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by MikeHalloran
Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:46 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: What paper do you print on?
Replies: 17
Views: 12994

Re: What paper do you print on?

I use #20 for proofs only. #24 for one-time use or combo charts that I store in non-glare sheet protectors for use with ring binders. http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/498761/Office-Depot-Brand-Top-Loading-Sheet/ Normally, these are the only ones that I print myself. #32 for scores/parts that I ...
by MikeHalloran
Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:09 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: garbage from old piece
Replies: 30
Views: 19183

Re: garbage from old piece

Why not just create blank templates for your use.
by MikeHalloran
Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:54 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: MakeMusic forum
Replies: 29
Views: 21841

Re: MakeMusic forum

Peter Thomsen wrote:I am signing in to MM’s forum with the Google Chrome browser (in Mac OS).
Same here. I click on the link in the upper right to sign in—anywhere else, it leads me 'round red robin's barn.

To call it disorganized is an understatement.
by MikeHalloran
Tue Feb 07, 2017 11:35 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: PDF eighth note flag anomaly
Replies: 21
Views: 20935

Re: PDF eighth note flag anomaly

motet wrote:I suspect there's a confusion in terms. What does "export to PDF mean"? "Print as PDF"? "Save as PDF" (per BuonTempi--does such a thing exist?)? The term "Export" is only used in the Graphic tool, no?
In Finale, with regards to .pdf, yea.
by MikeHalloran
Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:19 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: PDF eighth note flag anomaly
Replies: 21
Views: 20935

Re: PDF eighth note flag anomaly

Do the Graphics Tool Export method On the official MM site there's an indication that Finale's Mac export to pdf is buggy When you say "Mac Export to PDF is buggy", do you mean Save As PDF, or Export Graphic as PDF, because the latter contradicts your previous statement. I see no contradiction in w...
by MikeHalloran
Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:01 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Re: Lyrics + rhythmic notation for chord charts
Replies: 9
Views: 5555

Re: Lyrics + rhythmic notation for chord charts

I wouldn't use Photoshop for editing PDFs from Finale. For starters, you'll massively increase the filesize when you save as a bitmap image, and secondly, you've converted your crisp vectors to bitmap. Use a vector drawing package like Affinity Design or iDraw on the Mac, or Inkscape (free, open so...
by MikeHalloran
Tue Feb 07, 2017 8:40 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Re: Lyrics + rhythmic notation for chord charts
Replies: 9
Views: 5555

Re: Lyrics + rhythmic notation for chord charts

I prefer to do this all in Finale, if possible. If you enter the rhythm for the lyrics in another layer, keep the option to hide the notes, but select the option to show the lyrics. If you don't want to have the notes play back, there are ways to accomplish that as well. Zuill Yep. That works and h...
by MikeHalloran
Tue Feb 07, 2017 8:30 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: PDF eighth note flag anomaly
Replies: 21
Views: 20935

Re: PDF eighth note flag anomaly

Do the Graphics Tool Export method above and see if that fixes you up for next time. It's a few extra steps but, if it works, it works. You can use Preview to glue pages together when necessary—if you don't know how, I'll post that (Acrobat Pro is so much faster but most people wouldn't buy it just ...
by MikeHalloran
Tue Feb 07, 2017 2:37 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hyphenation of Italian words
Replies: 5
Views: 4890

Re: Hyphenation of Italian words

miker wrote:Maybe this?

https://www.ushuaia.pl/hyphen/?ln=en
I was going to recommend another site but I like this one better. Thanks!
by MikeHalloran
Tue Feb 07, 2017 2:23 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Re: Lyrics + rhythmic notation for chord charts
Replies: 9
Views: 5555

Re: Lyrics + rhytmic notation for chord charts

Hi. I'm wondering if there's any way to add lyrics to a chord chart containing rhythmic notation for a guitar strumming pattern. In other words, the staff contains the guitar rhythm, but I need to add lyrics below the guitar staff, which have a different rhythm. I've tried attaching the lyrics to a...
by MikeHalloran
Mon Feb 06, 2017 10:39 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: PDF eighth note flag anomaly
Replies: 21
Views: 20935

Re: PDF eighth note flag anomaly

… Finale does give different results if you Save As PDF or if you Save As PostScript and then 'distill' the PS file, either with Adobe Distiller or Apple's Preview … Actually there is a third way which may - or may not - give a third, different result (depending on the Finale version): Graphics Too...
by MikeHalloran
Mon Feb 06, 2017 10:34 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: PDF eighth note flag anomaly
Replies: 21
Views: 20935

Re: PDF eighth note flag anomaly

The O.P. has a Mac, Ron. Different animal. Does that mean that Finale pdf export works trouble-free on the Mac and that there are no other programs available for creating pdfs? Basically, yes. There are third party cheapo .pdf tools for the Mac. I've never found one worth the time and effort, howev...
by MikeHalloran
Mon Jan 30, 2017 10:49 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: How to get "-" to play as minor chords
Replies: 6
Views: 4241

