Additional Information about Finale 2003 for Windows

Finale 2003 Read Me, May 2002 Copyright 2002, MakeMusic!, Inc/Coda Music Technologies
Congratulations on your purchase of Finale 2003 for Windows! IMPORTANT: Read this document before you begin working with Finale 2003 and print a copy of it to keep with your Finale information. This file contains important information about Finale 2003 not included in the User Manual as well as information about converting older files into the new version's format. Please note that Finale 2003 files cannot be opened in previous versions of Finale. This document is organized by each version's changes; those of you already familiar with earlier versions may wish to read only the new information. The Read Me contains the following sections: Running Finale 2003 New features in Finale 2003 Fixes in Finale 2003 Fixes in Finale 2002b Fixes in Finale 2002a Fixes in Finale 2002 You may also visit our web site, http://www.codamusic.com/, for updated information about Finale and information on new releases.

Running Finale 2003

Installing Finale 2003 on WindowsNT/2000/XP
If any previous version of Finale has been installed on the machine, Finale 2003 recommends that you restart your computer and log on as System Administrator before installing on WindowsNT/2000/XP systems. This will prevent erroneous font warnings. We recommend that you install Finale, and any other software, when logged in as System Administrator. We recommend that you turn off any programs running in the background, as virus detectors can often prevent Finale from installing necessary files and updating the registry. Rest assured, your Finale CD does not contain any viruses. To turn off all programs running in the background: Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete once to bring up the Close Program dialog box. (In Windows NT, 2000, or XP, press Ctrl-Alt-Delete, then click on Task Manager.) This lists every process that is running on the system. Explorer and Systray are always running, so leave them alone. If you see anything other than those two, click on any one of the others and click End Task. When that goes away, press Ctrl-Alt-Delete again and End Task on another one in the list. (If a program remains on the list after you have tried to End Task on it, click on it, click and hold on End Task for 10 seconds, then release it. If a "This program is not responding..." message appears, click End Task in it). Repeat the process until only Explorer and Systray are left. Some computers may have some other "required" programs - if Ending Task on a program crashes the computer, try again without Ending Task on that program.

Starting Finale 2003 - DLLs

Most applications (including Coda products) require a set of files, the Microsoft redistributables, in order to work successfully on your system. These redistributable files are normally already present on most systems and are not generally included in application setup/install scripts - doing so would add about 1.5 MB to the size of the package, and cause a longer installation process. More importantly, as these files are constantly updated by Microsoft and are operating-system specific, including these files in an application installer could result in incorrect files being added in your system and subsequent problems. In rare cases these files may be missing or out of date on your system. In this case an error will be reported when you start the program. Here are some examples of the errors that could be reported: If the files are missing... 'The dynamic link library MSVCP60.DLL could not be found in the specified path...' or 'The dynamic link library MSVCRT.DLL could not be found in the specified path...' If the files are out of date... 'The OCXTS.EXE file is linked to missing export MFC42.DLL:6880.' We have included a special setup program (dllupdateb.exe) containing just these redistributable files for users who are experiencing these problems. However, these may not be the latest versions of these files, so this is less preferable than searching for a more recent version. Follow the steps below to run the setup program we've included: Run the setup program dllupdateb.exe - found on the CD in the Finale Extras\DLLFILES folder. You may be asked to reboot your computer - in which case it is important that you do so before continuing. The application should now start correctly.

User Manual
For full documentation on how to run Finale 2003, see the User Manual. To access the User Manual, choose the Help menu, then User Manual, then Table Of Contents.

Searching the User Manual

Finale 2003 includes special index files for use with the Acrobat Reader Search Plug-in. With the Search Plug-in, you can search for help in all chapters of the User Manual. We've included the Search Plug-in as part of the Acrobat Reader installer on the CD. The Search Plug-in is also available for free downloading as part of the Acrobat Reader at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Make sure you check "Include option for searching PDF files".

Exercise Files
After successfully completing a Typical Installation of Finale, the Finale Exercise files (which will take approximately 3MB of space on your hard drive) will be installed. These files are necessary in order to use Finale's Exercise Wizard feature. If any SmartMusic Online components have been previously installed, the Exercises are automatically installed in the "Exercises" folder within the SmartMusic folder on your computer. If no SmartMusic Online components have been previously installed, you will be prompted to choose where the SmartMusic folder should be installed. The Exercises are then installed in that SmartMusic folder (as are any future SmartMusic Online components). For more information on Coda's SmartMusic products, please visit us at www.smartmusic.com.

