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Sophie
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| Posted 5/7/2008 11:20 AM (GMT -6) |   | Does the score look ok in Finale page view, in other words is it properly scaled so you can see the "paper" edges and the score in the right proportions?
In the "Page Format" dialogs from the Options menu there are several different percentage options, which makes it a little complicated, and after setting these you also need to do stuff in the Page Layout tool, it is worth checking the displayed percentages in the dialogs and then doing "Redefine Pages", I can't check your file because my latest version of Finale is 2007. | | Back to Top | |
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jcotton
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| Posted 5/7/2008 11:21 AM (GMT -6) | | Thanks, Sophie. Yes, everything looks perfect in Finale itself. I'm away from my desk at the moment but I will try your suggestions when I get home.
Doesn't "Redefine Pages" undo all the layout formatting though? | | Back to Top | |
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Sophie
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| Posted 5/7/2008 11:42 AM (GMT -6) | | | Yes that would change your page formatting but I was suggesting it just to see whether it showed where your problem was, its interesting that someone else could print it OK, so perhaps its just some setting as you have suggested. Good luck! | | Back to Top | |
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jcotton
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| Posted 5/7/2008 1:03 PM (GMT -6) | | | Wiggy, yes that occurred to me as well, although I did add a "chamber music" custom size to accomodate my page set up. But perhaps the dimensions are entered incorrectly.... | | Back to Top | |
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jcotton
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| Posted 5/7/2008 5:31 PM (GMT -6) | | Well, I give up. The harp part is printing as it should, but both the viola and flute parts are "corrupted" in this way. I've compared every possible value between the files I can think of, to no avail.
So I start from scratch with the flute and viola. God, I hate technology. If I ever write another piece of music it's going to be by hand, in pencil. | | Back to Top | |
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Mike Rosen
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| Posted 5/7/2008 7:05 PM (GMT -6) | | jcotton,
If you got one of the parts printing properly, try copying that document, clearing all the notes, and pasting in the notes from one of the bad ones. If that prints properly, that would point to a confused setting somewhere.
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Sophie
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| Posted 5/8/2008 10:08 AM (GMT -6) | | | Is this a problem with linked parts, what would happen if you cut/pasted everything in the part into a new score document similar to what Mike is saying but a completely separate file? | | Back to Top | |
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jcotton
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| Posted 5/9/2008 12:35 PM (GMT -6) | | | |
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Tim Rowland
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| Posted 5/9/2008 6:05 PM (GMT -6) | | | Hi Jeffery,
Check my attachment (test-part2)! Zoom in about 800% and you'll see it's my chart, even though at postage stamp size it looks the same.
As weird as it seems, the problem seems to be the multi-measure rests. I did two tests (after what happened to mine) on your chart. I deleted everything after the first multi-measure rest (4-bar at top of 2nd page), and the PDF was postage stamp size (jcotton). I also deleted the 4-bars rest, and it prints perfectly (jcotton2). Go figure!
Try it for yourself and see if you get the same results - at least if you can reproduce, we are on the way to sorting something out.
Cheers,
Tim
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DCrocker
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| Posted 5/15/2008 12:28 AM (GMT -6) | | I have this problem with any parts created with Fin2008 and Vista. Scores print OK.
The parts print OK with Fin2008 and XP.
(Affected are both PS and HPGL sides of my HP LaserJet, a PDF printer, and Adobe's generic PS driver.)
I have found no solution.
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