Staff/Page Resizing all wonky

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jmichaelzygo
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Finale Version: PrintMusic 2014 Mac
Operating System: Windows

Post by jmichaelzygo » Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:53 am

Finale PrintMusic 2014 for Mac
OS X Yosemite 10.10.1

Pages 1-6, staves and sections are all the same size. After that they're all much larger.
I've tried to "Resize Page" with a "Page Range" of "1 through End of Piece"
I've tried changing each individual page to the same setting.
They won't coordinate! It's infuriating!

Is there a way to SET ALL STAVES as the SAME SIZE throughout the ENTIRE PIECE?!?!?!

Please help!


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Peter Thomsen
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Finale Version: Finale v27.4
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sat Dec 20, 2014 7:59 am

Welcome to the forum!

I do not know PrintMusic.
With PrintMusic it may not be possible to do what you need, since the solution may involve some settings that are only accessible via the “full Finale”.

Inside the document there are saved “default” Page Format settings that are used, when new systems/pages are created.
These “default” settings include three different scaling settings:
1. Page Scaling
2. System Scaling
3. Staff Scaling

From your description it sounds like the first six pages have page format settings that are different from the “default” settings.
My guess is that the pages after Page 6 were created according to the “default” Page Format settings.
This is quickly accomplished via the commanc “Redefine Pages.

With the “full Finale” you can customize the “default” Page Format settings.

You can also reformat already existing pages so that they are formatted according to the “default” settings.
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996

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