Re: [Finale] combining files

2010-03-14 Thread Mark D Lew
On Mar 14, 2010, at 9:35 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: It is my experience with various versions of Windows Finale, that copying lyrics into a file which already contains lyrics produces results which cannot be predicted based upon Finale documentation. In general, when trying to copy lyrics

Re: [Finale] combining files

2010-03-14 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Ray Horton wrote: One could also try zapping all of the lyrics in the target file (go into "edit lyrics" and erase them there), then copy the lyrics from the lyric staves in each both source files onto the same staves in the target file. (Change the filter under "Edit" if necessary.). I believe

Re: [Finale] combining files

2010-03-14 Thread Ray Horton
Excellent instructions, Noel. I would add one thing: Noel Stoutenburg wrote: When files contain lyrics, I have had the best luck when I did not try to merge the lyrics by this method. Based upon my experience, if I were called upon to do this, between step 2 and 3 above, I would delete all o

Re: [Finale] combining files

2010-03-14 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Katherine Hoover wrote: I'm working on a Mac OS 10, with Finale 2004. I would like to combine two files (parts for movements 1 & 2) into one. I couldn't find information under "combine" or under "merge". How can i do this? [Note: My experience is that trying to merge files involves a lot of

[Finale] combining files

2010-03-12 Thread Katherine Hoover
I'm working on a Mac OS 10, with Finale 2004. I would like to combine two files (parts for movements 1 & 2) into one. I couldn't find information under "combine" or under "merge". How can i do this? Thanks for the help, Katherine Hoover ___ Final

RE: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-07-19 Thread Fisher, Allen
I did it in 2007 where ScoreMerger didn't exist. --Allen | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Randolph Peters | Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:29 AM | To: finale@shsu.edu | Subject: RE: [Finale] combining files into a

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-07-18 Thread Chuck Israels
This post strikes me the way Beethoven's music does - a surprise that seems inevitable and obvious in retrospect. Chuck On Jul 18, 2007, at 12:05 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote: On Jul 18, 2007, at 11:00 AM, Fisher, Allen wrote: I just got done with a song collection and I used separate finale

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-07-18 Thread David W. Fenton
On 18 Jul 2007 at 15:05, Andrew Stiller wrote: > It has always been possible to combine scores in Finale. But the process is fraught with all sorts of terrible problems (some of which have been fixed in later versions of Finale, some not), such as the expressions problem, as well as staff styl

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-07-18 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Jul 18, 2007, at 11:00 AM, Fisher, Allen wrote: I just got done with a song collection and I used separate finale files for each. I typically use Pages (MS Pubisher, or MS Word over on my PC) for title pages/performance notes. I then convert all of these (including finale files) to PDF. I us

RE: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-07-18 Thread Randolph Peters
Fisher, Allen wrote: I just got done with a song collection and I used separate finale files for each. I typically use Pages (MS Pubisher, or MS Word over on my PC) for title pages/performance notes. I then convert all of these (including finale files) to PDF. I use a FREE program called CombineP

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-07-18 Thread Chuck Israels
PDF's. --Allen | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Sherber | Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 4:35 PM | To: finale@shsu.edu; finale@shsu.edu | Subject: Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection | | At 05:04 PM 6/14/2007,

RE: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-07-18 Thread Fisher, Allen
TECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Sherber | Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 4:35 PM | To: finale@shsu.edu; finale@shsu.edu | Subject: Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection | | At 05:04 PM 6/14/2007, Eric Dannewitz wrote: | >Hands down Adobe Indesign. Great program. | | InDesign is a great

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-19 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 05:04 PM 6/14/2007, Eric Dannewitz wrote: >Hands down Adobe Indesign. Great program. InDesign is a great program, but it's also expensive -- $700 -- and often overkill for people who don't have extensive needs. I use InDesign and have used Quark XPress in the past, but I also keep around

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-16 Thread Randolph Peters
Mark D Lew wrote: And in case those other suggestions aren't enough for you, yet another way to do it is to open up one PDF and set the thumbnails sidebar to show. Then drag other PDFs directly into that sidebar. Yes, there are numerous ways to combine PDFs in Acrobat. What you say is true,

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-16 Thread Richard Huggins
Since several other solutions have been mentioned, I might as well add that this IS possible using clip files. It would not be elegant, it would not be a lot of things, but it is possible. You'd end up with a large, single Finale document and the page numbers, etc. would be correct. If it m

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-15 Thread Mark D Lew
And in case those other suggestions aren't enough for you, yet another way to do it is to open up one PDF and set the thumbnails sidebar to show. Then drag other PDFs directly into that sidebar. Yes, there are numerous ways to combine PDFs in Acrobat. mdl ___

