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by smw_brighton
Mon Dec 18, 2023 2:18 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Split-measure plug-in when pickup measure is present
Replies: 11
Views: 3952

Re: Split-measure plug-in when pickup measure is present

The latter issue is almost certainly a result of the fontsize increasing, or the width of the label control decreasing - either of which would cause windows to truncate the text from the nearest space behind what can't be displayed. Since changing the control size would be deliberate, I'll go with i...
by smw_brighton
Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:47 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Version 27.4 coming
Replies: 43
Views: 18425

Re: Version 27.4 coming

The fact remains that most "bugs" or otherwise issues that people have with Finale is, they don't know how to use Finale or how it works. I really wish you would stop repeating this whenever someone suggests there is a bug within Finale. On what criteria (other than it works for you) are you basing...
by smw_brighton
Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:03 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: 35th anniversary sale
Replies: 10
Views: 5414

Re: 35th anniversary sale

I was actually tempted to upgrade when I read your post - until I saw their caveat: Offer ends December 1st, 2023. Offer only available for customers in the United States. Having been a UK Finale user since v3.7 I'd really like to know why I (alongside any other non-USA customer) am excluded from th...
by smw_brighton
Sun Jul 23, 2023 6:53 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity
Replies: 23
Views: 2974

Re: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity

Well... Having gone to the .exe to "run as administrator", I found TWO programs: "Finale.exe" and "Finale_v25.exe" (the latter is the one setup in the registry to process .musx files, and is the one which gets run from the start-menu shortcut). Instead of launching "Finale_v25.exe", I ran "Finale.ex...
by smw_brighton
Sun Jul 23, 2023 6:18 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity
Replies: 23
Views: 2974

Re: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity

I didn't customise anything - that is the directory structure created by the installer - and defined in the preferences. I have not changed anything in the folders prefs [except for "temp" files] since doing a clean install. FWIW - if I add the folder "Mickey Mouse" within it, Finale includes a plug...
by smw_brighton
Sun Jul 23, 2023 5:56 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity
Replies: 23
Views: 2974

Re: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity

After properly installing the RGP Lua plug-in into a RGP Lua folder (you named it RPG Lua), you should see it after relaunching Finale, but there is an extra step : launch it, click on Add and then Select File, locate the script and install it. Relaunch Finale. I didn't realise the name of the cont...
by smw_brighton
Sun Jul 23, 2023 5:02 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity
Replies: 23
Views: 2974

Re: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity

When you open the RGP Lua... plugin, is the Reset Lyric Baselines visible in the text box? As said previously - I am attempting to open the plug-in in order to add the script, but since the plug-in does not appear in the Finale plug-in menu (as per my previous screenshot) I cannot do this. Is there...
by smw_brighton
Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:55 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity
Replies: 23
Views: 2974

Re: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity

Is there any reason to continue using Finale 25 since you have Finale 26? Articulation placement. Unless I'm mistaken a new function was added with v26 which adjusted their positions when a v25 (or earlier) file was first loaded - sometimes doing so even if you said "no" when prompted whether you w...
by smw_brighton
Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:30 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity
Replies: 23
Views: 2974

Re: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity

Hi bakkumd - many thanks for posting - much appreciated. The Lua plugin you recommend promises to do exactly what I need. Sadly, the plug-in suffers the same issue - in that it does not appear in Finale after being installed. Despite being located in "C:\Program Files\Finale\Plug-ins\Lua\RPG Lua\RGP...
by smw_brighton
Sun Jul 23, 2023 1:19 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity
Replies: 23
Views: 2974

Re: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity

I had a try with the JW Change (syllables) plugin, but that did not do what I need (to 'undo' all manual changes [made using the little 4 triangles in Lyric mode] to baselines). After selecting all vocal lines and running the "vertical" option, none of the lyrics moved. Since I have a copy of Finale...
by smw_brighton
Sun Jul 23, 2023 11:38 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity
Replies: 23
Views: 2974

Re: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity

Good thinking... though having had a look at mine, they are not hugely different:

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But they ARE different...
by smw_brighton
Sat Jul 22, 2023 7:17 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity
Replies: 23
Views: 2974

Re: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity

Yep (I've been a Finale user since 1996) - as stated in my opening post, the preferences are set correctly.

All the JW plugins appear in Finale, so why some of the MM supplied ones are not doing so is really baffling...
by smw_brighton
Sat Jul 22, 2023 5:56 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity
Replies: 23
Views: 2974

Re: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity

A valid suggestion, but I'm editing the score.

