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I don't know what happened....but all of a sudden it let me save it at the correct sized PDF!

I don't print this size normally so hopefully that's it, haha. Thanks for all the suggestions though.

Unfortunately when I add a printer, I don't get all those fancy options to set.

Many people have complained about printing or exporting to PDF from Finale. It appears the best way is to print to a virtual PDF printer such as Cute PDF or PDF Creator, which I have used for a long time without any problems, printing to any page size. Make sure that at the first Print Dialog you h...

motet wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:56 am

If exporting pages from the graphics tool menu, make sure you specify PDF, not some graphics format. Since PDF is vector art, it should look good.

I definitely clicked 'PDF'.

• File -> Page setup should have the correct Paper size and orientation • Document -> Page format should have the correct parameters, applied with the Page LayoutTool -> Redefine Pages -> All Pages • In the Print window, the Paper size should be correct, too Then, in the Print window, Pdf -> Save a...

miker wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:51 pm

Have you tried using the Graphics Tool to export as a PDF?

Yes, I mentioned I tried that already. Looks terrible.

I have done this before and it worked fine. For some reason, I cannot save my 11x14 score as a pdf. Argh. I keep getting a "invalid paper size" error. I have tried saving as a graphic but that looks terrible. What am I missing?

Thanks,
T.

When I checked the 'general' system margins...they looked fine. But when I checked the SPECIFIC system that was the problem...I made the margin much smaller and now it seems to be ok. So I apologize to the person who told me to check the system margins. Obviously I didn't check the correct margin. T...

Still running into the problem. Margins are all fine and it is only on a couple of pages. Oh well. I will HAVE to figure out a workaround.

Argh.

motet wrote: ↑

Sun May 15, 2022 3:03 pm

Did you try my suggestion above with respect to the system (not page) margin?

Yes...no luck. But thanks. I have now hidden all empty staves and will begin at the beginning of the score again, now with several systems per page. Hopefully I won't run into this problem again.

T.

I actually cleared all items. So there's nothing but measures and instrumentation. If I make the page size smaller, that may fix the problem...or create new ones. I'm trying to use exactly what I have on my computer to show the problem. I guess that's not possible. Well, hopefully when I hide staves...

Ok, deleted the notes. Here's the whole thing. Page 40 and 71 seem to have the dragging up problem. I only really looked at the first half of the piece so later you'll see the systems at various levels as I hadn't tried to adjust them yet. I now realize (it has been a while since I created an full o...

How do I just take a few pages out of my finale document and save as finale document? I'd rather not post the entire piece here.

Thanks,
T.

mmike wrote: ↑

Wed May 11, 2022 2:50 pm

instead of trying to drag systems, check your page margins so that they are the same on top of all pages
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and also check your system margins so that the ones on the top of pages are also the same

I checked...page margins should all be the same. Still won't budge.

I was able to 'fix' it (not really) by dragging all of the other ones down to where the problem one was. But I'd really rather actually fix it. Now the other 3 movements will have to be dragged down as well. I'm attaching a screenshot. The page on the right is the one with the problem. It won't drag...

I am working on a full orchestra score and most pages are fine when I try to 'even' up all the tops of the systems. But...occasionally there is a page where it refuses to be dragged up (staff-drag). I have unlocked systems, moved things via page layout....just trying to figure it out. Nothing. Argh....

Why can't you just make one very long measure? In this example it's one measure of 300 16th (time signature hidden), I then quickly entered any amount of notes (randomly, excuse the content, not meant to be music ...). If it's longer then your page width, you can break it up with the Split Measures...

So basically still jumping through hoops. Seems like such a simple idea...freeform writing! Can't believe they haven't added this to Finale in all these years.

Thanks,
T.

We would like to write JUST a cadenza for a solo instrument. We've done this before within a piece (this time there will be no 'piece', just the cadenza alone) and had to count it out and create time signatures for each measure, then hide the time signatures and barlines, etc. Seems to me Finale sho...

I just got a new iMac (with Mojave) and I'm trying to authorize Finale and it just keeps crashing. I went online to my account and de-authorized my old mac. This version was working fine on my old Mac (also with Mojave) so I'm not sure what's going on. I really need to use it....help!

T.

I've gone back to the score (saved a new score just for cues!) and I'm using the Cue plugin to add cues to the entire thing. Once I have parts afterwards, I'll adjust what I need. Thanks

T.

Well I'm only on the 1st part out of 4 so I guess I could go back to the score and do it there first and then re-extract the parts...and of course, delete all the cues from the score afterwards because they shouldn't be in there. Why hasn't Finale come up with a better way of adding cues? Does anyon...

I've extracted a part (because otherwise sizes will change in the score, etc...) and I need to add cues during a section where the instrument is playing. It's easy to add to rests and change the notesize. But for some reason if I select a different layer and try to "paste" in notes from a part, it j...

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too.....

Anyone know how I should notate this? They are fifths (on viola) both with the diamond harmonic a 1/4 above but the top note will be on top of the diamond if they notes are on top of each other like a regular doublestop. I've attached a picture of what I have (sort of next to each other).

Thanks,
T.