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-15 Thread David W. Fenton
On 14 Jun 2007 at 19:05, Mark D Lew wrote: > I agree with the many who recommend not combining all the songs into > a single Finale file. > > However, I think importing into a page layout program is unnecessary. > > I would do each song in Finale, then make PDFs, then simply stack the > PDFs i

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-15 Thread Chuck Israels
Dennis & Hiro, Merci & Arigato. Chuck On Jun 15, 2007, at 8:07 AM, dc wrote: Chuck Israels écrit: Thanks to all. I do have the purchased version of Acrobat, and will explore it to find out how this works. Can't be all that hard. If you have version 7, go to Create PDF > From multiple fi

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-15 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Chuck Israels / 2007/06/15 / 10:34 AM wrote: >Thanks to all. I do have the purchased version of Acrobat, and will >explore it to find out how this works. Can't be all that hard. Shift+Cmd+I opens a dialog box for you to choose another PDF file to be inserted, followed by another dialog box to

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-15 Thread Chuck Israels
Thanks to all. I do have the purchased version of Acrobat, and will explore it to find out how this works. Can't be all that hard. Chuck On Jun 14, 2007, at 8:54 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: On Jun 14, 2007, at 7:50 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Can you do that in Acrobat? (I am quite naive about app

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-15 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 08:54 PM 6/14/2007 -0700, Mark D Lew wrote: >On Jun 14, 2007, at 7:50 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: > >> Can you do that in Acrobat? (I am quite naive about applications >> that I haven't had reason to use, and at 70, I tend to avoid having >> to learn new ones. I have Acrobat and have used its

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Mark D Lew
On Jun 14, 2007, at 7:50 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Can you do that in Acrobat? (I am quite naive about applications that I haven't had reason to use, and at 70, I tend to avoid having to learn new ones. I have Acrobat and have used its distiller function.) You can certainly do it in the p

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Actually, it's really easy to do. Plus, you can have Acrobat put a Header/Footer on all the pages as well. So, you can have page numbers inserted on all the combined PDFs. That might be an option if you already have (and it look like you do) Acrobat. Chuck Israels wrote: On Jun 14, 2007, a

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Chuck Israels
On Jun 14, 2007, at 7:05 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: I agree with the many who recommend not combining all the songs into a single Finale file. However, I think importing into a page layout program is unnecessary. I would do each song in Finale, then make PDFs, then simply stack the PDFs into a

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Mark D Lew
I agree with the many who recommend not combining all the songs into a single Finale file. However, I think importing into a page layout program is unnecessary. I would do each song in Finale, then make PDFs, then simply stack the PDFs into a single file in Adobe. mdl _

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Chuck Israels wrote: Hi all, I am seeking advice before stumbling though the process of combining 7 songs for voice and piano into a "collection" booklet with consecutive page numbers (and a TOC page). Are there tricks, or working methods that make this go smoothly? I am assuming this can

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi Randolph, I will try these. I don't want to pop for Indesign quite yet. Meanwhile, a friend in Vancouver (Greg Hamilton) who has a copying service and is a meticulous pro with Finale and with InDesign has agreed to do this for me at a reasonable fee. He'll do it more elegantly than

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Randolph Peters
Chuck Israels inquired: I am seeking advice before stumbling though the process of combining 7 songs for voice and piano into a "collection" booklet with consecutive page numbers (and a TOC page). Are there tricks, or working methods that make this go smoothly? I am assuming this can be done

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Hands down Adobe Indesign. Great program. Chuck Israels wrote: Hi Christopher, All the layout has been done and, no, I don't want to do it again! I have not used a page layout program, but it does seem as if this may be the time to buy and learn to use one. Suggestions? Thanks, Chuck On

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread nraspa
ginal Message- From: Chuck Israels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 2:44 pm Subject: [Finale] combining files into a song collection Hi all,    I am seeking advice before stumbling though the process of combining 7 songs for voice and piano into a

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi Christopher, All the layout has been done and, no, I don't want to do it again! I have not used a page layout program, but it does seem as if this may be the time to buy and learn to use one. Suggestions? Thanks, Chuck On Jun 14, 2007, at 1:28 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: On Jun 14

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Linda Worsley
Hi all, I am seeking advice before stumbling though the process of combining 7 songs for voice and piano into a "collection" booklet with consecutive page numbers (and a TOC page). Are there tricks, or working methods that make this go smoothly? The most important thing is to save and backu

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jun 14, 2007, at 3:44 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Hi all, I am seeking advice before stumbling though the process of combining 7 songs for voice and piano into a "collection" booklet with consecutive page numbers (and a TOC page). Are there tricks, or working methods that make this go s

[Finale] combining files into a song collection

2007-06-14 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi all, I am seeking advice before stumbling though the process of combining 7 songs for voice and piano into a "collection" booklet with consecutive page numbers (and a TOC page). Are there tricks, or working methods that make this go smoothly? I am assuming this can be done elegantly w