Finale Forum

Just labelling a staff "Trumpet", does not make it play back as a trumpet. You need to go into the instrument list and assign the staff to the appropriate instrument.

I recommend that you check out the Garritan Forum. There is a recent thread about this issue.

http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/for ... -Libraries

Good luck finding anything that can do 13" X 19", 70 - 90 lb paper and wireless connectivity. I think that you would need to peruse the high end Xerox line of printers, and it will run you many thousands of dollars.

I have found that the maximum number of repetitions is only 20. You can enter any number that you want, but you only get 20.

Should work, but don't forget that there are actually 4 sides when you print on 11X17 if you want it to print on both sides. If you don't want it to print on both sides, don't forget that you don't just want it to print Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, page 4, Page 5, etc. Assuming a 6 page document, Page 1 ...

There is a Finale 2011a and a Finale 2011b update for Windows.

I think that you are stuck with the rubato tempo, but maybe Mike can help.

Or you can go into the Page Layout tool, and move your system margins (not your page margins) until you get it the way that you want.

Warren

Mike did not go off topic. He was merely making a suggestion to make your music composing/writing more enjoyable. It seems that you want Finale to behave the way that you want, instead of finding out how Finale actually behaves. Finale works very well for thousands of users. Take a few moments to di...

No, Speedy Entry is not entering A, B, C, D, E, F, G on the keyboard. It is using the arrow keys to go up and down the staff, or right and left on the staff, just as you would prefer. I know this, because it is the entry method that I use.

Warren

What you are describing is basically the Speedy Entry method, except that you use the number keys to determine the note value. Any method which uses the space key only to enter the notes has no way to choose a note value. Learn Speedy Entry.

Warren

miker, A "measure stack" to me conjures an image of something placed on top of something else--a stack. Adding one stave doesn't included the idea of a stack but more of a series. But, when in Rome.... So I'm OK with it. I am able to add a new stave anywhere in my score by inserting a "Measure Stac...

I said to double click WHERE you want to put a new staff, not to double-click ON an existing staff. In other words, if you want to insert a new staff between staff 2 and staff 3, then double-click between staff 2 and staff 3. If you want to add a staff below the last staff on your page, then double...

[quote="Djard"]Warren, I don't doubt what you say is true. But when I select the "Staff Tool" and double click in my score--as you kindly instruct--all I get is the "Staff Attributes" window that offers no provision for adding a new stave. I may be misunderstanding you, but as an grammarian, I think...

Adding staves from the Finale 2011 manual (online version)

http://www.finalemusic.com/UserManuals/ ... anchor1581

I notice that in the manual Finale quite often refers to a stave as a system. Your explanation, distinguishing between the two, was helpful. By the way, the Finale manual NEVER refers to a staff as a system, or a system as a staff. In cases where you only have a single staffed composition, you will...

Djard wrote:Warren,

I think you are merely quoting from the manual.

Uh... Nope

When the staff tool is selected, to add a staff, just double-click where you want the new staff to go.

Warren

So, as far as I can figure out, the only unique things that the selection tool does, is let you click on an item to bring up its associated tool, and to double-click a measure to select the entire measure stack. Does anybody know of anything else that you can do with the selection tool that you cann...

Yes, but it identical to the context menu of the Measure tool.

Warren

michelp wrote:Warren, try the contextual menu of the Selection tool (right-click), you'll see you can do many things from there.

It doesn't seem to do anything that the measure tool doesn't do except let me double-click on a measure to select the entire measure across all staves.

Warren

Inseting a system is not the same thing as adding a staff. If you want to add a staff, be in either page view, studio view, or scroll view, click on the staff tool and double-click where you want to add the staff or use the Setup wizard to add a staff or staves. A system is all the staves in your sc...

Hmmm... Even when I tested all the different tools to try to get the double-click to work, I didn't bother with the Selection tool. I have never used it except to click on an artifact to bring up its tool. I didn't realize that the selection tool did anything else. That's why I read the forum every ...

Peter, what tool are you using that double-clicking selects an entire measure stack? For me, all it does is pull up the dialog box for whichever tool that I am in, whether using Finale 2010 or 2011. Or perhaps it is just on Macs but not PCs?

Warren

Make sure that you are selecting the entire measure, not just the measure in one or more staves. The selection area needs to be a single area, not just the area in certain staves.

Warren

The FastForward button has not worked normally since Finale 2008. Now, supposedly, it increases the value of the "Play from Measure...". Not quite what most people expect, especially since it worked before.

Warren