

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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Lyric window suggestion
Over the past couple of years I have worked on two operas for a long-standing client. This means many, many characters. Initially lyrics were entered in kind of a stream-of-consciousness method, ...
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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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Space Systems plugin request
In the Space Systems… plugin, it would be most helpful to make a specific setting 'stick' between application relaunches? Under Mode, upon initial launch of Finale, the mode always defaults to Spac...
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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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Horizontal adjustments for articulations
Since there exists the ability to adjust articulations vertically and horizontally via the Change Articulations Assignment dialog, would it be possible to have this capability in the Articulation D...
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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...