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by cornopean
Wed May 20, 2020 11:51 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: System margin too large now
Replies: 7
Views: 2685

Re: System margin too large now

Peter, that methods works fine in F2011. You are a star. Many thanks.

[I was only suggesting I upgrade as things will have moved on; not as a solution to this problem.]
by cornopean
Wed May 20, 2020 9:56 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: System margin too large now
Replies: 7
Views: 2685

Re: System margin too large now

Thank you for looking. I shall try both methods. Looks as if I should upgrade but have to watch the pennies. :wink:
by cornopean
Wed May 20, 2020 7:52 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: System margin too large now
Replies: 7
Views: 2685

System margin too large now

Some years ago I composed a clarinet quintet which I am converting into an organ piece. I started by imploding staves 2, 3,& 4 onto one stave before deciding how to redistribute the notes. I added organ staves from the Wizard then copied Stave 1 to the RH of the organ, the combined new stave to the ...
by cornopean
Wed May 15, 2019 8:55 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Rest not appearing
Replies: 2
Views: 1407

Re: Rest not appearing

motet wrote:You have to put a "real" whole rest in the other layer... Uncheck the Simple Entry option "Check for extra notes."
I actually knew that I needed to insert a 'real' rest but I didn't know about the second part of your answer which was exactly what I needed! Thank you.
by cornopean
Wed May 15, 2019 8:40 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Rest not appearing
Replies: 2
Views: 1407

Rest not appearing

I'm hoping I didn't ask this back in 2009 when I wrote this piece! I am just revising it. It is for SATB in short score. I cannot get the semibreve (full bar) rest to appear in the soprano part when both layers are visible. I know Finale will happily put a 4 beat rest in triple time if there is a ba...
by cornopean
Fri Apr 19, 2019 4:10 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Stack will not delete
Replies: 2
Views: 1418

Re: Stack will not delete

Wow - who knew? You did, obviously.

Another gem of knowledge in my store cupboard; thank you!
by cornopean
Fri Apr 19, 2019 2:38 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Stack will not delete
Replies: 2
Views: 1418

Stack will not delete

I was planning to use a previous piece as the starting point for a similar one so I loaded it and saved it as a new file name. The old piece had a pick up bar of 1 beat but was otherwise in triple time. How easy, I thought to delete the pick up bar and change the time to 4/4. It would not delete. I ...
by cornopean
Mon Dec 18, 2017 11:45 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Staves too small in new document
Replies: 4
Views: 2521

Re: Staves too small in new document

Thank you. Been using Finale since '97 and never used that menu via that route, but obvious now you I've been shown.

Is there a way to save these settings so that future documents created with the wizard will not do the same? Ordinary NEW documents are fine, Wizard ones always too small.
by cornopean
Sun Dec 17, 2017 2:02 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Staves too small in new document
Replies: 4
Views: 2521

Staves too small in new document

I used the New Document set up wizard today to start a new file. 2 voices + Piano (See file). The page view is microscopic although the staves are the correct size in scroll view. If I zoom to 400% and click on the stave with the percent tool it does not help solve the problem as it is all 100%. I'm...
by cornopean
Sun Sep 10, 2017 1:43 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: No playback
Replies: 4
Views: 3020

Re: No playback

More later. My Windows 7 machine plays Finale files OK so it must be a Win 10 thing. Any ideas? Will screen shots help or a list of that I've tried? EDIT* As of 11th Sep 2017 it is all working again after a Windows 10 update. I blame M$! I had also noticed that when I load Finale for the first time...
by cornopean
Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:37 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: No playback
Replies: 4
Views: 3020

Re: No playback

My Win 10 laptop has also just stopped playing back files (Finale 2011) which are/were previously known to work. In fact I get no sound from new files either. I only use playback via MIDI not VST which is not installed. Having looked this thread I can say: Have you recently installed an OS update? N...
by cornopean
Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:51 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Grace notes on the beat
Replies: 1
Views: 2653

Grace notes on the beat

I wrote version 1 of a bar and then decided it would look better with grace notes (it is folk music) but Finale plays the grace notes before the 2nd beat, i.e. it takes time out of the 2nd quaver. Is there a way to change that? I looked in the human playback options but did not find it.
by cornopean
Mon Dec 28, 2015 8:11 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Too small
Replies: 4
Views: 4052

