Additional Information about Finale 2006c for Macintosh Finale 2006c Read Me, December 2005 Copyright 2005, MakeMusic, Inc.

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1 Additional Information about Finale 2006c for Macintosh Finale 2006c Read Me, December 2005 Copyright 2005, MakeMusic, Inc. Congratulations on your purchase of Finale 2006 for Macintosh! IMPORTANT: Read this document before you begin working with Finale 2006 and print a copy of it to keep with your Finale information. This file contains important information about Finale 2006 not included in the User Manual as well as information about converting older files into the new version's format. Please note that Finale 2006 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 2006 New features in Finale 2006b New features in Finale 2006a New features in Finale 2006 Fixes in Finale 2006c Fixes in Finale 2006b Fixes in Finale 2006a Fixes in Finale 2006 You may also visit our web site, for updated information about Finale and information on new releases. Running Finale 2006 System Requirements Change Finale 2006 for Mac requires OS X, 128MB RAM (256MB RAM recommended), and 200MB of free hard drive space. Adobe Acrobat Reader The Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the User Manual and the electronic version of the Installation and Tutorials Manual. User Manual For full documentation on how to run Finale 2006, see the User Manual. To access the User Manual, choose the Help menu, then User Manual, then Table Of Contents. New Default View Studio View, Finale s new view optimized for auditioning playback, is set as the default view. To change the default view to Page View or Scroll View, from the Options Menu, choose Program Options and select the New page. Choose the desired default view and click OK. Copying Music in Finale 2006 Some fundamental changes have been made to the way Finale handles copying music. Most importantly, whether inserting or replacing entries, within the same document, across documents, or using clip files, Finale now includes the elements selected in the Items to Copy dialog box in the destination region only. IMPORTANT: The configuration of the Items to Copy and Items to Clear dialog boxes are program wide. Finale retains the configuration of the Items to Copy and Items to Clear dialog boxes even after closing and restarting Finale.

2 Also note: Option-Shift-clicking to Replace Entries or Insert (Mass Edit) now opens the Items to Copy dialog box prior to placing the copied material. To Replace Entries without opening the Items to Copy dialog box, Option-Click the destination measure. Registering Finale 2006 The first time you launch Finale, you will be prompted to register. To register a single copy of Finale, click Register Now! to open the Registration Wizard (or, from the Help Menu, choose Register Finale). Then follow the instructions to register your copy of Finale via the Internet, phone, or mail. If you choose not to register, you will be prompted to do so each time you launch Finale. If you do not register within thirty days, printing and saving are disabled until you choose to register. Note that the User/Authorization Codes are computer specific, and will only work on the given computer installation. Verify that the correct serial number has been entered. If you make a change to the computer (such as replacing the hard drive or motherboard, or installing a new operating system), then you will need to re-authorize the installation. If you have already installed and authorized twice, you will need to contact Customer Service directly by phone, FAX or standard mail with your serial number and the location ID for the specific installation in question, and one of our representatives can clear the previous authorization from your account. If the software is not "reminding" you to register when you run the program, then the registration/authorization has been successfully completed. Sharing Finale Files Online Support for the Finale Viewer browser plug-in has been discontinued in favor of Finale NotePad, which provides a free, reliable, and easy way to view and playback Finale documents downloaded from the Internet. To open a Finale (MUS) file available at Finale Showcase, or another online resource, viewers now need to simply download the file to their local machine and then open it in Finale NotePad. This paradigm shift eliminates a variety of problems associated with some web browsers, and means that all Finale files posted on the Internet will be available for viewing on all machines immediately upon the release of Finale NotePad Finale NotePad is available for download free of charge at (Note that documents saved in Finale 2006 are only compatible with NotePad 2006 which becomes available shortly after the Finale 2006 release. NotePad 2006 will open files saved in any Finale version 2006 or earlier.) Dragging while holding down a metatool key on notebook computers Some notebook computers are set to limit trackpad mouse movement while typing. As a result, you may experience sluggish performance while dragging over items while holding down a metatool key. To resolve this, open the Preferences pane and deactivate "Ignore accidental trackpad movements." Contacting Customer Support The phone number for MakeMusic Customer Support is (952) FAX# (952) For online support, visit Converting Finale 2005 (and earlier) documents into Finale 2006 documents Finale 2006 has a different file format than earlier versions, and converts older files to the new format when you open them in Finale You should be aware of the following points: Opening old documents Finale 2006 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 2005 (and earlier versions) for Windows or Macintosh cannot open any Finale 2006 file, except Standard MIDI Files. To share Finale files, the Finale application must have the same (or later) version

