Extracting parts
When PrintMusic extracts parts, and an
instrument doesn’t play for more than one measure, PrintMusic groups the
silent measures together into a multimeasure rest, or block rest, as shown
above. PrintMusic automatically breaks up block rests at key or time changes,
repeat barlines or text repeats, any “real” whole rest (a whole rest you
entered, not the default whole rest that appears in any measures left
empty).
Note: Extracted parts in PrintMusic are
always based on the score staves (and not on hidden “Linked Parts” which
can be part of the file, but only created, viewed and edited in Finale).
To extract
parts into individual documents
- Save
the full score document.
- Choose
Extract Parts from the File menu. The Extract Parts dialog box
appears. PrintMusic will prepare to extract parts from the active document.
- Specify
the staves and groups you want to extract by highlighting the staff names
and group names in the Staves and Groups boxes, shift-clicking or command-shift-clicking in the list box. Shift-click
lets you select additional staves or groups. Command-shift-click allows you to select
additional ranges of staves or groups.
- Choose
a location to save your documents.
Tip: Create a folder
called “Parts” and have the individual files extracted to that folder.
- Click
OK (or press return).
PrintMusic will generate an individual PrintMusic document for each part,
according to your specifications. Allow plenty of time for PrintMusic
to complete the task, especially with large files, and make sure there’s
room on the hard disk to hold these files. When PrintMusic is finished
saving the parts, it will automatically open each part. To switch between
open documents, click on the Window menu and select the desired file.
For more information, see Window
menu.
To break a multimeasure rest
See To break a multimeasure
rest .
To
format and print extracted parts unattended
Not only will PrintMusic extract the parts
automatically, but it will also lay out the resultant documents and print
them unattended.
- Extract
the full score into individual documents, as described above. If
you want to examine each document individually, to fix awkward page turns
and so on, do so now.
- Quit
PrintMusic. You return to the desktop.
- Select the
files in the Windows Explorer.
- From
the File menu, choose Print, or right-click on a file and choose Print.
PrintMusic will open briefly, print the files, then close automatically.
- Place
the extracted-part documents into one folder. Select all of them (choose
Select All from the Edit menu). Make sure there’s enough paper
in your printer to accommodate all the parts you’re about to print.
- Choose
Print from the File menu. The Macintosh launches PrintMusic automatically.
PrintMusic prints each document, one at a time.