Phone Technical Support

The new phone number area code for Coda Technical Support is (952) 937-9703. FAX# (952) 937-9760.

Finale and Windows XP

We are currently using Windows XP at Coda. We are not aware of any problems running Finale in Windows XP. Please note that your MIDI and printer software and hardware must be XP compatible in

order for Finale to have optimal functionality.

Converting Finale 2002 (and earlier) documents into Finale 2003 documents
Finale 2003 has a different file format than earlier versions, and converts older files to the new format when you open them in Finale 2003. You should be aware of the following points: Opening old documents Finale 2003 will open and convert older versions' documents, giving them the default title "UNTITLED.MUS." We recommend saving a newly converted document with a different name than the original file, keeping the older unconverted file as a backup. If you do want to save the file using the same name, choose Save As from the File menu. Finale displays the original file name, so you can click OK to rewrite over the old file. Running older versions of Finale Finale 2002 (and earlier versions) for Windows or Macintosh cannot open any Finale 2003 file, except Standard MIDI Files. To share Finale files, the Finale application must have the same (or later) version number. Updating Finale preferences settings Finale 2003 can convert your old Finale.INI settings. If you want to use your old settings, copy the Finale.INI file from your old Finale directory into the new Finale 2003 directory.

New Features in Finale 2003

Enhanced Graphic Interface. Finale now sports a new look with improved, customizable palettes and background graphics. Select from a variety of styles or even choose your own custom background. Improved Document and Program Options. Finale is now optimized for efficient handling of Document and Program Options. Make several changes to document or program specific settings at once without leaving the dialog box. The Mass Mover Tool has been renamed the Mass Edit Tool. Look for the new Mass Edit icon in the Main Tool Palette. Also, look under the MassEdit Menu for all features that previously existed under the MassMover Menu, and more. Tablature Improvements. Copy music directly into a TAB staff with the Mass Edit Tool or enter into a TAB staff with the Simple Entry Tool. Creating and editing tablature is now easier than ever! Guitar Bend Smart Shape. Use this new Smart Shape to enter bend curves. Finale will even calculate the pitch variation for you.

 Lowest Fret Utility. Easily specify the lowest fret for any region of a tablature staff. Use a MIDI Guitar for entry into a notation or tablature staff. Finale can even record the string you play for every note. Improved Setup Wizard. A new category, "Fretted Instruments" has been added to the setup Wizard. Choose from a variety of fretted instruments and corresponding tablature. New Tablature Libraries and Templates. Number of Systems per Page. Now, you can specify the precise number of systems for any page, or for all pages in a document. Smarter Engraver Slurs. You now have more control over the shape of Engraver Slurs. Group Optimization. Set parts with more than one staff (like piano or harp) to optimize as a group. MiBAC Jazz Rhythm Section Generator. Create piano, bass and drum set accompaniment parts for any melody with chord symbols automatically. SmartScore Lite. Finale now supports improved scanning recognition. Score Conversion. You can now import files created in the Score notation program. Even choose several Score files to convert to a single Finale document. Import and export XML files. Import MusicXML files or export files to MusicXML format. WriteExpress Rhyming Dictionary. Generate a list of rhymes from a library of over 90,000 words. Improved SmartMusic Accompaniment creation. Now, configure and save Finale files for customizable part playback in Smart Music Studio. Choose each accompaniment and solo staff independently in SmartMusic, even during playback. Fit lessons you create with the Exercise Wizard on a single page.

 Change Crescendo Smart Shapes to Decrescendos (or vise versa) by dragging. Right-click a ruler to show or hide guides. New Component Files folder. The Finale folder has been reorganized. Most files that previously appeared loose in Finales root folder are now located in the Component Files folder.

