Smart Page Turns plug-in

How to get there

From the menu, choose Scoring and Arranging, and then Smart page Turns.

What it does

The Smart Page Turns plug-in adjusts the measures and page breaks in a document to avoid page turns during active portions of the music. This plug-in is especially useful for instrumental parts.

• Timing Settings: Ideal Page Break · Minimum Page Break · Measures · Seconds. Here, enter the Ideal and Minimum number of measures or seconds required for a page turn.
• Maximum Calculation Time _ Seconds. Here, enter the maximum calculation time allowed for calculating the page turns.
• Search _ Systems at End of Page · _ Systems on Next page. Use these text boxes to tell Smart Page Turns which systems on each page to scan for appropriate page turns.
• Rests In One Staff are Sufficient. Check this box to indicate rests in a single staff is sufficient for a page turn. This feature is particularly useful for keyboard music, where one hand can turn the page while the other continues with the music.
• Treat Notes Smaller than 80% as Cue notes. Check this box to indicate notes in the document reduced to less than 80% should be treated as cue notes. Cue notes created with the Add Cue Notes and Smart Cue Notes plug-ins are reduced to 75% by default.
• Breaks are Possible Before These Measures. Enter measure numbers here (separated by commas) to specify points in the document Smart Page Turns is allowed to begin a new page. If the plug-in cannot find ideal page turns, you may be asked to specify measure numbers here to give the Smart Page Turns enough information to most accurately process the document.
• Place Rests Before · After Page Break · Both (Split Evenly). Choose Before to tell Smart Page Turns to place rests before a page break (at the end of the page). Choose After Page Break to tell Smart Page Turns to place rests after the page break (beginning of the next page). Choose Both (Split Evenly) to tell Smart Page Turns to place half of the rests before and half after the page turn.
• Page Settings: First Page · Left · Right. Here, choose left if the first page in the document is a left page. Choose right if the first page in the document is a right page. You can adjust the page numbering (to accommodate a title page for example) using the settings below under Adjust Page Numbers.
• Allow Exceptions. With this box checked Smart Page Turns allows exceptions to the left and right page specifications defined in this section if a page turn solution is not found for the setting specified.
• No Turn After Page 1. Available when Right is chosen for First Page. Choose this setting to tell Finale not to generate a page turn between page 1 and 2.
• Adjust Page Numbers. Check Adjust Page Numbers to update the page numbering based on the settings for left and right pages.
• First Page is No _ If Left _ If Right. Here, enter the desired first page number depending on whether the first page is a left or right page. By default, Smart page Turns numbers the first page “2” if it is a left page and “1” if it is a right page.
• Handle Left/Right Page Margins. If left and right page margins are not equal, and the plug-in swaps left/right pages, with this box checked, left and right page margins will swap as well.
• Allow Blank Pages. Check this box to allow Smart Page Turns to add blank pages if needed to provide the best possible page turn solution.
• Add Text · Font. Check this box, and then specify the desired text that will appear as a text block in the middle of all blank pages added. Click Font to open the Font dialog box where you can specify a font, size and style for the text block. See Font dialog box.
• Space Systems Evenly if at Least _ Systems. Check this box to automatically space systems evenly if the number of systems on a page equals or is greater than the number entered in the provided text box.
• Warnings: Turn Immediately · Font · Always Add This if No Rest on Next Page. Check Turn Immediately, and then enter desired text to tell Smart Page Turns to indicate text for sudden page turns. Click Font to open the Font dialog box where you can specify a font, size and style for the text block. See Font dialog box. If you want to add this text any time there is no rest at the beginning of the next page, check Always Add This if There is No Rest on Next Page. Note that if the time is more than .3 seconds less than the ideal turn time specified in the Timing Settings section, Smart Page Turns will add this text automatically regardless of this setting.
• Time · Always · Font. Check Time and enter desired text to add indicators in the document notifying the performer that there is time to turn the page. A % sign will convert to the number of measures rest the performer has before music begins. Check Always to place this indicator at every page turn if there is no rest at the top of the next page. Click Font to open the Font dialog box where you can specify a font, size and style for the text block. See Font dialog box.
• Defaults · OK · Cancel. Click Defaults to reset this dialog box to the original settings. Click OK to process the document and generate a layout that accommodates improved page turns based on these settings. Click Cancel to dismiss the dialog box without making any changes.

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