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Changes to Dolet 5 for Finale: most recent first

Changes 5.1 to 5.2 (January 2010)

  • Files with unusual structures of locked systems no longer hang Finale during file export.
  • Hidden system breaks within multimeasure rests no longer cause the file export to fail.
  • Direction offsets are no longer omitted during import into Finale 2008 and earlier when a default-x attribute is present.

Changes 5.0 to 5.1 (December 2009)

  • Importing MusicXML files from Sibelius sets the option to have group brackets display on a single staff, better matching Sibelius's default settings.
  • Importing MusicXML files from Sibelius sets the option to allow primary beams within a space, for easier post-processing with Patterson Beams.
  • All lyrics on a single note that share the same lyric type and number are exported.
  • Lyric elisions created with the EngraverFontSet font export when EngraverFontSet is also the default music font.
  • Single-staff instruments within a group can be optimized correctly after a MusicXML import.
  • The correct generic font type is exported when Chaconne or Kousaku is the default music font.
  • Staves that are hidden for the entire score no longer create extra vertical space during export.
  • MusicXML files with many custom-formatted syllables no longer assign some lyrics to the wrong notes during import.
  • Invalid MusicXML files with slur numbers greater than 6 no longer cause the entire file import to fail.
  • Finale 2010 percussion instruments with different maps on different layers no longer cause the export to fail.
  • Larger MusicXML files can be imported on Windows, matching what was already available on Mac.
  • Error messages have been improved for installation and out of memory errors.
  • Mac OS 10.3 is no longer supported.

First Dolet 5 for Finale release 5.0 (September 2009)

Dolet 5 for Finale adds support for Finale 2010, including the following features:

  • Finale 2010 percussion maps.
  • Finale 2010 chord symbols.
  • Export of Finale 2010 auto-sequenced rehearsal marks.
  • PNG, JPEG, GIF, and BMP graphics formats.
  • Broadway Copyist font family.

Dolet 5 for Finale also improves import of MusicXML files exported from Sibelius with the Dolet 5 for Sibelius plug-in, including the following new features:

  • Improved import of optimized systems that use default staff spacing.
  • Import of text in glissando lines.
  • Improved import of jazz articulations.
  • Improved import of arpeggios.
  • Import of feathered beams.
  • Import of engraved vs. handwritten default music font (requires Finale 2010a).
  • Import of German and Scandinavian chord styles.
  • Credits on blank pages, with an approximate location based on the center of the page.
  • Import and export of more notehead styles, including arrow up, arrow down, slashed, back slashed, and shape notes.

Dolet 5 for Finale also improves support for MusicXML 2.0 and Open Score Format features:

  • Per-system, per-measure, or no measure numbers displaying per part, using MusicXML 2.0's measure-numbering element.
  • Accidentals in part and group names and abbreviations, using MusicXML 2.0's name-display elements.
  • Open Score Format support is updated to Version 1.0. For more information on Open Score Format, see http://openscoreformat.sourceforge.net/.

Other new features include:

  • Specifying both a named and generic (engraved vs. handwritten) default music font.
  • Improved export and import of trills and glissandos.
  • Improved import of:
    • Stems in percussion staves.
    • Transposed instruments without key signatures.
    • Cutaway staves.
    • A4 and other metric page sizes.
    • Nested tuplets.
    • Unknown fonts as text fonts for lyrics and words.
    • Percussion clefs in documents using the Jazz font.
    • Major seventh and half diminished chords in documents using the JazzCord font.
  • Improved export of
    • Non-printing key signatures.
    • Endings over empty measures.
    • Total pages text insert.
    • Number of instruments per part.
  • Support for the Kousaku Percussion font.
  • Non-TIFF graphics now import into Finale 2009 as well as Finale 2010.
  • On Mac, the export dialog changes the file suffix on .mus files when the MusicXML format changes.

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