[Finale] Finale Order of Operations

2005-06-07 Thread Brennon C. Bortz
Hi All, I've been lurking on the list for quite some time now, and have been using Finale for about 7 years. To this point, every Finale file I have created has been done in a different way. I've never had time to sit down and create templates, etc. I know that in the long run, this could be co

Re: [Finale] Finale Order of Operations

2005-06-07 Thread Chuck Israels
Brennon, Harold Owen has tutorials on a web site (if I remember correctly). It seems like a good idea to contact him <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for more information. It's useful to go through a tutorial, even if it seems to be taking a lot of time in the process of doing it. It will surely sa

Re: [Finale] Finale Order of Operations

2005-06-07 Thread Johannes Gebauer
It very much depends. Here is what I do most often: 1) Note entry 2) Slurs and other smart shapes 3) Artics 4) Expressions. 5) Layout 6) Score preparation for parts (on a copy of the score) 7) part extraction 8) part layout. 2)-4) I either do for the whole piece/movement, per part or even per s

Re: [Finale] Finale Order of Operations

2005-06-07 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Brennon C. Bortz wrote: Hi All, I've been lurking on the list for quite some time now, and have been using Finale for about 7 years. To this point, every Finale file I have created has been done in a different way. I've never had time to sit down and create templates, etc. I know that in the

Re: [Finale] Finale Order of Operations

2005-06-08 Thread Allen Fisher
My process is very similar to Johannes', but I combine 1,3,4 into the first step whenever possible, using Simple Entry. The only thing I'd add is that between steps 3 and 4 I do lyric entry. I also save libraries out of everything, and at the end of the project, I make sure that anything that was