More formatting woes

dj · #1 10-08-2009, 10:29 AM

H, Herbert:

Thanks for your reply.

I've not really had any major difficulties prior to this with formatting (at least since the page formatting was actually finalized in Composer Beta 0.70-something), and I've done some intense projects (700+ page orchestrations for a big musical, etc.). I've been running into some new difficulties lately and I'm not sure where they are stemming from.

I have done a very kludgy work-around (or end-run, perhaps) for this project by having separate directories for Organ, Vocal and Conductor parts and having complete sets of the files in each, formatted specifically for each part. I still have about five files that have to be re-formatted each time they are loaded, though.

It seems in each that there is one bar that will not accept its formatting and that throws the following bars off.

Once I get my printouts done on this, I'll investigate further.

David

dj · #2 10-08-2009, 10:31 AM

Hi, again:

I just noted that you and I both joined this forum in December of 1969, which means that we must have both been connected to the old U.S. military Arpanet. I don't remember having a PC at home when I was 13, though.

David

Sherry C · #3 10-08-2009, 11:40 AM

Howdy guys,

Not trying to duck anything here, but the most common scenarios we've run into with customers who suddenly have formatting problems where they haven't before is that Windows has updated something (sometimes automagically) that causes problems and/or the printer driver needs to be updated. Could either (or both) of those be a possibility here David? Typically for such situations, updating the printer drivers takes care of the problem.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dj

I just noted that you and I both joined this forum in December of 1969, which means that we must have both been connected to the old U.S. military Arpanet. I don't remember having a PC at home when I was 13, though.

David

You always were a precocious one, though

ttfn,
Sherry

herbert · #4 10-09-2009, 08:37 AM

Hi David,

You said:

“I just noted that you and I both joined this forum in December of 1969, which means that we must have both been connected to the old U.S. military Arpanet. I don't remember having a PC at home when I was 13, though.”

Interesting - The internet does not only influence our future but also changes our past.

Herbert.

wwwpdx · #5 03-11-2014, 03:33 PM

The pages after page 1 do not take the format of the 1st page. The vertical spacing is larger etc. Am I missing some function here? Is there a solution?

Sherry C · #6 03-11-2014, 07:11 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by wwwpdx

The pages after page 1 do not take the format of the 1st page. The vertical spacing is larger etc. Am I missing some function here? Is there a solution?

There is a lot of flexibility in the formatting area. If you have not yet seen the Tutorial Video on Formatting, I would strongly suggest watching that as a first step to learning about the most commonly used tools (and some tips and tricks, too). You can find that at http://www.notation.com/vb-forum/showthread.php?t=3725

If the video doesn't help you figure it out, please do post a copy of the file here, and let us know what you're trying to do with it.

ttfn,
Sherry

wwwpdx · #7 03-19-2014, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sherry C

Hi,

There is a lot of flexibility in the formatting area. If you have not yet seen the Tutorial Video on Formatting, I would strongly suggest watching that as a first step to learning about the most commonly used tools (and some tips and tricks, too). You can find that at http://www.notation.com/vb-forum/showthread.php?t=3725

If the video doesn't help you figure it out, please do post a copy of the file here, and let us know what you're trying to do with it.

ttfn,
Sherry

Thanks for trying, but my prob not solved.
It seems that all the pages of a score should format the same as the 1st page.
I'm just trying to save a tree.