J D THOMAS
Finale user since 1989, v1.0 macOS 10.14 Mojave, 10.15 Catalina, 12.3 Monterey; Finale 27, 26, 25, 2014, 2012, 2007, MacPro 12-Core tower, MacBook Pro 16, MacBook Pro 2021 M1
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Open new window in tabs instead of separate window
Using Finale 26, whenever I open another Finale file, whether double-clicking in the Finder or from the Open menu, Finale opens in a new window. I looked around but could not find a setting to for...
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JW Plugins not verified developer
I'm setting up a new MacBook Pro 16" that came with macOS Catalina. I installed Finale 26, not 25, and copied over all of the plugins I use: Patterson, TGTools, and JW plugins. Upon opening a fil...
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10+ year-old Finale irritation
I would like this to be kind of a survey of sorts, from the collected user-base here. I still use Speedy Entry via a MIDI keyboard as my preferred method of entering and editing notes. One of my p...
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Auto File Naming
This is probably a setting buried deep somewhere and I have simply forgotten it: I print up a lot of files to PDFs for my piano students, so there is no linked parts involved—ever. But when I do t...
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Smart Shape metatool programming no longer work
This used to be so easy: select a Smart Shape from the pallette and then press shift-and a key to program a metatool. But it no longer works on my system except for the Custom Line tool. Can anyo...
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Finale won't remember which printer
Does anyone here use more than one printer with Finale? I have two, sometimes three, and since my LJ5100 died last week, I am forced to use an ink jet until its replacement arrives. But Finale st...
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Text blocks with opaque background
One can obtain an expression with an opaque background that will mask lines like barlines by creating an enclosure around it, setting the line thickness to 0, and ticking the opaque checkbox. Is t...
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Page Format settings
I'm working thru several hundred Finale files and reformatting the pages to a publisher's specs. This means changing the page size and margins for each file. I tried exporting the Page Format set...
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Slur settings in Finale 25
Can someone jog my grey matter a tad. I am working on a file that was created in Finale many versions ago, back when most of the settings we're now user didn't exist. For example, setting an artic...
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Finale 25 & Tabbed Windows
macOS 10.12 Sierra, Finale 25 latest version, MacPro Finale 25 now opens files in tabbed windows, which is fine. The issue I'm having is when opening multiple files, which I do frequently to print...