health

Re: [Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-19 Thread John Roberts
In speedy entry (all I ever use), place the cursor at the position of the note stack, but on none of them, press =. If you are on a particular note, you will tie only that one. JR On 10/19/09 1:52 PM, Dean M. Estabrook d.e...@comcast.net wrote: Is there a shortcut to the Tie command? If I

[Finale] Finale Allegro

2009-09-22 Thread John Roberts
I have a client who wants to send me files in Allegro. Can I open them in Finale? I would expect to be able to, but I'm not sure. Thanks, John ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Finale Allegro

2009-09-22 Thread John Roberts
Thank you David. This list is very supportive. He just sent me a test file and it did open perfectly. I do appreciate you answer though. John On 9/22/09 4:23 PM, dhbailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com wrote: John Roberts wrote: I have a client who wants to send me files in Allegro

Re: [Finale] Violin Ties

2009-09-21 Thread John Roberts
Except that it's most, not all. On 9/21/09 2:22 PM, Owain Sutton owainsut...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe not harmonics, but just open strings? John Roberts wrote: I don't have a large collection of Scottish fiddle books, but I did find this looped tie (and slur) used throughout J. Scott

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 and new Mac Snow Leopard OS...update

2009-09-05 Thread Will Roberts
Leigh Daniels wrote: Can Sibelius copy a layout from one part to another like the Transfer Layout tool does? Yes, it has a dedicated button for this in the Parts window. Works fine. Best, -WR ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 6

2009-05-24 Thread Will Roberts
and it works fine. Hard to say how well the included sounds would work on my Mac without buying the upgrade. Best, -WR -- Will Roberts whrcompo...@fastmail.fm ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Chords - Fretboard

2009-03-24 Thread John Roberts
In the old days, I used to create custom fretboards in the shape designer, assembling them with Seville font characters. For just a couple, that might still be a viable option depending on the size of your score. JR On 3/24/09 2:15 PM, Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi Larry,

Re: [Finale] note heads

2009-03-20 Thread John Roberts
That's how I've always done it - custom stem tool and apply an empty stem - and to remove it you simply use Clear Selected Items: Stem and Beam Alterations. Maybe that would work however you created them. It's now in the Edit Menu (it used to be in the Mass Mover). JR On 3/20/09 7:02 AM, Noel

Re: [Finale] note heads

2009-03-20 Thread John Roberts
I should have added that the snowflake is the Stem Direction Tool. The Custom Stem Tool is the one where the stem splits to 3 noteheads. JR On 3/20/09 7:02 AM, Noel Stoutenburg mjol...@ticnet.com wrote: Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: In some [files] I removed the stems on quarter and half

Re: [Finale] Re: Printing Bug?

2009-02-25 Thread John Roberts
The little I have used Fin2009, I have had some difficulty knowing which page I am actually on. JR On 2/25/09 6:33 PM, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: Yeah (ahem) I just got bitten several times by a bug related to that fact. Apparently, now that two pages can be

Re: [Finale] fermata on whole bar in 3/4

2009-02-17 Thread John Roberts
A one-character text expression using your music font. JR On 2/17/09 3:06 PM, Lawrence Yates yateslawre...@googlemail.com wrote: Now we're talking things I don't understand - how do you get a fermata as an expression? Thanks, Lawrence ___

Re: [Finale] Tab Slide Smart Shape

2008-12-09 Thread John Roberts
, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 8, 2008, at 2:36 PM, John Roberts wrote: FinMac 2009 If I change the thickness of this smart shape, it does not seem to affect existing lines, just new ones. This was not the case before. I want to make all my existing slides slightly

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