3 number. Finale Preferences File The Finale Preferences file contains many program settings, from the configuration of your tool palette to the display colors you select. Finale stores this file in your System Folder's Preferences folder, although it will look first in the same folder for a Preference file. Finale 2006 does not share the preferences file with older versions of Finale. Finale 2006 will automatically load the new Finale 2006 default settings upon launching Finale for the first time. If you would like to use preferences from an earlier Finale version of Finale, go to User/Library/Preferences and delete the File "Finale 2006 Preferences". (If you are moving preferences from OS 9, go to System Folder/Preferences folder, and copy the Finale 2005 Preferences to User/Library/Preferences). Then, rename "Finale 2005 Preferences", "Finale 2006 Preferences". To use Finale's default settings at any time, simply delete the Finale 2006 Preferences file from the System Folder/Preferences folder. A new preferences file will be generated the next time you start Finale. Keep in mind that just as older versions of Finale cannot read the newer version's music files, older versions cannot read the newer version's preferences. Please note that older versions of Finale will revert to default preference settings each time they sense that Finale 2006 has updated the Finale Preferences file. If you think you'll continue to use older versions of Finale and Finale 2006 on the same computer, we recommend placing a copy of the Finale Preferences file in the same folder as each Finale program. New Features in Finale 2006b EPS Export. EPS graphics can now be exported using any Finale-compatible operating system. Expanded Documentation. Check for Finale Updates Automatically with the new option Check for Finale Updates under the Help Menu. Expanded Documentation. Learn how to get the most out of GPO and HP with the new GPO and HP Finale Installation and Tutorials Supplement. New Features in Finale 2006a Real-Time Save As Audio Support for Native Instruments VST. Save As Audio now supports Wave or AIFF output for documents that use Finale s integrated GPO sounds or other supported VST instruments. Furthermore, adjustments to the Mixer or Staff Controls during the saving process apply to the generated audio file. New Features in Finale 2006 Studio View. Page View is your print shop for layout like Studio View is your sound stage for playback. Use this new view to audition Finale s MIDI performance, "conduct" a tempo, record a HyperScribe transcription, and more. Mixer Controls. Control the volume, panning, and reverb for your full score, and find the perfect balance using convenient sliders and knobs for each staff - all in real-time during playback. See Mixer. Also, use the Staff Controls to adjust these settings which appear conveniently to the left of each staff in Finale s new Studio View.

4 TempoTap. Studio View s new TempoTap staff allows you to "Conduct" your score by tapping with a MIDI device or your computer keyboard. Your tempo is recorded and applied to playback. The beat durations can also be edited to optimize accuracy while recording a tempo. New Instrument List Controls. As part of Finale s real-time playback enhancements you can now audition real-time changes to volume, panning, and instruments with controls added to the instrument list. Kontakt for Finale with Garritan Personal Orchestra. Assign GPO s world class instrument sounds to staves of a new document with the Setup Wizard. Or, load GPO instruments for use with existing staves using the Kontakt Player for Finale with GPO. Ambience Reverb. Customize the room size, decay, and a collection other reverb settings that allow you to control of the overall reverb effect of playback. See Garritan Ambience dialog box. Speedier Playback Processing. Without the need to prescan your music, a click on the Play button initiates playback with almost no hesitation. Only Human Playback processing is necessary (if HP is enabled). Export a measure region as a MIDI or Audio File with a new command in the Playback Controls. More MIDI Channels. SmartMusic SoftSynth playback has been expanded from 16 to 128 channels. Now choose up to eight different MIDI Out devices. Human Playback Improvements. Enhanced support for GPO and improved performance of percussion rolls and trills are part of the new Human Playback. Enhanced Performance. Finale now uses CoreGraphics for screen drawing. That means faster redraw and higher quality graphic representation on-screen. You ve never been able to do so much so fast! Copy and Paste Measure and Entry Items Simultaneously using Finale s new Items to Copy dialog box. You can now also choose any combination of items to clear. See Items to Copy dialog box. Automatically Insert a Symbol. You can now insert a Copyright symbol automatically in the Setup Wizard. See Setup Wizard. Embed Fonts in EPS Files. You can now embed fonts in EPS graphics exported from Finale for transfer between computers. Embed Graphics in your Document. Graphics can now be embedded into Finale documents. You no longer need to move graphic files independently when sharing Finale files across computers. Import and export XML files. Save your score in XML format, or import XML into an empty document. Automatically Fit Music to a Printed Page using Finale s new Fit to Page option in the Print dialog box. Composite Libraries. Save a collection of elements in the same library file for transfer to other documents. Create Smart Shape Libraries. Now you can save the Custom Smart Shapes you created in Finale s Smart Line Designer dialog box in a library to open across documents. Key Signature Contextual Menu. While using the Key Signature Tool, simply Ctrl-click a measure to choose from a list of several common key signatures. Mass Edit Contextual Menu. While using the Mass Edit Tool, simply Ctrl-click a measure to choose from a list of Mass Edit Commands. Textured Manuscript Background. You now have even more ways to customize Finale s work environment with a collection of textured manuscript paper backgrounds. Easier on the eyes after long hours.