Fixes in Finale 2003

Clef Tool Moving a mid measure clef in one measure no longer causes a different mid-measure clef to move in another measure. Expression Tool In the Staff List dialog box, one can now initiate and change the marking in either the Score or Parts columns without moving the mouse slightly before clicking a second time. File Menu - File Conversion Importing some .FIN files no longer crashes Finale. File Menu The hot keys for File-->New have been changed back to ALT-F-N. When creating a New Docu W/O Libraries, the Font Size for Tablature is now 11pt. Measure Tool The Measure Tool contextual menu no longer contains a choice of Measure Tool, which did nothing. Mirror Tool The ability to see notes in the Tilting Mirror dialog box is no longer dependent on view percentage. Left and Right arrows are now visible in the Tilting Mirror dialog box. In the Mirror Attributes dialog box, Slurs Attached to Notes has been changed to Smart Shapes Attached to Notes. Options Menu Message bar text has been added for Options Menu >> Data Check >> Convert Text For Windows. Clarifying text has been added for the Curve Resolution settings in the Lines and Curves page of the Document Options dialog box. Match Length of Hooks is now fully visible in the Tuplets page of the Document Options dialog box. The text field for Adjust Floating Rests by in the Layers page of the Document Options dialog box is now unavailable when the checkbox is not selected. Hidden Notes has been added to the Avoid Collision Of section of the Music Spacing page of the Document Options dialog box. Setup Wizard and Default Document are now choices for Default New Operation in the New page of the Program Options dialog box. Ellipses have been removed from the Define Custom Colors button in the Color dialog box. Plug-ins Add Cue notes

These items are now copied: Chord Symbols, Smart Shapes attached to Notes, Smart Shapes attached to Measures, lyrics, custom noteheads and custom stems. Canonic Utilities When the selected region is not acceptable for retrograde, the dialog box now gives you an option to delete the items which are making it unacceptable, so the retrograde can continue. The wrong error message no longer appears when you attempt to Retrograde when the measure contains note attached slurs. The warnings that should appear when Voice 2, Mirror sources and Note Attached Smart Shapes are present now appear. Cautionary Accidentals Now handles octaves correctly. When a unison appears on the downbeat of a measure, accidentals are now handled properly. Parentheses now appear if the courtesy natural occurs in a different octave than original note. The Diatonic Accidentals checkmark now respects the value entered in the Reset After X measures. The Naturals Accidentals checkmark now respects the value entered in the Reset After X measures. Accidentals on Tied Notes is no longer dependent on Courtesy Accidentals being checked. Courtesy naturals will now appear on the second half of a tie. No Cautionaries On Repetitions always prevents cautionary accidentals from showing. Check Range Finds Clarinet (in Eb) when the Staff name is E Clarinet. Alto Clarinet is now in the Instrument List. The spin controls now move incrementally when working with transposed instruments. Now includes the banjo. The Naturals Accidentals checkmark now respects the value entered in the Reset After X measures. Check Region for Durations No longer prevents placing too many beats in a measures if you "edit directly" a measure. Now allows Fill with Rests if there is an incomplete tuplet in the measure. If you change the selection while the plug-in is running, the "Check" button is re-enabled. Composers Assistant The web site link in More Info in all 10 plug-ins does now goes to the plug-in creators site. Global Staff Attributes The Flat Beams checkbox now allows a grayed state. Now works beyond the first 25 staves. Move Rests Now works properly in keys other than C. No longer removes whole notes from the score when "Clear Manual Positioning" is chosen. No longer moves whole rests when there are notes in another layer in the measure. If you opt to move rests in a layer other than Layer 1, real rests are no longer created. Number Repeated Measures Now displays a message stating no measures were edited when appropriate. Piano Reduction There is now a warning if no staves are and/or no new staves are added to the score. Single Pitch If you enter an invalid value, a warning now appears. TGTools Expressions set to always show on the top or bottom staff are no longer ignored while

using the Align/Move Dynamics plug-in. Voice 2 To Layer When Partial Measure selection is used, notes in both voices are no longer deleted. Notes are no longer deleted when running the plug-in in measure 1. Word Extensions No longer generates unwanted hyphens when hyphens are separated by hard space characters. No longer interferes with the Click Assignment mode of the Lyric Tool. Setting the alignment for syllables with word extensions to something other than center no longer results in incorrect positioning of word extensions when the plug-in is subsequently run. Word extensions created by the plug-in can now cross page breaks. Word extensions created by the plug-in can now extend across a double barline.

