I need help with a score I'm working on . . . .

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Mister Bebop
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Post by Mister Bebop » Sat Mar 21, 2020 8:23 pm

So I'm working on a score . . . I started with a file from Finale 2009. I used the New File Wizard in v26 and copied all the contents of the old file into the new one and everything was going okay.

Then when I looked at the last page of the score, it's huge while all the previous pages are the same (correct) size.

There are some other strange spacing problems going on, also. I was going to attach the file but it says it's too large (3.5 MB).

What on earth might be causing this? I give up, and I thank you in advance for your help!


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motet
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Post by motet » Sat Mar 21, 2020 10:23 pm

The page itself is huge, or the measures in the final system? Look at Document/Page Format/Score and make sure the page size is what you want. If not, change it, then go to the Page Layout tool and do "Redefine Pages."

As for your other spacing problems, it's hard to say without knowing what they are! Maybe post a screen shot of the measures in question.

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Post by motet » Sat Mar 21, 2020 10:24 pm

But even simpler, just open your F2009 file in F26! It should work.

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Post by Mister Bebop » Sun Mar 22, 2020 2:36 am

motet wrote:
Sat Mar 21, 2020 10:23 pm
. . . go to the Page Layout tool and do "Redefine Pages."
Excellent! That's all it took . . . really appreciate your help . . . thanks so much!!!

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