Re: [Finale] Default file with Wizard

Yes, thanks, done all that - I've changed every default file I can find but the wizard still seems to take it from somewhere else - not a clue where. Cheers. Virus-f

Re: [Finale] Default file with Wizard

On 6/21/2019 9:39 AM, Robert Patterson wrote: At least on Mac, the setup wizard uses whichever document style you choose. Edit the one you are choosing. (Document styles are not the same as the Maestro Default file.) I can't swear it always uses the page size in the style doc, though. I created a

Re: [Finale] Default file with Wizard

At least on Mac, the setup wizard uses whichever document style you choose. Edit the one you are choosing. (Document styles are not the same as the Maestro Default file.) I can't swear it always uses the page size in the style doc, though. I created a document style of my own, and it definitely use

Re: [Finale] Default file with Wizard

Hi, thanks, I've changed that but the Wizard seems to use a different file as the default. Virus-free. www.avg.com

Re: [Finale] Default file with Wizard

I believe you can modify the document style file(s) to change the default page size(s). On Mac the template files are in ~/Library/Application Support/MakeMusic/Finale 26/Music Files/Document Styles They are someplace comparable on Windows, but I don't remember exactly the folder path. On Fri,

Re: [Finale] default file

On Sat, January 8, 2011 5:37 pm, Steve Parker wrote: > What I really want is everything available all the time! You can pretty much have it. Create a document, add libraries, expressions, etc., set it up to your taste for tuplets, page numbers, measure numbers, orchestration, virtual instruments,

Re: {Spam} Re: [Finale] default file

Thanks Chris and Noel! I moved to Finale a couple of years ago from being a long time beta tester for a now defunct program. I hit the ground running but I'm doing far too much over and over again... I've created a document with my 'house' style and all the other things I change. I've save

Re: [Finale] default file

I put my favourite default files in the Component Files folder, then they show up when I use the Setup Wizard as a style. Christopher On Sat Jan 8, at SaturdayJan 8 12:04 PM, Steve Parker wrote: >> If you make this change to your default file, it will always be there. > > This is a pretty bas

{Spam} Re: [Finale] default file

Steve Parker wrote: This is a pretty basic question on my part.. Do most start from a 'new default' document then add the title info and instruments after? I generally use templates I've created myself, containing my preferences for fonts, and the expressions and articulations I need. If I'

Re: [Finale] default file issues

On Jul 21, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Lawrence David Eden wrote: I have several text expressions from a previous work, that have apparently been saved, that I want to omit from the template. . I delete the extra expressions but the next time I OPEN a new document, I sti

Re: [Finale] default file issues

Lawrence David Eden wrote: I have several text expressions from a previous work, that have apparently been saved, that I want to omit from the template. . I delete the extra expressions but the next time I OPEN a new document, I still see those old text expressions. Obviously, I am making

Re: [Finale] default file issues

I would open the template, delete the unwanted expressions, and then save a new expression library with a name I'd recognize for the default template. Then reopen the default template, load the new library, and save the file as a new template. then I'd either delete the old template and rename t

Re: [Finale] Default File

Thanks to all - found it in "components" as suggested. Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] Default File

Lawrence, Go to 'Program Options - New', to see where the default file is and what it is named. Save changes there using the same name (use the .FTM suffix). Cousin Richard >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thu

Re: [Finale] Default File

I found mine in the Components folder -Cecil Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:29 AM Subject: [Finale] Default File Hi all, I am using WinFin2006c I want to change the s

Re: [Finale] Default File

Lawrence, It's in the Component Files folder. This is the file that the program reads when you use the Setup Wizard. Version 2008 allows you to use ANY file as a default, which is very nice indeed! Except that I keep getting corrupted files when I use it. 8-( Christopher On 31-Jan-08,

Re: [Finale] Default file

Not as terrible as having a file with an inaccurate name! Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/ On Sep 12, 2006, at 5:22 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Aaron, Hmm... I'd never noticed that possibility in Program Options. That's a *terrible* and totally nonstand

Re: [Finale] Default file

On Sep 12, 2006, at 5:07 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 04:16 PM 9/12/2006, Darcy James Argue wrote: >Not true on Mac. No matter what font you actually use in the file, you >must call it "Maestro Font Default." Sorry, I haven't been reading the entire thread -- but this is only true if you'

Re: [Finale] Default file

Aaron, Hmm... I'd never noticed that possibility in Program Options. That's a *terrible* and totally nonstandard interface for that action -- you have to type the name of the file, instead of selecting it in a dialog box. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://secretsociety.typep

Re: [Finale] Default file

At 04:16 PM 9/12/2006, Darcy James Argue wrote: >Not true on Mac. No matter what font you actually use in the file, you >must call it "Maestro Font Default." Sorry, I haven't been reading the entire thread -- but this is only true if you're using the Wizard. (Which, admittedly, most people do.)