Re: Too small

Thank you for a detailed reply. I have used the resize icon a lot but I must start to look under the bonnet more!
by cornopean
Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:24 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Too small
Replies: 4
Views: 4052

Re: Too small

Thank you Peter. I see what has happened. But how did it happen? When I start a default document the page format is as the image below which generally suits me. Until recently when I started a document with the wizard there was no problem, so I must some how have changed the settings. Is it possible...
by cornopean
Sun Dec 27, 2015 10:34 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Too small
Replies: 4
Views: 4052

Too small

Recently, on both my desktop and laptop, if I start a new piece using setup wizard the score page is tiny (see image). The percentages (page and staff) are OK, the page size is A4, and scroll view is fine but page view unusable. I think (when I last needed to start a piece) I rebooted and started ov...
by cornopean
Thu Nov 20, 2014 9:31 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Squashed music on speedy entry
Replies: 8
Views: 5636

Re: Squashed music on speedy entry

Peter Thomsen wrote: Try toggling “Automatic Music Spacing” off, and see what happens.
Thanks Peter, that seems to have done the trick.
by cornopean
Thu Nov 20, 2014 8:43 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Squashed music on speedy entry
Replies: 8
Views: 5636

Re: Squashed music on speedy entry

Sorry - I spoke too soon. Probems again today. To illustrate the issue see the image. I start a new default document OK I enter music with Speedy Entry and advance to the next bar OK I click out of the bar (as one might) the next bar instantly reduces in size Entering music in that bar means I have ...
by cornopean
Tue Nov 18, 2014 8:48 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Squashed music on speedy entry
Replies: 8
Views: 5636

Re: Squashed music on speedy entry

Did you use an old document to adjust it in the way PeterT suggested? Then maybe you have to go to page view and update the layout, there might be too many measures per line... Indeed, I tried to edit the document. Actually I was in scroll view so there were not too many bars per line. I think it i...
by cornopean
Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:43 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Squashed music on speedy entry
Replies: 8
Views: 5636

Re: Squashed music on speedy entry

@PeterT: This was promising; I widened the bars, saved and then added more bars. As soon as I used speedy entry to put in more notes the width of the bar suddenly reduced again and.... @PeterS: automatic spacing is on, but thank you as this was the thing I thought I had forgotten and it prompted me ...
by cornopean
Sun Nov 16, 2014 8:47 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Squashed music on speedy entry
Replies: 8
Views: 5636

Squashed music on speedy entry

I have used speedy entry for many years. My desktop PC has been upgraded from XP to Windows 7 [which may have nothing to do with the problem] and now I find that when I am entering a bar of common time (for example) there is not enough room to enter the music unless I click out of the bar and go bac...
by cornopean
Sat Apr 06, 2013 3:22 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: View Certain Parts in the Score
Replies: 2
Views: 2384

Re: View Certain Parts in the Score

In Finale 2011 which I have, select the Staff tool. I am also on Windows; not sure what you do on a Mac. 1. Click the small box to the left of the clef you want (i.e. Horn) (not the one to the left of the stave) 2. Now - as you hold down control - click the View menu: go to Program Staff Set. Click ...
by cornopean
Sat Nov 17, 2012 9:52 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Percussion help
Replies: 8
Views: 5330

Re: Percussion help

miker wrote: I didn't see an attached file .
It's there in the first post - at least i can see it - just above my signature and version of Finale I use.
by cornopean
Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:44 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Percussion help
Replies: 8
Views: 5330

Re: Percussion help

miker wrote: Please contact tech support, and complain.
OK I will do.

It would be interesting to know if the file I uploaded plays in Finale 2012.

So, it isn't that I don't understand VST, Aria, and Garritan then? (as all these are more or less mysteries to me through lack of time).
by cornopean
Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:42 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Percussion help
Replies: 8
Views: 5330

Re: Percussion help

Can anyone help?
by cornopean
Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:13 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Percussion help
Replies: 8
Views: 5330

Percussion help

If I use the set up wizard to create an orchestral score I cannot always hear the percussion. I have made a short example piece attached to this to show what I mean. I have simply set up the 4 instruments in the wizard and inserted some music; I have not adjusted any settings. On my system I do not ...