Re: [Finale] another simple (I hope!) question

2009-02-14 Thread dhbailey
Katherine Hoover wrote: I generally print on legal paper, in order to eventually have pieces done on 9 x 12 paper at the printer. This means I have to work with systems rather freely at times. At the moment I'm doing a piece for two pianos, and need to get 3 systems on a page (3 groups

Re: [Finale] another simple (I hope!) question

2009-02-14 Thread Christopher Smith
Richard, I'm sure it was just a typo, but editing the system margins can only adjust the space between SYSTEMS, not staves (if she has more than one staff per system, which is certainly the case in a piece for two pianos.) I suspect that her upper system margin is set high. This can be

Re: [Finale] another simple (I hope!) question

2009-02-14 Thread JRB
In the Page Layout menu UNcheck avoid margin collision. JB Sent from my iPhone using my thumbs w/out a spellchecker On Feb 13, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Katherine Hoover khoo...@papagenapress.com wrote: I generally print on legal paper, in order to eventually have pieces done on 9 x 12 paper

RE: [Finale] another simple (I hope!) question

2009-02-13 Thread Richard Yates
Open the file in Scroll View and make sure that there is minimal space above the first staff. Select and drag all staves upwards in Staff Tool if you need to. With Page Layout, edit the system margins to remove extra space between staves. -Original Message- From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] another simple (I hope!) question

2009-02-13 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Katherine, It would be helpful to know what version of Finale, and what platform (Windows or MAC) you are using. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale