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I understood from Scoring Notes (but someone please correct me if I'm wrong) that any articulations added or adjusted in F 26 when a F 25 (or earlier) file is opened in F 26 are liable to display with wrong positions when opened in 25 or earlier, but that articulations that have not been added or ch...

This is what I get on the MM site. UK standard VAT is at 20%, which comes to $29.80, so I think that's what the tax shown is: UK VAT. I presume that if I buy it directly from the MM site, there will be no problem with authorization codes, as my serial number seems to be showing automatically a littl...

John Ruggero wrote:As you know, M. M. means "Mälzel's Metronome"… … …

I'd forgotten that (if I ever did know). Fascinating, anyway, and confirms how irrelevant its use would be nowadays.

Yes, I just got that e-mail from AlfredMusic(UK) too. I might not have looked at it properly had in not been for your post here, so thanks for that.

Hector Pascal wrote:I was just wondering whether to put M.M. in front of my metronome marking… … …

It's completely unnecessary. It's clutter and adds nothing useful. Most published scores don't have it.

Maybe try Preferences > Edit > Automatically Constrain Dragging (Press Shift to Temporarily Disable).

John335 wrote:So, I just downloaded PDF to music pro and I got this window when I went to install it;

That can be ignored, it won't stop it from working OK until (so it's predicted) the OS after Mojave.

… … …I confirm, on the Mac. Alt key does not work when combined with up/down arrow keys. Ha! I've found the answer. Hold down both the option (alt) and the command keys on a Mac. With both the option and the command keys held down, a selected stave will move up or down independently using the arrow...

Don't know how/if it works on a Mac, but in Windows, using the Staff Tool, after selecting any staff, you can move it up and down with just the up/down arrow (at least on my keyboard).… … … On my Macs you can only use the arrows to move a stave in such a way that the staves below in the same system...

edierobin wrote:Make sure you select

MIDI Audio/PLayback through MIDI before exporting

The next dialogue box will have a button to selct....MP3

Not usually on a Mac. Export as AIFF then convert to MP3 in iTunes, as suggested by Peter Thomsen, is normally the way to do it on a Mac.

What has made this old cynic uncharacteristically mildly optimistic is the speeding up with Mac and high resolution monitors: enough reason for me to buy v 26 if true.

It's not free, but on a Mac I find PDFpen useful for this sort of thing and inexpensive. Also, I think it's possible buontempi of this forum (benwiggy of notat.io) may have created free software you can download via a link he'll provide that does what you want plus a lot more (I use it for watermark...

Despite my natural pessimism and habit of mocking just about everything (most of all myself), I think this is maybe beginning to look good.

I think it is OK to use Italics without quotes in English as well as in French when referring to the title of a piece. I hope so! I do it frequently and it's never been questioned. Another difference is in capitalization, as you will know Michel, but I'll repeat it as some on the forum may be less s...

… … …If this were an orchestral part, showing the middle of the measure is safest since the musicians might be sight-reading and error-avoidance is at a premium… … … There are triple dots across entire bars in Bruckner symphonies. They don't cause a problem, even at first rehearsal (in my experienc...

Could there be a work around with layers, reduced size note, hidden tuplets & hidden rests? Complicated, but might 1) transfer to parts and 2) allow subsequent application of note spacing.

FWIW I like the double dots.

I suppose if the music is rigidly beat driven, then showing the middle of the bar is a good idea; but if it is expressive and potentially slightly flexible, I see nothing wrong with the double dots, which also avoid the clutter of a tie.

I've experimented a bit, but haven't found a definitive answer.

... … …Now back on Mac, but it is so slow. Mac slowness with F 25.5 seems fickle. On my 12 inch slim MacBook, with 8 GB RAM, 500 GB SSD (less than half full), and retina display, running OS 10.13.6, I have no noticeable slowing. This is when connected to an external non-retina 24 inch portrait orie...

On a Macintosh, the "File Info" pane lists fonts in use for a particular file. File Info seems to list a lot of fonts that are not in active use in a file. For example, I've just checked one of mine and the Jazz fonts are listed, although I've never used them (in any file). Also I see both Times an...

Thanks for the fascinating info, Zuill: very interesting, especially your family link.

As of today, the latest news is that all is well, and F25 will, in fact, work with Mac Mojave. https://www.finalemusic.com/blog/finale-mojave-compatibility-update/?_ga=2.227737117.1097850384.1537210983-1461059733.1498075845 Always good to know ‘in case’ (eg if one had to replace computer with a new...

What I seem to remember about using chromatic transposition is that there are missing accidentals (there but not visible) when one copies and pastes between instruments with different transpositions. One can use the TGTools plug-in to unfreeze this, but it is a definite hazard and best avoided.

… … …David, what happens if you apply -7, 1? This is what I get a) with -6, 2 b) in concert pitch and c) -7, 1 How are you entering the notes? If entered with the QWERTY (or equivalent) keyboard if you enter an F sharp directly in the transposed part you get it as an F double sharp because it has a...

How very strange. I get the correct transposition with interval -6, key alter 2 whatever the accidentals.