Finale Forum

I'd suggest you leave the digital stuff out and just make a score and parts for the live musicians, as long as your client seems to be OK with that. I'm assuming the live musicians are being recorded separately from the digital tracks. Are they listening to the digital tracks on headphones? I do a b...

Does this picture help? The plugin works just fine; the Measure Tool changes the barline style just fine.

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With the Measure Tool, double click on the measure that has the dashed barline and pick the double bar from the menu.

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Use the Split Measure plugin (Plugins > Measures) and then use the Measure Tool to add the double bar.

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mil78, I'd suggest if you don't already, follow this group regularly. Some of your concerns have been addressed already (Preferences, slurs flying high off the notes, etc.). The Finale experience here goes very deep - many of us make a living using Finale and have come to terms with its shortcomings...

It doesn't appear that the Barre bracket is available in a default document (Why I don't know). The Help files for both Finale 2012 and 25 both refer to "creating your own shape". Here is a page from the Finale 25 manual - you should have a corresponding page in your 2007 manual. https://usermanuals...

I'd very much like to see your letter. Do we know what it takes for a new member to be allowed to post? A period of time? A certain number of posts?

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I'm using Excel, so I can post that if anyone's interested. I'd be interested, but I'm not sure I would ever abandon my system as described above. Most of my scores have differing stave spacing on each page, depending on the density or looseness of vertical space. Using a scaling percentage assures...

I do this all the time. Instead of a measurement, I use the percentage scaling (Space above each selected staff > Scale to XX%).

Just pick a percentage above 100% and hit OK. Repeat if necessary, scaling back the percentage as you near the finish point.

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Go to Utilities > Rebeam > Rebeam to Time Signature and rebeam as below.

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Check to see how your time signature is set up for the 6/8 measures. In the dialog, it should not be "6 - eighth notes" but "2 - dotted quarters". Then you'll get the beaming you want.

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You're using a "Keyless" key signature in your target file at the second key change. Just a wild guess but that might be the problem.

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jjm wrote:N Grossingink: You can see the issue in the OP's image. The repeat is missing its bar line.

I see that now - sorry. I didn't scroll down to reveal the entire screenshot. The one on top looks OK.

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I haven't the faintest idea of what you or the original poster want to accomplish. However, if you want to make an expression position itself without having to tweak each and every one, go to the Expression Designer and hit the "Positioning" tab. The thick barline is already set to center itself on ...

…the Selection Tool UI in 2008; the Expressions framework in 2009 For me, these were major improvements to Finale and really the last 2 improvements I use on a per-engraving job basis. All of the others, like the clunky Staff Tool and Score Manager, I've learned to put up with. Give me my stacking ...

You say you "liked" Finale 2014.5. If that version worked well for you, why aren't you using it? Just because you own version 25, doesn't mean you have to put up with the kind of substandard performance you describe.

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Did you restart the computer after installing Finale 25?

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Try downloading Finale 2014.5 and specify a "Custom Install" of fonts only.

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motet wrote:Which are not?

It's my guess that the ones that are not still available are the older ones whose features were rolled into a later, more comprehensive version. For instance, Staff Polyphony greatly enlarged the features of 1 or 2 smaller plugins.

Are you missing one?

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I have a tabloid score and set the page size to letter size (Page Layout Tool). Then, used the Resize Tool to resize the pages to about 60%. It looked OK but the staves and notation were teeny tiny. This was a score for large orchestra - if your score has fewer staves, such a resizing might work out...

zuill wrote:I have used the JW Plugin Tool for years, but is it available for v25? I don't recall having seen it. I know it is there for versions up to 2014.5.

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No, not for F25 64 bit.

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seems like it, mine definitely does not look like this strangely enough file properties say: created 18-nov-15, modified 17-apr-13 (!), old nevertheless, I suppose where can I find a new version? (Windows) While you're at it, download the JW Plugin Tool. It's designed to let you know if your JW plu...

Deacon Don wrote:I'm also having trouble printing parts. Nothing appears in the print window.

Take a look at this:
https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/ ... x-Windows-

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Make sure the checkbox in this picture is unchecked.

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Yes. I would put simile or sim. above the first slash.

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