5 More Control over Measure Numbering. It s now easy to instruct Finale to skip a measure in a measure number sequence. No complex Time Signature or Measure Tool adjustments required - just uncheck Include in Measure Numbering. Display in Concert Pitch Warning. If you choose to print parts for your brass quintet in concert pitch, Finale now reminds you the music is not prepared for transposing instruments. Roll-Over Tool Tips. Move your mouse cursor over an icon to view a short description. Create a Bells Used Chart Automatically with the new Handbells Used Plug-in. This plug-in scans your handbell score and generates a bells used chart based on the notes found in the document. Auto-generate Chord Symbols with the Chord Analysis Plug-in. This plug-in analyzes the harmonic progression of a selected region of your score and adds chord symbols automatically. All-Staff Analysis. Include notes from all staves of your score while adding chords using the staff analysis method. Easily Split Measures Across Systems or Create Dashed Barlines with the Split Measure Plug-in. No measure number editing required. Combine Measures and Update Measure Numbering Automatically using the Merge Measures Plug-in. Easily Create Mid-measure Repeat Barlines with the Mid-Measure Repeats Plug-in. No time signature or measure number editing necessary. This plug-in does it for you automatically. Insert Space Between Measures for Coda Systems Automatically with the Create Coda System Plug-in. The days of manually dragging systems for codas are over. Place Slurs on Melismatic Passages Automatically with the Auto Slur Melismas Plug-in. This plugin can find multiple notes over a syllable and place slurs accordingly. Resize Noteheads of Specific Voices within Chords using the Resize Noteheads Plug-in. Specify a Staff List for Generated Tempo Markings using the updated Create Tempo Marking Plugin. Create System Separation Marks Automatically with the Score System Divider Plug-in. Fixes in Finale 2006c File Menu Conversion Files converted from version 2005 or earlier no longer have incorrect lyric baselines when opened cross-platform. Fixes in Finale 2006b Articulation Tool More than one tenuto marking in a row, on adjacent notes, no longer results in staccato playback. Chord Tool The Whiteout option in the Fretboard Styles dialog box now properly increases white space above and below fingering numbers. Clef Tool If the Clef Tool is chosen with a measure region selected in another tool, selection is no longer lost. Exercise Wizard

6 The dialog box that appears before the Exercise Wizard is now updated with a link to Expression Tool The note-attached cursor no longer appears when hovering over a note in an inactive layer. Selecting Line Spacing under the Text Menu of the Text Expression Designer or editing the full/abbr staff name now invokes the corresponding dialog box. The Page number insert now displays the page number on each specified page (instead of just the # sign). Extract Parts AU patches and banks no longer load into the extracted parts of some score files that use AU instruments. File Menu Conversion A VM Add error no longer prevents some old files from opening. Custom fretboards created in Finale 2005 now display correctly when converted to 2006 format. File Menu Misc The Instrument List no longer incorrectly shows only 1 staff (in a score with 2 or more staves) if a MIDI file contains Bank Select messages for patch assignments and the option to Create Instruments from Initial Patches is unchecked in the Import MIDI File Options dialog box. The default file format for audio files created with Finale GPO is no longer WAV (now AIFF). Graphics Tool The PICT preview for exported EPS graphics are no longer always blank and white. Transparent portions of imported EPS graphics are no longer black. Imported vector-based PICT graphics now display and print correctly. Exporting a high-resolution TIFF or PICT of a large page no longer causes a crash. For dashed items, the number of dashes in exported EPS graphics now matches the number of dashes in the original Finale document. HyperScribe Tool Finale no longer crashes when using HyperScribe with GPO sounds and Internal Speaker Playback for the metronome click. Instrument list When exploding music, the newly added staves are now listed in the Instrument List. Lyric Tool Hyphens now appear properly if there is a verse and a chorus present. Word extensions across systems completely disappear when deleted (instead of only the portion that lays on the second system). The first hyphen in a document is no longer positioned too far to the left. Mass Edit Tool If an expression with a staff list is assigned to a measure and you copy vertically between staves, the expression will no longer be duplicated on top of the one already there (superimposed). Drag and drop copying is no longer required in this situation. Items to Copy is now an option in the Mass Edit context menu. Measures no longer sometimes appear selected after visiting the Select Region dialog. The contextual menu commands for Music Spacing (Apply Beat Spacing, Apply Note Spacing, and Apply Time Signature Spacing) no longer call up the Rebeam dialog boxes instead of performing music spacing functions. Measure Tool

