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by wonder
Sat Aug 12, 2023 4:55 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Fonts on different computer creating chaos?
Replies: 5
Views: 572

Re: Fonts on different computer creating chaos?

I have deleted all Finale fonts and reinstalled the Font Pack ... still no change.

I used this article
https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/ ... ncorrectly
by wonder
Sat Aug 12, 2023 4:48 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Fonts on different computer creating chaos?
Replies: 5
Views: 572

Re: Fonts on different computer creating chaos?

FWIW, I'm checking my Font Book and it seems all the necessary fonts are installed (I use Finale all the time on both computers)
by wonder
Sat Aug 12, 2023 4:45 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Fonts on different computer creating chaos?
Replies: 5
Views: 572

Fonts on different computer creating chaos?

I've been working on a project for a client. I needed to make some updates and opened my Finale file on my studio computer rather than my laptop. The layout/fonts/look is wonky. Is this a font issue? I have the same version of Finale on both computers. See photos of what it should look like vs what ...
by wonder
Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:43 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: I need a horn players help
Replies: 4
Views: 967

Re: I need a horn players help

Ah yes. That makes sense to me and it looks much cleaner than a bunch of grace notes.
by wonder
Sun Dec 19, 2021 1:25 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: I need a horn players help
Replies: 4
Views: 967

Re: I need a horn players help

When I played the 16th's grace notes back in Finale ... it was sounding like it was too "timed" ... like it was playing back at a specific rhythmic value ... which I didn't/don't want. I just want them to be fast and sound like they're falling (or ripping/raising) to the desired note. That's why I u...
by wonder
Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:20 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: I need a horn players help
Replies: 4
Views: 967

I need a horn players help

I'm doing an arrangement and have a question about notation. This passage (audio file linked below) ... what's the proper way to notate this? 3-4 grace notes before each note looks like overkill but is it correct? How do you tell the player to "run up/down to each note"? Pictured below is what I hav...
by wonder
Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:47 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale not saving Keyword metadata to PDF
Replies: 1
Views: 631

Re: Finale not saving Keyword metadata to PDF

Does anyone else use MetaData for apps like ForScore, OnSong, etc?
by wonder
Tue Oct 19, 2021 1:49 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: MultiMeasure Rest Symbol Question
Replies: 5
Views: 1091

Re: MultiMeasure Rest Symbol Question

What?

It's not an actual rest but the graphic that is entered by Finale when you create a Multimeasure rest.
by wonder
Tue Oct 19, 2021 1:30 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: MultiMeasure Rest Symbol Question
Replies: 5
Views: 1091

MultiMeasure Rest Symbol Question

I have a group consisting of 2 staves. The way the drummer reads it is the top staff is the first X of play through and the bottom staff is the second X of play through. The top staff needs to have the standard multi-measure rest symbol and the bottom staff measures within the multi-measure rest nee...
by wonder
Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:41 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale not saving Keyword metadata to PDF
Replies: 1
Views: 631

Finale not saving Keyword metadata to PDF

MAC OS Finale 27 I'm printing a PDF by going to PRINT, then I select the parts I want, then selecting my part I wanna print, then bottom left pulling down to "SAVE AS PDF". When that dialog box pops up, I'm entering in metadata for "SUBJECT" and "KEYWORDS". Finale is saving the "SUBJECT" but not the...
by wonder
Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:13 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Justified Lyric Spacing on Lyric Sheet?
Replies: 14
Views: 2611

Re: Justified Lyric Spacing on Lyric Sheet?

miker wrote:
Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:09 pm
zuill wrote:
Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:02 pm
Lots of factors involved.
True. And one questions the thought behind it, anyway. A quick Google for images of songs with lyrics and chords show none with justified lyrics.
In order to get paid, I do what I'm asked to do. The client wants it, so I do it.
by wonder
Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:18 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Justified Lyric Spacing on Lyric Sheet?
Replies: 14
Views: 2611

Re: Justified Lyric Spacing on Lyric Sheet?

Thank you.