Re: [Finale] Default file

Not true on Mac. No matter what font you actually use in the file, you must call it "Maestro Font Default."Cheers, - Darcy-[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://secretsociety.typepad.comBrooklyn, NY On 12 Sep 2006, at 4:06 PM, Bernard Nussbaumer wrote:You may use Maestro font or not.And you may choose whatev

Re: [Finale] Default file

You may use Maestro font or not.And you may choose whatever file you wish as "Default File" (since ... a long time).Document Options (Options Menu, or Edit Menu in Fin2k7), New. No necessity to call the file "Maestro Default File". Bernard2006/9/12, Andrew Stiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: When I went u

Re: [Finale] Default file

When I went up to 2K4, I found the prospect of rebuilding my default file so daunting that I just didn't use it, but rather used existing files as templates: I would copy a score, clear everything from the copy, then enter the new piece in its place. Really, tho, the straw that broke this ca

Re: [Finale] Default file

I have not rebuilt my default file since I switched to Maestro Font as the default music font, c. Fin2k. Since then I have upgraded it to each new version without any significant issues. Rebuilding from scratch is tedious work that I refuse to contemplate doing. ymmv. -- Robert Patterson ht

Re: [Finale] Default file

On 11 Sep 2006 at 11:10, Chuck Israels wrote: > I have done what you do successfully with earlier upgrades. I don't > know what gave me the notion that it might cause trouble to do things > that way in the last couple of transitions. Perhaps Hiro and I are > overly cautious and are doing unne

Re: [Finale] Default file

Christopher Smith / 2006/09/11 / 02:16 PM wrote: >Maybe you got the idea from me, as I have reported corruption problems >on older files imported into newer versions of Finale (Mac version.) It not only that. I had been using old default files too long, and I didn't know what I had been missin

Re: [Finale] Default file

On Sep 11, 2006, at 11:16 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: On Sep 11, 2006, at 2:10 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Hi Dennis, I have done what you do successfully with earlier upgrades. I don't know what gave me the notion that it might cause trouble to do things that way in the last couple of t

Re: [Finale] Default file

On Sep 11, 2006, at 2:10 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Hi Dennis, I have done what you do successfully with earlier upgrades. I don't know what gave me the notion that it might cause trouble to do things that way in the last couple of transitions. Perhaps Hiro and I are overly cautious and are

Re: [Finale] Default file

Hi Dennis, I have done what you do successfully with earlier upgrades. I don't know what gave me the notion that it might cause trouble to do things that way in the last couple of transitions. Perhaps Hiro and I are overly cautious and are doing unnecessary work. Anyone else weighing in

Re: [Finale] Default file

At 01:28 PM 9/11/06 -0400, A-NO-NE Music wrote: >Chuck Israels / 2006/09/11 / 01:16 PM wrote: > >>Otherwise, as far as I know, we are stuck with this process. > >It is hard to imagine majority of Finale user is patient >as you are, yet I don't recall complaint about this on this list. I don't have

Re: [Finale] Default file

Chuck Israels / 2006/09/11 / 01:16 PM wrote: >Otherwise, as far as I know, we are stuck with this process. Thanks Chuck. It is hard to imagine majority of Finale user is patient as you are, yet I don't recall complaint about this on this list. Page format lib doesn't retain anything I need, and

Re: [Finale] Default file

Funny, I just did this with my Default file. Here is what I did. I loaded Finale on two computers, On one I had my old default file loaded, and the other the new default (2007's installed file) loaded. I then went through and changed the articulations, slurs, and some other things I saw that l

Re: [Finale] Default file

Dear Hiro, I don't know any other way to do this. I spend some time making the default file in the new version conform to my older one more or less as you describe the process. There are still at least 2 bugs in the Mac version that prevent me from achieving all I want in this regard: S

Re: [Finale] Default File(s) + Setup Wizard

Hey Johannes, Good tip. I found that you can also add the "distance between systems" to the system margins and set the system margins to zero, but that has its own set of drawbacks. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://secretsociety.typepad.com Brooklyn, NY On 08 Feb 2006, at 10:08 AM,

Re: [Finale] Default File(s) + Setup Wizard

PS: I very much agree with you that the Setup wizard and the Page format for parts is handled very badly in conjunction. I cannot tell you how many times I have printed out parts at too small magnifications, just because the wizard overwrites the system reduction with the one from the page fo

Re: [Finale] Default File(s) + Setup Wizard

On 08.02.2006 Darcy James Argue wrote: So... am I correct in thinking the Setup Wizard automatically forces a "Space Systems Evenly" operation? I believe it does do that. There is one way to avoid this: Set up your default file with only one measure. That way, when you go through the Setup W

RE: [Finale] Default File(s) + Setup Wizard

Darcy-- >>So... am I correct in thinking the Setup Wizard automatically forces a "Space Systems Evenly" operation?<< Yes. >>I don't suppose there's any way to override this behavior?<< This behavior is a new one on me. I'd send a report into macsupport. I think what is happening is that the pa