7 In documents with pickup measures, the first measure number of a new style is no longer displayed incorrectly in Scroll and Studio View. If there are two or more regions defined to use the same measure numbers, the numbers are now displayed properly in Scroll and Studio View. The Measure Attributes dialog box no longer only shows the actual measure number and not the displayed measure number. MIDI Menu Switching between multiple documents that use GPO instruments in them no longer requires a reload from disk of the instruments specific to that document. If a Finale file is saved with presets for a particular version of Ambience Reverb that is not on the system, the Ambience checkbox in the Native Instruments AU Setup dialog box is no longer unavailable. Options Menu After saving and loading a library for Lines and Curves with the Curve Resolution set to either Higher or Lower, the radio button for Medium will no longer also be selected. Document Options > MusicSpacing > Spacing Widths: The checkbox Use Default Width if Duration Not in Table no longer rechecks itself upon leaving the page. Program Options > Edit. Handle Size in Pixels is now available. Program Options > Palettes and Backgrounds: The Glass 1 and Glass 2 palettes now display properly. Other It is no longer too easy to move forward or backward more than one page while clicking the page scroll arrows in Page View. Finale now releases memory when a file using GPO is closed. A rare problem was eliminated where, with multiple documents open, switching from the last document to the first, and then entering notes, caused entries to disappear. The warning message about printing when Display in Concert Pitch is on no longer continues to appear after the Don t Show this Message Again box has been checked. Page Layout Tool The tab order is no longer incorrect in the Page Size dialog box. Playback Default position of the Playback Controls is now optimized for Studio View. When an HP style that uses swing is selected, if you change the swing in the playback controls, then playback, the swing no longer reverts once you stop playback. If multiple files are open and set to playback with AU, Finale no longer loads the sounds of each file as they are closed. The Kontakt2 Demo now appears as an AU plug-in. Plug-ins Auto-slur Melismas: The slur is no longer extended one note too far when the pattern is: Note with syllable, note without syllable, note with syllable, rest. FinaleScript: Menu commands more than 1 level deep in a menu now work. HP: HP no longer only recognizes fermatas in the Maestro font - Jazz or Engraver now work. HP: If an expression of type sfz, fp, or grupetto is placed as a note expression, it will now play back. Score System Divider: Score System Dividers are no longer off by one when there is a coda system created by the Create Coda System plug-in. Merge Measures: The plug-in will now display measure expressions from the second measure set to barline. Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing: The plug-in is now named correctly in all places. Moving the Create Tempo Marking plug-in dialog box no longer crashes Finale. Printing

8 If a document is printed at a different size than the paper being printing to, the portion of the page that prints is no longer different than Finale version While printing tiled pages, they are now printed in the correct order and centered properly. The print progress dialog box now appears while printing. Staff names now print when printing from Studio View. Switching to any other printing preset other than standard no longer crashes Finale. Redraw If a slur breaks across a system and connects notes of different layers, the slur on the first system will now redraw. Repeat Tool Playback of repeats is no longer incorrect when the piece has a pickup measure. If the number of passes in a repeat definition meets or exceeds the Maximum Number of Passes in Document Options - Repeats, playback will no longer stop at the end of the repeated section. Selection Tool It is no longer difficult to select text with the Selection Tool depending on the zoom percentage. Setup Wizard Adding instruments to the score on Page 2 of the Setup Wizard from a VST instrument no longer set results in blank names in the third pane. SmartShape Tool Links between the Smart Line Selection and the Shape Selection now update when items in the Shape Selection dialog box are reordered and/or deleted. Nudging the primary handle of a measure attached Smart Shape no longer produces unexpected results. Slurs that are between notes of different voices that also cross a page break now display correctly. Special Tools Tool Checking Allow Vertical Positioning for a double sharp or double flat no longer converts it to a regular sharp or flat. Staff Tool While transposing a staff with Simplify Key turned off, necessary double sharps or double flats now appear in the key signature. A big gap of space no longer appears after each Key Signature. Studio View After playing a large score in Studio View, the vertical document scroll bar can now access the bottom staves. Show measure spacing handles no longer only appears in TempoTap staff in Studio View. It is now possible to turn off the measure number display in the TempoTap staff. In a multi-staff score, if a measure is selected and the page is scrolled using the right-click drag, if the user then shift-clicks a measure to extend the selection, Finale no longer acts as if the user shift-clicked the same measure on the staff below and extends the selection to that staff instead of the one the user actually clicked. Time Signature Tool Using Independent elements with Composite Time signatures no longer gives bad results. View Menu The textured paper option no longer disappears when expressions are de-selected in the Redraw Options dialog box.