I am using the template and the Staff Style "Lyrics and Chords only"


I'm having to use the NOTE POSITION TOOL to manually drag each eighth note to space evenly. I've got 8 songs to do! :(
by wonder
Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:29 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Justified Lyric Spacing on Lyric Sheet?
Replies: 14
Views: 2611

Re: Justified Lyric Spacing on Lyric Sheet?

The lyrics.

The chords I can move manually.
by wonder
Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:34 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Justified Lyric Spacing on Lyric Sheet?
Replies: 14
Views: 2611

Justified Lyric Spacing on Lyric Sheet?

I've got a client who wants the lyrics to look more "justified" ... meaning all the lines start at the same place on the left margin and end on the same place on the right margin. Is there a way to evenly space out the hidden eighth notes that my lyrics are attached to across the measure so that the...
by wonder
Mon Jun 07, 2021 3:25 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Word/Lyric Chart in Finale
Replies: 2
Views: 837

Re: Word/Lyric Chart in Finale

zuill wrote:
Mon Jun 07, 2021 2:50 pm
Finale has a template for that.

Zuill
I never knew that. I'll check it out. Thanks.
by wonder
Mon Jun 07, 2021 1:33 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Word/Lyric Chart in Finale
Replies: 2
Views: 837

Word/Lyric Chart in Finale

I've never had to do this in Finale ... is it possible to do a generic lyric chart? Lyrics with chords and fretboard above the lyric(s). If not, I'm assuming I can just make lyrics in a word processing application and then somehow export my chords (fretboard image as well) and place them above the p...
by wonder
Tue Dec 01, 2020 6:56 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: JW and PATTERSON not working with Catalina?
Replies: 2
Views: 952

JW and PATTERSON not working with Catalina?

Since COVID, I haven't had to open Finale. :( Anyway ... I updated to Catalina a few weeks ago and today opened Finale 26.3.1 and it threw me errors on all my JW and PATTERSON plugs. I removed those folders from my Plugins folder and Finale opened and worked fine. Are those plugs not available for C...
by wonder
Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:09 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing fonts to clients' liking
Replies: 2
Views: 1207

Changing fonts to clients' liking

I have a basic template I use for all my starting points when hired for jobs. The basic text fonts are Broadway Copyist. If a client wants to see a different font for text blocks, lyrics, etc ... whats the best way to do that? Opening each file and changing each text block and lyric etc is so exhaus...
by wonder
Mon Jun 10, 2019 3:10 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing enharmonic Cb to B
Replies: 9
Views: 3957

Re: Changing enharmonic Cb to B

In the world of being hired for jobs, I don't tell people how technically wrong their requests are. We're all aware of key signatures and music theory.

This is what they want. So I'm giving it to them.
by wonder
Mon Jun 10, 2019 1:54 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing enharmonic Cb to B
Replies: 9
Views: 3957

Re: Changing enharmonic Cb to B

I'll try both of these suggestions. Thank you for the replies!
by wonder
Mon Jun 10, 2019 5:27 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing enharmonic Cb to B
Replies: 9
Views: 3957

Changing enharmonic Cb to B

There's another thread on the forum about changing enharmonic spellings of notes. I have to change a few charts from F# to Gb and the musician wants all Cb's to read as B's. I clicked on NOTE MOVER, then selected a single Cb note. Then clicked Search And Replace. I selected "In All Octaves", then "O...
by wonder
Thu Apr 18, 2019 10:50 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: How to move/align expression handles
Replies: 10
Views: 4158

Re: How to move/align expression handles

wonder, Instead of text expressions, use shape expressions. In the Shape Designer there is a Text Tool where you can create multiple text blocks. See the attached demo document. Thanks, Peter! I'm embarrassed to say I don't know the difference between Shape and Text expressions in terms of applicat...
by wonder
Thu Apr 18, 2019 6:23 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: How to move/align expression handles
Replies: 10
Views: 4158

Re: How to move/align expression handles

Looks like the handle is on the baseline of the first line of text, so you're out of luck if you want them aligned at the bottom. You could use guides to help align them. (Unfortunately, "snap to guides" snaps the handle to the guides, so you can't use that.) Have I set them up wrong? Is there a wa...