The odd thing is that the "missing" plugins are not displayed at all (as opposed to being greyed out).
by smw_brighton
Sat Jul 22, 2023 4:51 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity
Replies: 23
Views: 2974

Finale 25.5 Plug-ins Peculiarity

I don't use plug-ins very much, but today I wanted to clear all manual lyric positioning in a score, so - having consulted the manual - went to the Plug-ins menu to select the Lyrics/Clear Lyric Positioning plug-in... except it wasn't there. The Lyrics menu appeared, but no submenus. When I tried ot...
by smw_brighton
Mon Jul 10, 2023 7:31 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: last breath
Replies: 76
Views: 573645

Re: last breath

I discovered Finale in the mid-nineties (Finale 95 - or was it 3.7 then?) and was bowled over by its ease of use - even in those relatively early years. I upgraded with almost every release up to (and including) v2014. It took me a while to purchase v25, as by then I was getting frustrated by the co...
by smw_brighton
Wed Nov 24, 2021 4:47 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Scale Expression with Attached Note
Replies: 4
Views: 1070

Re: Scale Expression with Attached Note

Thanks for the replies but unfortunately neither suggestion solves my problem. Setting a fixed size font does not stop Finale scaling the expression to the note-size. Since some of the expressions will be attached to 100% [scale] notes (as well as 70%) I would need to have 2 versions of each (and re...
by smw_brighton
Wed Nov 24, 2021 12:43 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Scale Expression with Attached Note
Replies: 4
Views: 1070

Scale Expression with Attached Note

I am using expressions to indicate instrument changes in a very large score as they can be configured with outlines much easier than if using text. I have created all the required expressions by making one, then duplicating it as required and changing the text to ensure they all have the same format...
by smw_brighton
Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:48 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dialog to set playback of individual notes
Replies: 4
Views: 1037

Re: Dialog to set playback of individual notes

@motet - yes that's it - thank you! Thanks also for the link to the documentation (that's one of the problems with manuals: if you don't know what wording/terminology you're looking for, things can be very difficult to find). @mmike - thank you - I didn't now that. Looks like that would be quicker i...
by smw_brighton
Fri Sep 24, 2021 7:24 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Dialog to set playback of individual notes
Replies: 4
Views: 1037

Dialog to set playback of individual notes

Several years ago (I forget which version of Finale I was using at the time) Zuill posted a keyboard shortcut which opened a dialog from which one could select individual notes and turn on/off their playback (amongst other things). As far as I know this dialog was undocumented - but for the life of ...
by smw_brighton
Mon Jun 28, 2021 8:13 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: F27 - "one week away"
Replies: 7
Views: 2533

Re: F27 - "one week away"

i'm still waiting for all the exciting new features and rapid bug fixes that makemusic promised when we paid them to refactor and rewrite the software in V25. So far, it doesn't exist. I have to say that I have been left feeling seriously underwhelmed by the supposed list of fixes in V27. Having bo...
by smw_brighton
Tue May 11, 2021 10:03 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 27 blog post
Replies: 32
Views: 7544

Re: Finale 27 blog post

miker wrote:
Tue May 11, 2021 6:06 pm
Agreed.

What they say:

Advanced sharing functionality
Standard Music Font Layout (SMuFL) support
Playback improvements
MusicXML 4.0
Quality-of-life updates and bug fixes


I'm most interested in the last.
I'm only interested in the last!
by smw_brighton
Sat Apr 17, 2021 12:55 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Change Standard Frame Defaults?
Replies: 7
Views: 2807

Re: Change Standard Frame Defaults?

I must admit it never occurred to me to use expressions instead of text blocks - that's definitely a better solution than what I've been doing. Thank you.
by smw_brighton
Fri Apr 16, 2021 3:19 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Change Standard Frame Defaults?
Replies: 7
Views: 2807

Re: Change Standard Frame Defaults?

Thanks miker. I guess I'll have to continue doing it manually then - a right pain as I'm inserting hundreds of instrument cue names into a vocal/conductor score. Sometimes I can use Copy/Paste with Text items only active - but this is still not an ideal solution. The inability to be able to set defa...
by smw_brighton
Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:55 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Change Standard Frame Defaults?
Replies: 7
Views: 2807

Change Standard Frame Defaults?

Every time I add a standard frame to text I have to manually change the Line Thickness, Round Corners and Inset Text settings to what I want. I cannot find a way to save these so that my chosen settings are used by default - is this possible?
by smw_brighton
Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:29 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Perfect Layout v1 - The ultimate plug-in for Finale released
Replies: 83
Views: 27982

Re: Perfect Layout v1 - The ultimate plug-in for Finale released

I emailed them last week with a question about licenses, got a reply later the same day, and as a result bought a Silver400 license. When I later had issues installing it they were extremely quick/helpful (and polite - considering the solution to my problem was already available on their website, bu...