Repeat Tool Repeat dots are now centered correctly on Tablature staves. Selection Tool Dragging full and abbreviated staff names no longer leave residual highlighted areas. Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard now allows nameless staves to be created. Using a pagesizes.txt file containing no page size definitions no longer crashes Finale. Simple Entry Tool Modifying a notes duration no longer sounds the notes pitch. Smart Shape Tool Collision avoidance has been improved. Speedy Entry Tool Modifying a notes duration no longer sounds the notes pitch. Opening a second file with the Speedy Edit Frame active no longer overwrites music in the newlyopened file. The Are you sure you want to delete this key map? warning now contains an appropriate warning icon. Staff Tool Staff Names now center automatically, regardless of the number of lines in the staff. In the Staff Menu, Apply Staff Styles has been changed to Apply Staff Style to match the dialog box. Text Tool Cursor now appears correctly when creating a measure-attached text block in Page View. Time Signature Tool Using a Composite Time Signature as a Different Time Signature For Display no longer displays the time signature in every subsequent measure. Tools Menu The Beam Stem Adjust Tool is now properly named in the Tools Menu. Tuplet Tool The Tuplet Tool contextual menu no longer contains a choice of Tuplet Tool, which did nothing.

Fixes in Finale 2002b

Save As Smart Music Accompaniment Smart Music Accompaniment files saved in Finale 2002b now play back the accompaniment staves properly. Helpful note about creating accompaniment files: When creating a Smart Music Accompaniment file, you may wish to simply remove repeats from the Finale file and replace the repeated sections with "real measures." If you decide to retain repeats, however, here's a tip: When creating a Smart Music Accompaniment file from a Finale file that has a forward repeat in measure one, you'll want to take extra care in configuring the corresponding backwards repeat. After specifying the measure you wish the backwards repeat to jump to, click the "Relative Jump" checkbox in the Backwards Repeat Bar Assignment dialog box. Without activating this checkbox, the accompaniment may skip a measure in playback. Finale User Manual Chapter numbering problems found in 2002a were resolved. The inclusion of Cross Platform Font Support, described in detail elsewhere in the User Manual, was added to the "What's New" Section.

Fixes in Finale 2002a

Clef Tool Entering clef percentages outside of the allowable range are handled better. Clicking "Revert to Single Clef" retains all settings made in the Mid-Measure Clef dialog box. Setting the size of a forced clef to a large percentage value will not cause negative numbers to be displayed in the Change Clef db, nor cause the clef to display at 100%. Clef changes set "from measure X to next clef change" do not stop at empty measures. Clef changes created with metatools do not stop at empty measures. Clef changes set "from measure X through the end of the piece" will not stop at blank measures. Exercise Wizard The correct transposition is used for the Bass (vocal) instrument. Music spacing is always applied to lessons, regardless of the Automatic Music Spacing setting. Deleting all ensembles no longer causes a crash. Changing staff names no longer impacts the Exercise Wizard. Expression Tool Expressions with the Break Multimeasure Rest feature enabled respect staff list assignments. File Menu - File Conversion Some polyphonic SmartScore files import better. File Menu Miscellaneous If you have Finale installed, and then install a Finale demo, subsequently double-clicking on a MUS file in Windows Explorer will continue to launch Finale and not the demo. Help menu Problems with the QuickStart videos either crashing or having audio problems have been resolved. Mass Mover Menu

