In a recent blog, Justin shared some great tips regarding the Score Name insert in Finale. In short, if you’d like to change the text “Score,” which appears in the upper left corner of your score, to something else (or simply make it go
away
), you should go to File > File Info and edit the Score Name Insert text.
“Reorder Staves” is one of several less-heralded but immensely helpful new features in Finale 2011. In previous versions of Finale, reordering staves involved dragging the staff to a new location, then using the Respace Staves feature to return the staves to proper spacing.
Being a practical guy, I generally agree with the philosophy of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” However, I make exceptions.
On Friday, April 29, 2011, MakeMusic’s Customer Support (CS) staff was awarded free coffee and doughnuts courtesy of Jill Riley and Steve Seel, co-hosts of the Morning Show radio program on 89.3 The Current.
Let’s say you’re looking at one of the linked parts in your Finale score, and notice that a part name is missing from the top left corner of the page.