Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 27 Nov 2006, at 10:49 AM, John Howell wrote: At 10:18 PM -0500 11/26/06, Darcy James Argue wrote: And since Robert's Copyists Helper doesn't fully support linked parts (MM's fault, not his), you lose the ability to have the *current* instrument name displayed in the page header -- i.e.,

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-27 Thread John Howell
At 10:18 PM -0500 11/26/06, Darcy James Argue wrote: And since Robert's Copyists Helper doesn't fully support linked parts (MM's fault, not his), you lose the ability to have the *current* instrument name displayed in the page header -- i.e., for a part that begins on flute but switches to so

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 26 Nov 2006, at 9:32 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Don't Bill's custom staff styles take care of the current instrument name? I use my own staff styles, not Bill's, but neither one solves the problem I'm talking about -- page headers (not staff names). The problem is there is no insert for

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread Chuck Israels
On Nov 26, 2006, at 6:00 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 26 Nov 2006, at 4:07 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Why, Darcy? I've done this forever with no untoward incidents. I've had tremendous problems in the past, especially with measure- attached expressions, Oh yes, Darcy. I remember this

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 26 Nov 2006, at 4:07 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Why, Darcy? I've done this forever with no untoward incidents. I've had tremendous problems in the past, especially with measure- attached expressions, staff styles, clef changes, and so on. I've tried to join individual files of multi-move

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread Chuck Israels
On Nov 26, 2006, at 12:40 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 26 Nov 2006, at 3:33 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: On 11/26/06, Chuck Israels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The main time consumer for me has to do with how long each part layout takes when there is no way (as far as I have been able to

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 26 Nov 2006, at 3:33 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: On 11/26/06, Chuck Israels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The main time consumer for me has to do with how long each part layout takes when there is no way (as far as I have been able to figure out) to use one part as a template for another simi

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread Robert Patterson
On 11/26/06, Chuck Israels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The main time consumer for me has to do with how long each part layout takes when there is no way (as far as I have been able to figure out) to use one part as a template for another similar one. I went back and reviewed the old thread on

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread Chuck Israels
On Nov 26, 2006, at 10:34 AM, dhbailey wrote: Williams, Jim wrote: [snip]> Chuck, if the light goes on for you, please hit me over the head with it. Before I sent 2007 back, I reached the conclusion that the linked parts thing was right for a certain class of user--a class of user to which

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread Chuck Israels
On Nov 26, 2006, at 8:01 AM, Robert Patterson wrote: Chuck Israels wrote: I continue to stumble on difficulties that seem to be more trouble than I used to Such as (beyond the beam angles, etc. we've discussed)? Robert, The main time consumer for me has to do with how long each part l

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread dhbailey
Williams, Jim wrote: [snip]> Chuck, if the light goes on for you, please hit me over the head with it. Before I sent 2007 back, I reached the conclusion that the linked parts thing was right for a certain class of user--a class of user to which I don't seem to belong. While my determination does

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 11:06 AM 11/26/2006, Robert Patterson wrote: >Early on there was much discussion of this issue in a different forum >than this one, and I was given to understand that there is workflow that >allows it. But I have not figured it out either. Perhaps Aaron Sherber >or Darcy will chime in, because

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread Robert Patterson
Chuck Israels wrote: Certain kinds of music make the use of one part serving as a template for other parts a real time saver in the layout process, Early on there was much discussion of this issue in a different forum than this one, and I was given to understand that there is workflow that

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread Robert Patterson
Chuck Israels wrote: I continue to stumble on difficulties that seem to be more trouble than I used to Such as (beyond the beam angles, etc. we've discussed)? If the end result is the same, and the new method simply takes longer, I'm not sure it is helping my workflow. When I first pla

RE: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread Williams, Jim
Chuck wrote: I can certainly understand the value of one document as opposed to many. That's why I am struggling to change established work habits in order to accommodate the inherent advantages, but I continue to stumble on difficulties that seem to be more trouble than I used to hav

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread Chuck Israels
Thank you for the suggestions Robert, Splitting parts in the score should make it possible to accomplish most of what I need to do. For some reason, that had not occurred to me, obvious as it is in retrospect. I can certainly understand the value of one document as opposed to many. That

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread Chuck Israels
Good news Darcy. I'm going to try this on the affected parts. Thanks, Chuck On Nov 25, 2006, at 6:34 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Chuck, Extracted parts inherit the appearance of the existing linked part at the time of extraction. You should (theoretically) be able to work with linked

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread Robert Patterson
On 11/25/06, Chuck Israels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Me too, and it is frustrating. Seems to me there are two choices: wait for a maintenance update in the hope that these matters are addressed, or extract parts the old way and lose the advantages of the linked parts (not so much of an advant

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-26 Thread dhbailey
Chuck Israels wrote: On Nov 25, 2006, at 1:31 PM, dhbailey wrote: Chuck Israels wrote: Hi all, Has anyone had success adjusting beam angles on linked parts generated from splitting notes on one staff (i.e. Alto Sax 1 - Alto Sax 2). I don't seem to be able to access the beams with either a

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-25 Thread Darcy James Argue
Chuck, Extracted parts inherit the appearance of the existing linked part at the time of extraction. You should (theoretically) be able to work with linked parts for as long as that makes sense, then extract out and finish your work in the separate documents, without losing any of the pre

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-25 Thread Chuck Israels
On Nov 25, 2006, at 1:31 PM, dhbailey wrote: Chuck Israels wrote: Hi all, Has anyone had success adjusting beam angles on linked parts generated from splitting notes on one staff (i.e. Alto Sax 1 - Alto Sax 2). I don't seem to be able to access the beams with either a plugin or the Spec

Re: [Finale] Back to Finale - linked parts

2006-11-25 Thread dhbailey
Chuck Israels wrote: Hi all, Has anyone had success adjusting beam angles on linked parts generated from splitting notes on one staff (i.e. Alto Sax 1 - Alto Sax 2). I don't seem to be able to access the beams with either a plugin or the Special Tools/Beam Angle Tool. Of course, this cannot