Re: How to get "-" to play as minor chords

Doable per this old link that refers back to F-2012. Unfortunately, it's missing the graphics but it's the best I can find.

https://blogs.online.berklee.edu/tomrud ... rd-suffix/
by MikeHalloran
Mon Jan 30, 2017 7:52 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Help! Finale quits on Print
Replies: 6
Views: 3973

Re: Help! Finale quits on Print

It's a Hail Mary but it might work. Sometimes paths become corrupted and need to be rebuilt—here's how on a Mac: Do a Safe Boot by holding the Shift key on startup. Eventually, you'll come to a login screen into your User account. Once in, it will rebuild all of your desktop icons. When done, restar...
by MikeHalloran
Sun Jan 29, 2017 7:02 pm
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Monitor Eye Candy
Replies: 4
Views: 3815

Re: Monitor Eye Candy

If your Mac has a Thunderbolt port, a simple adapter is all you should need. If not, there may be issues and additional steps you need to take to make a 4K display work — if it can.
by MikeHalloran
Sun Jan 29, 2017 6:44 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Printing to PDF
Replies: 6
Views: 4207

Re: Printing to PDF

Ronald J Brown wrote:I've bene using Finale since version 2002 and, as far as I remember, it has always been like this. Page sizes have to match across the board.
You are not on a Mac. Printing changed in 25.
by MikeHalloran
Sun Jan 29, 2017 6:37 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Printing to PDF
Replies: 6
Views: 4207

Re: Printing to PDF

As you have discovered, both Finale's and Apple's page setup have to match. This is new to 25 and takes some getting used to.

Last time I looked at the Help files, they weren't accurate in this regard and only added to the confusion. I hope that MM gets that fixed.
by MikeHalloran
Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:49 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Out of range notes.
Replies: 20
Views: 12827

Re: Out of range notes.

motet wrote:It's fairly common.
Just make the mistake of writing it, however. In a chamber or solo piece, you're fine. In an orchestral or band arrangement, every flute player will take it upon him/herself to point out to you that no one will hear it.

I was young once.
by MikeHalloran
Thu Jan 26, 2017 4:48 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Upgrade from Finale 2012 to 25?
Replies: 17
Views: 13219

Re: Upgrade from Finale 2012 to 25?

miker wrote:But most Mac applications don't lose focus.
That's a new trick available to programmers. It's designed to let you know which windows are on the top layer. For all those complaining that it's a bug, I got some bad news...
by MikeHalloran
Thu Jan 26, 2017 4:40 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: download only garritan
Replies: 9
Views: 7941

Re: download only garritan

Sorry, I haven't been looking at the full list. I need to install on my older Windows machine running XP and Finale 2011. Here what it shows for me: Capture.PNG I would prefer using 2011 on that machine, and not 2014. It is to heavy. But maybe Garritan for 2014 will work for 2011? When you update a...
by MikeHalloran
Wed Jan 25, 2017 10:00 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Upgrade from Finale 2012 to 25?
Replies: 17
Views: 13219

Re: Upgrade from Finale 2012 to 25?

miker wrote: Michelp,
I have found that a quick click in the menu bar returns focus.
...as it does in every Mac application.
by MikeHalloran
Wed Jan 25, 2017 9:56 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: download only garritan
Replies: 9
Views: 7941

Re: download only garritan

Yea, the installer file has two installers. Assuming the OP profile is correct (is it?), the first one is for Finale 2014.5 and the second is for Garritan/Aria. Both must be run in order to install. There is no separate installer for GIFF.

2014.5 is 32bit/Universal.
by MikeHalloran
Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:44 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: "canno delete file"" The system cannot find the path specifi
Replies: 22
Views: 17691

Re: "canno delete file"" The system cannot find the path spe

Any chance that you have both 2014 and another version installed such as 2014.5?

You may have more than one Preferences file and are looking in the wrong place.
by MikeHalloran
Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:38 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Question about lyrics
Replies: 10
Views: 5677

Re: Question about lyrics

One can manually adjust the settings for any given syllable, to fine tune things. There is a caveat: all verses attached to one note share the same manual setting. One can still nudge syllables individually under the same note, but they still share the alignment and justification settings. I recall...
by MikeHalloran
Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:29 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Upgrade from Finale 2012 to 25?
Replies: 17
Views: 13219

Re: Upgrade from Finale 2012 to 25?

Do not update. Finale 2012 is the fastest Finale on OS X. You will just struggle... If attaching hairpins is not a break-deal for you, don't do it. Unless you need some of the features that don't work in OS 10.10 or later. Not everyone has your problems. Finale 25.2 works well for me once I figure ...