Re: [Finale] Default file mnagement

When I was using my own default file, I never had this problem/ frustration. Hi Hiro, I have always used the same default files that I have taken with me starting with Finale 2001. I have never had any problems with the transfer during upgrades. I have one default file for parts, one fo

Re: [Finale] Default file mnagement

On Aug 22, 2005, at 3:57 PM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: Noel Stoutenburg / 2005/08/22 / 03:27 PM wrote: My original sense was that you were looking for changes to one or more specific libraries; from this post it seems that you are looking to change your "Maestro default" file, which would not be d

Re: [Finale] Default file mnagement

Christopher Smith / 2005/08/22 / 04:16 PM wrote: >I never use chord playback, so that particular lack in the chord lib >importation never showed up for me, but I don't doubt that it is true. >I don't know where those settings are stored, so I can't help you. I don't use playback too, but I just

Re: [Finale] Default file mnagement

On 22 Aug 2005 at 22:16, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > Personally I have been updating my own default file for quite a long > time. I don't really see the need to start from scratch with every > Finale update. Well, there are so many weird issues that I encounter in files that began life in older ve

Re: [Finale] Default file mnagement

A-NO-NE Music schrieb: More and more I look into this, I am quite puzzled. Chord Lib import, as I explained, doesn't work as expected. Page format such as title and other page elements doesn't seems to have any way of transferring via Lib, etc, etc (and other suggestion of using Finale Script

Re: [Finale] Default file mnagement

Personally I have been updating my own default file for quite a long time. I don't really see the need to start from scratch with every Finale update. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de ___ Finale mailing li

Re: [Finale] Default file mnagement

Noel Stoutenburg / 2005/08/22 / 03:27 PM wrote: >My original sense was that you were looking for changes to one or more >specific libraries; from this post it seems that you are looking to >change your "Maestro default" file, which would not be done by saving >libraries. Sorry. I thought I wa

Re: [Finale] Default file mnagement

A-NO-NE Music wrote: Say I want certain text block on the page layout, title, credit, etc., as well as other page layout related specifics which I used to save to my default file that carried over years, now I have to do it every time I receive new Maestro default file. What is puzzling me is t

Re: [Finale] Default file mnagement

Noel Stoutenburg / 2005/08/22 / 02:45 AM wrote: >I think the way to do this is to sit down, spend some time >thinking >about the work you do, and deciding what expressions and >articulations >you most commonly need. Thanks for your response, but not sure what you mean. I am not looking for tem

Re: [Finale] Default file mnagement

Hiro wrote: Until recently, I had my default file carried over and over FinMac versions for years but many on this list have suggested it is a bad idea, and I should load custom libraries to Maestro default file instead. I found myself frustrated doing this since I don't yet to have complete li

Re: [Finale] Default file updates for Fin05

I thought we investigated this back during the Fin04 beta cycle. My recollection is that Finale rebuilds the plugin menus each time you access one from the keyboard. Because you have such huge Saved Settings in the Settings Scrapbook, the rebuild takes awhile. OS9 and Win are less affected beca

Re: [Finale] Default file updates for Fin05

Robert, when you have succeeded and are using Fin2k5, I wonder whether you could let me know about something I am experiencing with 2k5 (and 2k4 for that matter): There is a delay for the keyboard commands (only the built-in ones, and only some of them), which is directly related to the amount

Re: [Finale] Default file updates for Fin05

Robert Patterson wrote: I'm upgrading my default file from Fin03 to Fin05. I know I should redesign my expressions and possibly my default tuplets. Are there any other new setting I should be thinking about? Engraver slurs? Others? The new spacing/distance settings in Fin2005. Best regards, Jari

Re: [Finale] Default file updates for Fin05

Yes, Robert, That's what Darcy is saying. This behavior started in 2004 (I think), and it does seem inconvenient to me, but I am used to it. Whatever your page set up is in the default file becomes the default page set up for all documents, requiring changes to everything that does not conform.

Re: [Finale] Default file updates for Fin05

On Jan 30, 2005, at 5:45 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Robert, I have had issues with importing older Finale files for use as a default file in Fin2005. Files that have their genesis in earlier versions seem considerably more susceptible to the file-overwrite bug. Not to mention general corrup

Re: [Finale] Default file updates for Fin05

Are you saying the rules have changed? In OS9, extracted parts had the same page setup as the file from which they were extracted. The new behavior you describe sounds silly by comparison. Darcy James Argue wrote: Also, you should make sure the Page Setup settings of your Maestro Default File m

Re: [Finale] Default file updates for Fin05

Hi Robert, I have had issues with importing older Finale files for use as a default file in Fin2005. Files that have their genesis in earlier versions seem considerably more susceptible to the file-overwrite bug. So I'd recommend building a new default file from scratch, based on the provided