Menu items no longer run off the screen on certain screen resolutions. SmartFind and Paint now paints slurs in all possible cases in specific files. Measure Tool Deleting measures from the measure tool context menu no longer leaves new measures selected and is now consistent with the same function performed from the measure menu. Handles do not remain selected after measures are deleted from the Measure menu. MIDI Setup The advanced button appears when using the 16-bit MIDI driver the MIDI Setup dialog box. Note Mover Tool Note mover operations no longer result in notes that are many dozens of leger lines below the staff when staff has a chromatic down transposition. Options Menu Text block IDs are retained in the proper order after running the Data Check/Swap Fonts utility. Font Annotation files are now backwards compatible. Other Individual avi files in the QuickStartVideos Folder now have file names that reflect the subject material. Playback Turning click off no longer disables the click during Countoff. Finale now looks at the new "Playback" bit (in the Edit Frame dialog) when using scrub playback. Printing All Japanese 2-byte font characters appear correctly in PostScript printing. Selection Tool Selecting a text block no longer inserts an erroneous carriage return. Right-clicking for the context menu works on staff names in scroll view. Clicking a note with the Selection Tool no longer sends a MIDI patch change message to the specified MIDI Out device. Right-clicking on an Abbreviated Staff Name in Scroll View no longer causes an Invalid Page Fault. Simple Entry Tool Simple Key Commands and Simple Navigation were added to the Simple menu to outline the new keyboard shortcuts in Simple Entry. After undoing the entry of any but the first note of a measure, redoing that entry no longer causes Fill With Rests to be run in the place of the "redone" note. It's now possible to enter notes in any part of the rightmost system when 2 systems are placed on the same line. Smart Shape Tool All primary and secondary handles of slurs can now be nudged. Metatools were added to Smart Shapes. "Tips Avoid Staff Lines by X ", found in the Smart Slurs Options dialog box, functions as expected. Smart Shape measure attached slurs extended over systems do not reset back to their default shape when they are moved after edited. In the SmartShape context menu, check marks now appear in the Engraver Slurs and Avoid Accidentals sections. Multiple Selection via Shift-Click can be performed when a primary handle overlaps secondary handle.

Keyboard shortcuts added for Slur primary and secondary handles. Default settings in Slur Contour and Smart Slur Options have been fine-tuned for optimum performance. Settings for Extra Long slurs have been similarly adjusted. Clicking and dragging a handle to move a slur extended over a system break no longer inadvertently adjusts the contour of the slur. If Smart Shapes are extended over system breaks and then moved back over only the first system, handles are no longer left over the subsequent systems. "Make Horizontal" setting in Smart Shape Options is now saved with the document. Dragging either end of an engraver slur to a new entry now removes manual positioning on the slur so it can reshape itself to the new situation. Nudging the right secondary handle of the first half of a slur that spans a system break no longer results in a slur that stretches across the page to the second half. When nudging engraver slur secondary handles for the first time (before any previous manual edit), the slur now behave exactly like when dragging the handles with the mouse - specifically the engraver shape is retained. The Tab order of the primary handles on slurs is now more intuitive. Selecting Make Horizontal for a hairpin crossing a system break will now affect both halves of the hairpin. Furthermore, the handle position of the half not clicked on will subsequently be properly positioned. Dragging a primary handle of a slur no longer results in the slur changing to a non-engraver slur. SmartLine Styles based on a font character now properly register that font as being in use in the document. A problem was resolved where certain slurs were corrupted during creation so that they could not be properly copied. Smart Shape Metatools assigned to non-alpha characters ('<', etc.) are now mapped to the appropriate keys on international keyboards. Special Tools Tool Changes to the font are saved when context-clicking on a note with the Note Shape Tool. Upon using the Accidental Mover tool you now have complete control over the results of the Note Shape tool (and the resize tool). Speedy Entry Tool Playback will occur only on the appropriate channels when the staff is set to none in the Instrument List but Playback is enabled in Speedy Entry. If a staff is set to "none" on the instrument list, and Playback is enabled in the Speedy Menu, speedy entry playback is now properly muted. Final notes are no longer missing from speedy entry frame. (Used to occur following specific steps when scale specified in Speedy Options was something other than 100%.) Steps that worked to create notes of the same pitch in subsequent measures in earlier versions of Finale now produce the same pitches in Speedy Entry. Creating ties over a page break on an entry with two or more notes no longer produces a crash. Finale will no longer crash in Speedy Edit in Page View following a special combination of grace notes and ties in the last measure on a page. Staff Tool Justification Full and Justification Forced Full no longer automatically alternate between visits to the Position Staff/Group Name dialog box. Inserting a staff before a staff with floating time enabled no longer prohibits you from creating any more floating time signatures for that staff. Text Tool Text no longer vanishes from a text block in a specific 2k1 file upon conversion into 2k2. Tuplet Tool

Deleting a note or rest in a tuplet, so that a nested tuplet would be created, no longer produces a crash.

