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lesterbeat
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| Posted 11/1/2009 11:21 PM (GMT -5) |   | My 1st Finale score is almost ready to print. I've gone through all the parts and moved things around and they look very good. The only problem is a lot of passages get split onto different lines( for instance a 2 measure phrase starts on the last measure of one line and continues all the way to left and down a line). They are still readable but not perfect. Is there a solution for this?
Also, I can make pdf files for all the parts and score but is there a way to make all the parts appear in one pdf file?
Then there is one other problem that comes up: one page of the score (and it's a different page every time) turns from landscape to portrait and everything is much bigger. I fix it be redefining the pages but I don't know why this is happening.
And then while I have your attention: I am unable to use the keys to switch articulations and dynamics. The numbers don't have any effect on the selection.
Thanks for your help and my apologies for not posting separate posts.
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lesterbeat
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| Posted 11/2/2009 3:50 AM (GMT -5) | | Thanks, Fit MEasures works great. Still no luck with the metatool shortcuts. I can use the arrows to select but the number keys don't have an effect. Even with double tapping.
Thanks,
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lesterbeat
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| Posted 11/4/2009 7:16 PM (GMT -5) | | | Would you ind describing the process in Preview? | | Back to Top | |
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| Posted 11/4/2009 7:17 PM (GMT -5) | |
Skjalg said...Preview is a fantastic tool for merging PDFs. A band arrangement with score and parts (about 20 multi-page PFDs) takes a minute, maybe two, to save to PDFs and manually merge into one file. Not that easy at all on the planet Windows.
Umm... Adobe Acrobat can merge my .pdfs quite easily in just a few seconds, thanks.
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lesterbeat
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| Posted 11/4/2009 7:32 PM (GMT -5) | | | Acrobat works but I think there's a problem with intel macs or something ion newer mac os that makes saving pdfs not work. With Acrobat I get everything perfect but it won't save as a pdf. | | Back to Top | |
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Mike Rosen
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| Posted 11/4/2009 7:49 PM (GMT -5) | | Skjalg said...
Preview is a fantastic tool for merging PDFs. A band arrangement with score and parts (about 20 multi-page PFDs) takes a minute, maybe two, to save to PDFs and manually merge into one file. Not that easy at all on the planet Windows.
It doesn't take me much longer than that to do it with PDF Creator. And it lets me do a lot of other things, too. And it's free! (Yes, I know Preview is free, too. But you have to buy a Mac, which I won't do.)
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jazzer*austin
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| Posted 11/5/2009 12:51 AM (GMT -5) | | lesterbeat said...
Still no luck with the metatool shortcuts. I can use the arrows to select but the number keys don't have an effect. Even with double tapping.
It's the 2nd time you said "number keys".
The metakey is the number or letter in the upper right of each articulation, not the number on the upper left.
For the Articulation tool, you hold down the metakey and click the notehead itself.
If you want to switch articulations from a pre-existing one, you click it, so it's selected, and tap the metakey.
Try an articulation you already have, select it by clicking its box so it's black, and tap number 1. It should be FFFF.
Try all the numbers and it goes from FFFF to PPPP.
Does that work?
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lesterbeat
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| Posted 11/5/2009 4:35 AM (GMT -5) | | That totally works. It's evident I made some assumptions about the keys. I wasn't able to change the dynamics as you describe but I'm sure I'll figure it out. Thanks so much.
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