Finale Forum

Jasmine123 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:35 am

<<but I find it's easy to start the wrong way, in which case you have to start over.>>
How does one "start the wrong way." I, as a novice, don't understand how one can "start the wrong way?"

I suspect he meant by beginning to drag horizontally when he wanted to drag vertically.

I found myself getting into a bit of a muddle (maybe it's just my being nearly 82) when reorganizing a large score in twelve Finale files. I had originally had each scene start on a right-hand page, whether or not the preceding scene had ended on a left-hand page. This meant there were around half a...

… … … as I do note entry via computer keyboard. Excruciatingly laborious, right?… … … It doesn't have to be. I've entered thousands, 10s of 1,000s I suspect, of bars of music, including opera, sometimes for large vocal and orchestral forces, using the QWERTY keyboard, and I have become fluent and r...

What I do is enter the first note to define the triplet, then as necessary immediately back-space and change that note's value, which doesn't change the triplet value already established. All three triplets in the screenshot were entered in Speedy by entering a quaver (8th). In the second and third ...

OT (even more): in 1952, aged 12, I was taken sitting on top of a coach & four (horses) the 14 miles from Wisbech to Kings Lynn. Next to the coachman his colleague had a long, straight posthorn without valves on which he played traditional calls as we approached each inn along the road. People came ...

... if you want to do the tedious work, why do you use Perfect Layout to avoid it? … … …The question becomes why do you still use Finale if you deem it so lacking and underperforming to your standards and particular requirements? Exactly why I don't use or like Sibelius and Dorico. I have what work...

... if you want to do the tedious work, why do you use Perfect Layout to avoid it? … … …The question becomes why do you still use Finale if you deem it so lacking and underperforming to your standards and particular requirements? Exactly why I don't use or like Sibelius and Dorico. I have what work...

John Ruggero wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 20, 2022 4:26 pm

Does no one but me care about the MakeMusic Forum Archive? I have found it to be very useful at times and it is a pity if it is gone permanently.

It does seem to have disappeared, which is a pity, especially if it's permanent.

ebiggs1 wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 25, 2022 5:08 pm

Now's a good time to upgrade.

https://www.finalemusic.com/cyber-monday-2022/

Unfortunately it seems this offer is only for customers in the USA.

The student has now bought F 27, which may be my cue to get it too, even if (for now) I continue to use F26 for my own work.

I've received this from a student: For the past few days, I haven't been able to start Finale 25 on my Windows 11 computer. It hangs when starting up, and I wonder if it could be the license checking which is done over the internet or something else. I presume a Microsoft update has been applied tha...

John, when you installed F 27 I presume you had to re-set your programme preferences. eg Is automatic music spacing on or off & did you work with it on or off in F 25? Just a possibly irrelevant thought, but it might be worth comparing the preferences between the two versions of Finale. I've just ch...

John Ruggero, Did you ever upgrade from Finale v25 to Finale v26? I could be wrong, but I think that the articulation issue came with Finale v26. When I opened Finale 25 documents in Finale 26, I had to edit the articulations, and adjust the Positioning settings. I wish I could remember what it was...

I hope they get round to adding more of the full set of JW plug-ins to work in this way. One I've made considerable use of, but which doesn't seem to be in the current list, is JW conceal barlines. There are other ways to do it, but the JW plug-in is much the easiest.

Ah. The problem is that MacOS seems to be 'hiding' some of the fonts that are bundled with it -- even though they are technically enabled. Most apps can't use these fonts. I've no idea why. Times seems to have joined the ranks of these fonts.  … … … I never use Times New Roman intentionally, but Ti...

I'm unable to answer your question; but as I'm hoping to up-date everything, Mac hardware, OS *and* Finale before too long, I'll be interested to see what others may have to say about this.

One I've been using quite a lot recently which isn't included is JW Start New Piece, but otherwise this may tempt me to up-date everything sooner rather than later (Finale and Mac OS with new Mac hardware x 2).

For Horn in C you need to set the transposition to "Up Octave" in the Score Manager. But if you're making a performing edition, do everyone a favor and put the Horn parts entirely in F. As an orchestral librarian for over 25 years, I disagree with this recommendation. Generally, our horn (and trump...

I think you'll find he still reads the forum regularly, but has chosen not to contribute (for now at least).

Some of these keystrokes/shortcuts may have changed after F 2011. Either way, in F 26 and I'm pretty sure also F27 there are lists of all the available keyboard shortcuts in each of the main tools available by clicking on Keyboard Shortcuts in the Help menu along the top menu bar (at least in the Ma...

For me with Finale 26 on a Mac, I highlight the relevant bars (or press Command A to Select All), and then I key '4' for note spacing (or '5' for beat spacing). Automatic Update Layout should always be selected in Finale Preferences and usually also Automatic Music Spacing.

EDITED : I see you are on Windows. I've just tried typing Russian Cyrillic using Lyrics>Type into Score with Finale 26.3 and Mac 10.14.6 (Mojave). It works fine for me. I suspect it should work just as well on Windows. Could it be something to do with your choice of Lyrics font? The screenshot is w...

I remember something similar happening to me. I don't really remember why, but it MAY have been related to measure number regions. If in ‘Preferences - View’ you have ‘Display Defined Measure Numbers’ selected, try changing this to ‘Display Actual Measure Numbers’. This may be nothing at all to do w...

There is a Unicode hard hyphen available at U 2011 which might do what you want. You'd need to experiment with different fonts and font sizes to get it looking right, but that's what I did very recently when I was setting Rudyard Kipling's ballad The Young British Soldier where the poem itself has c...

Hey Mike, what's the exact sequence to preview the edit filter window? I go shift/alt/v and it's basically showing me a right-click window, which doesn't help.....I also tried shift/alt/c, no go either. I think the Windows combination is slightly different. Shif-Alt(Option)-Click is the Mac version...