Fixes in Finale 2002

File Menu Text of Multiple Splits dialog box amended for clarity. Files without any text libraries will open properly on Macintosh Finale. Clicking Select for Set Track-to-Staff List in the Import MIDI File Options dialog box activates the Set Track-to-Staff List radio button. The file is saved if you are in a text block when you choose Save or Close from the File menu. Speedy Entry Tool Speedy Entry will stop recording notes in Caps Lock mode if you overfill a measure and the "Too Many Notes" warning appears. The Speedy Frame closes when you click Play on the Playback Controls. Speedy entry works correctly with a pickup measure if you enter a note whose value is greater than the pickup measure, use the up arrow to move the cursor and then enter another note. Simple Entry Tool Playback during Simple Entry resumes after All Notes Off is chosen from the MIDI Menu. Simple Entry will no longer allow the user to change a grace note to a regular note if this would override Check for Extra Notes. Options Menu File Integrity checker correctly processes Mirrored measures copied with the Mass Mover. Setting the Smallest Duration in Quantization Settings to below 4 EDUS and running Retranscribe will no longer cause a crash. Changing the measurement units in the Options Menu will immediately display a change in the text fields in the Edit System Margins box. Smart Shape Tool Editing a slur in one view of a document will update the other views. When in the Position Smart Line Style dialog box, clicking on a background dialog box, then closing all dialog boxes will no longer cause a crash. Articulation Tool Mouse cursor no longer displays ledger lines. Tuplet Tool Mouse cursor no longer displays ledger lines. Setup Wizard Agogo Bells set to Percussion Clef instead of Treble Clef. Pagesizes.txt file can now use a different left page margin for multiple instrument and single instrument scores. Selection Tool +/- keys cycle through overlapping items that are in different layers. Double-clicking on a note entry with the Selection Tool switches to the Simple Entry Tool. Selection area improved for staves with less than five lines. Selection area improved for text expressions containing the blank Maestro character.

Lyrics Tool Lyrics Tool will always open the baseline window when the Lyrics Tool is selected with Type Into Score, even in a document not created by the wizard. Chord Tool Fretboards that have an open string marking and a fret number marking play back correctly. Handles move smoothly when adjusting the chord or fretboard baselines. Fretboards appear on the same baseline regardless of learned chord status. If the Listen for String button is used to define a MIDI pitch to a string in the Fretboard Instrument Definition dialog box, the fretboard will playback in the Fretboard Editor dialog box. Measure Tool Canceling out of the Custom Barline selection of the contextual menu retains the current barline selection. Expression Tool Shapes in the score remain the same when using Move Up and Move Down in the Shape Selection dialog box. Enclosures on text expressions remain the same when using Move Up and Move Down in the Text Expression Selection dialog box. Resize Tool Context menus now allow resize staff systems on single staff scores. Automatic update layout adds or removes pages if necessary when using the Resize tool. Mass Mover Tool Rebar works better with pickup measures. Ossia Tool Page-Assigned Ossias retain their handles after redefining pages. Help F1 Help topic link added for Window Menu/Tile Vertically. F1 Help topic link added for Window Menu/Tile Horizontally. F1 Help topic link added for Window Menu/Arrange Icons. F1 Help topic link added for Help Menu/Engraver Character Map. F1 Help topic link added for File Menu/Recent File. F1 Help topic link added for Options/Document Settings/Web Page Options. F1 Help topic link added for MIDI Menu/Start Playback. F1 Help topic link added for MIDI Menu/Stop Playback. F1 Help topic link added for Tools Menu/Navigational Tools/Hand Grabber Tool. F1 Help topic link added for Window Menu/Playback Controls. F1 Help topic link added for Window Menu/Menu Toolbars/Any Menu Toolbar. F1 Help topic link added for Window Menu/Cascade. F1 Help topic link added for Window Menu/Currently Open Window. MIDI Menu Non-functioning Note Range boxes removed from MicNotator dialog box. If you set "Set Track to Staff List" through the MIDI Menu/Import MIDI File Options dialog box, Finale remembers the change when you import a MIDI file. Shape Designer While using the curve or slur tools, the end of the shape stays attached to the cursor.

Repeat Tool Text Repeats with a # are set to "Replace # with Measure Number Target" by default. Templates Jazz Band (Jazz Font) template measure numbers display only on the top staff of each group.