I'm interested to know how others handle the process of creating a book from multiple scores. I've been keeping each score as a separate file, exporting each file separately to a pdf, and then appending the pdf files to the book skeleton which I created in Latex. This works ok, but there are some shortcomings. One is that I have to format each score separately. If I need to adjust the left margin in one score, for example, I have to go back and do it for all the score files. Another problem is page numbers, since each file starts at pg1. What I currently do is suppress the page numbering in finale and then add it through a separate program to the exported pdfs after they are joined.
Is there a better way to handle this process?
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I thought score/parts was for situations where you have an orchestration, for example, and you want to print out a separate cello part without all the other parts.
I'm trying to handle a different situation. Say you are compiling a children's album of 50 or so short pieces. How do I chain them together into one finale file. They each have a title. Maybe 1 piece has 3 staves, maybe the second piece has 4 staves.
I'm trying to handle a different situation. Say you are compiling a children's album of 50 or so short pieces. How do I chain them together into one finale file. They each have a title. Maybe 1 piece has 3 staves, maybe the second piece has 4 staves.
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They way I have done it for books of small pieces is just what you did. Yes, the frustration is having to change something in Finale which might affect every PDF in the book, so be sure to do the PDF compilation at the last minute. You can make the page numbers work in Finale with an offset, but your way of doing it is easier.
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Page offset seems fine if there are not parts. With parts whose length varies, there are various tricks such as changing the offset only for the print to PDF, or making umpteen sets of page numbers and doing lots of hiding, but adding page numbers in the PDF realm is much simpler for me.
There's also the Score Merger, but I'm guessing it's bug-ridden.
There's also the Score Merger, but I'm guessing it's bug-ridden.