9 Fixes in Finale 2006a Graphics Tool Dotted slurs no longer become solid when exporting EPS files. Installer Finale no longer installs a duplicate folder of Band Templates within the Guitar Templates folder. Finale no longer installs the Text Search and Replace plug-in to the Plug-ins folder. Mass Edit Tool Measure-attached Smart Shapes can now be clipboard-copied using Copy and Replace. Other The AU EWQLSO Silver plug-in now loads as an Audio Unit. Plug-ins FinaleScript: Menu commands more than one level deep in a menu can now be used. Setup Wizard Adding dynamics with high key velocities no longer causes distortion in documents created with the Setup Wizard using GPO sounds. Fixes in Finale 2006 Application Menu The keyboard shortcut for Quit (Command+Q) is no longer disabled after playing back in Finale Edit Menu Automatic Update Layout is now triggered after adding staves to an existing document using the New Staves (With Setup Wizard) command under the Staff Menu. Exercise Wizard Specifying 0 for the printouts/saves of an instrument on page 4 of the Exercise Wizard no longer causes 1 printout/save. Finale no longer crashes while attempting to print exercises for several instruments containing notes outside of the range of the selected instruments. Expression Tool In the Playback Tab of the Expression Designer, the Repeat SMS Marker in the popup menu is now correctly named "Repeat Start." Part Extraction Text such as Music Spacing Options, Multi-measure rests, Options, and Page Format now fit on the buttons in the Extract Parts dialog box when you go into the Save in nested dialog box and come back. File Menu Ensembles can t be chosen in the SmartMusic Wizard. Clicking OK (or pressing Enter) in the SmartMusic Accompaniment Options dialog box, without selecting a solo staff, no longer brings up a dialog which states You have not selected any solo staff.... It now correctly reads You have not selected a solo staff. Please make your selection and try again. When creating a non-assessing solo with accompaniment in the SmartMusic Wizard, the solo instrument chosen in the Wizard now correctly appears in the resulting document.

10 Opening a file created in Finale Songwriter no longer lists the application information incorrectly in the File Info dialog box. Finale Performance Assessment If the autosave window pops open when the FPA Compatibility dialog box is open, Finale no longer hangs requiring a force quit. Lyric Tool When music containing lyrics is cut and pasted (using Cmd-C and Cmd-V), line breaks are no longer removed from the pasted lyrics in the edit lyrics window. Also, an extra space is no longer added after each hyphen. Mass Edit Copying Clefs, including full-measure clefs, can now be copies across documents. Replace Entries no longer always copies Measure Expressions. Now dependent on the Items to Copy dialog box. Measure Tool All measure number enclosure shapes can now be set to opaque. MIDI Menu IAC bus now appears in the receive MIDI Sync pop-up. In the Tablature MIDI Channels box, the checkbox for Map MIDI Channels To Tablature Staff Strings can now be unchecked. Clicking the Select button in the SoftSynth Settings dialog and then closing out of the dialog no longer causes Finale to crash. Options Menu If more than one document is open, selecting a different background graphic or color now applies to all documents. Other It is now possible to access the electronic PDF version of the Installation and Tutorials manual from the Finale application (Launch Window). A corrupt preference file no longer causes a spinning beach ball for 2-3 minutes when opening or saving a file. PostScript and EPS When printing a Finale file or EPS file to a Postscript (PS) printer, text blocks with underlines no longer print the underlines very thin and directly under/attached to the text. When printing to a PostScript Printer, the Underline Thickness setting in Document Options - Lines & Curves is no longer ignored. Printing A spinning note cursor no longer appears when inside the Custom Page Sizes dialog box. Selection Tool Clicking the clef or time signature with the selection tool no longer causes elements on the rest of the system or line to disappear. Setup Wizard If Finale is set to auto save, and you create a document with the setup wizard, the application will no longer hang if the auto save dialog box pops up while Finale is creating the document. Simple Entry Tool The Keyboard Shortcuts for TAB in the Mac Laptop Set no longer differ from the Mac Default set.

11 Text Tool The Chalkboard font now appears correctly.