Mark Adler said...
Good afternoon everyone!

I’m pleased to announce that Finale 2014.5 is now available for download. Finale 2014.5 is a free upgrade for all Finale 2014 owners.

Finale 2014.5 incorporates new features, bug fixes, and significant modernization of Finale code.

The installation of Finale 2014.5 will not change your existing Finale 2014 installation, but installs as a new separate application. There is no need to delete or uninstall 2014d before installing 2014.5.

Features added in this release include:

• Options to automatically create double barlines before key changes
  
• The ability to change sample rates
  
• A means to quickly and easily reorder staves
  
• Enhanced MusicXML and EPUB support
  
• Options to automatically create double barlines before key changes
  
• The ability to save SmartMusic accompaniments with premium VST/AU instrument sounds, including the provided Garritan sounds
  
• Updated SmartScore X2 Lite scanning software, with many improvements in core musical features such as beams, augmentation dots, and tuplets

All plug-ins provided with the update have also been modernized, and many have been enhanced, including Finalescript, Global Staff Attributes, Latin Percussion, TG Tools Lite, Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing and more. Finale’s documentation was also overhauled, offering vastly improved search results and compatibility with any device, including smartphones and tablets. (This could allow you, for example, to have Finale’s documentation displayed on your iPad while you work on your laptop or desktop computer.)

The release also resolves several dozen bugs, prioritized by customer requests. A complete list of what’s included in Finale 2014.5 for PC users is here

You will be directed to your update to Finale 2014.5 by opening Finale 2014 and clicking Help > Check for Updates.