Additional Information about 
Finale Guitar 2003 for Windows
Finale Guitar 2003 Read Me, October 2002
Copyright © 2002, MakeMusic!, 
Coda Music Technologies

Congratulations on your purchase of Finale Guitar!

IMPORTANT: Read this document before you begin working with Finale Guitar and print a copy of it to keep with your Finale Guitar information. 

This file contains important information about Finale Guitar 2003 as well as information about converting older files into Finale Guitar 2003 format. Please note that Finale Guitar can open files created in any Coda notation product (i.e. Finale, Allegro, PrintMusic!, or NotePad). Finale Guitar 2003 files cannot be opened in pre-2003 versions of any of these products.

The Read Me contains the following sections:

•	Running Finale Guitar
•	New Features in Finale Guitar

You may also visit our web site, http://www.makemusic.com, for updated information about Finale Guitar, Finale NotePad, Finale PrintMusic, Finale, SmartMusic, and information on new releases. 

Running Finale Guitar

Installing Finale Guitar on WindowsNT/2000/XP

If any version of Finale has been installed on the machine, Finale Guitar recommends that you restart your computer before installing on WindowsNT/2000 systems. This will prevent erroneous font warnings.

We recommend that you install Finale Guitar, and any other software, when logged in as System Administrator.

We recommend that you turn off any programs running in the background, as virus detectors can often prevent Finale Guitar from installing necessary files and updating the registry. Rest assured, your Finale Guitar CD does not contain any viruses. To turn off all programs running in the background: Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete once to bring up the Close Program dialog box. (In Windows NT, 2000, or XP, press Ctrl-Alt-Delete, then click on Task Manager.) This lists every process that is running on the system. Explorer and Systray are always running, so leave them alone. If you see anything other than those two, click on any one of the others and click End Task. When that goes away, press Ctrl-Alt-Delete again and End Task on another one in the list. (If a program remains on the list after you have tried to End Task on it, click on it, click and hold on End Task for 10 seconds, then release it. If a "This program is not responding..." message appears, click End Task in it). Repeat the process until only Explorer and Systray are left. Some computers may have some other "required" programs - if Ending Task on a program crashes the computer, try again without Ending Task on that program.

Starting Finale Finale Guitar - DLLs
Most applications (including Coda products) require a set of files, the Microsoft redistributables, in order to work successfully on your system. These redistributable files are normally already present on most systems and are not generally included in application setup/install scripts - doing so would add about 1.5 MB to the size of the package, and cause a longer installation process. More importantly, as these files are constantly updated by Microsoft and are operating-system specific, including these files in an application installer could result in incorrect files being added in your system and subsequent problems.
 
In rare cases these files may be missing or out of date on your system. In this case an error will be reported when you start the program. Here are some examples of the errors that could be reported: 
If the files are missing... 
	'The dynamic link library MSVCP60.DLL could not be found in the specified path...'
or 
	'The dynamic link library MSVCRT.DLL could not be found in the specified path...'
If the files are out of date... 
	'The OCXTS.EXE file is linked to missing export MFC42.DLL:6880.'

If you receive similar errors when you start Finale Guitar, go to one of the following websites: 	http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/index.shtml
	http://www.dllstorage.com.ua
Download the latest copy of the DLL updater or DLL file. If you cannot access these sites, we have included a special setup program (dllupdateb.exe) containing just these redistributable files for users who are experiencing these problems. However, as mentioned above, these may not be the latest files, so this is less preferable than accessing the site above. Follow the steps below to run the setup program we've included:
•	Run the setup program dllupdateb.exe - found on the CD in the Finale Guitar Extras\DLLFILES folder. You may be asked to reboot your computer - in which case it is important that you do so before continuing. 
•	The application should now start correctly.

User Manual
For full documentation on how to run Finale Guitar, see the User Manual. To access, choose the Help menu, then User Manual, then Table of Contents.

Searching the User Manual
Finale Guitar includes special index files for use with the Acrobat Reader Search Plug-in. With the Search Plug-in, you can search for help in all chapters of the User Manual. You'll need to run the Acrobat Reader installer on the Finale Guitar CD, if you do not already have the Search Plug-in for the Reader. For a tutorial on using the Search capabilities, try the Finale Productivity Tips at http://www.finaletips.nu.

Phone Technical Support
The phone number (including new area code) for Coda Technical Support is (952) 937-9703. FAX# (952) 937-9760.

Upgrading from earlier versions of Coda notation products
Finale Guitar has a different file format than earlier Coda notation products, and converts older files to the new format when you open them in Finale Guitar. You should be aware of the following points:

Opening old documents
Finale Guitar  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 Guitar displays the original file name, so you can click OK to rewrite over the old file. See Maestro font below for further conversion information.

New Features in Finale Guitar

•	Enhanced Graphic Interface. Finale Guitar guitar sports a new look with improved, customizable palette and background graphics. Select from a variety of styles or even choose your own custom background.
•	Improved Document and Program Options. Finale Guitar is optimized for efficient handling of Document and Program Options. Make several changes to document or program specific settings at once without leaving the dialog box.
•	The Mass Mover Tool has been renamed the Mass Edit Tool. Look for the new Mass Edit icon  in the Main Tool Palette. Also, look under the Mass Edit Menu for all features that previously existed under the Mass Mover Menu, and more.
•	Tablature Improvements. Copy music directly into a TAB staff with the Mass Edit Tool or enter into a TAB staff with the Simple Entry Tool. Creating and editing tablature is now easier than ever!
•	Improved Chord Functionality. Choose from new chord styles, edit fretboard diagrams, and much more.
•	Two new TAB clefs available in the Clef Selection dialog box.
•	Change Lowest Fret Utility. Easily specify the lowest fret for any region of a tablature staff.
•	Use a MIDI Guitar for entry into a notation or tablature staff. Finale Guitar can even record the string you play for every note.
•	Improved Setup Wizard. A new category, "Fretted Instruments" has been added to the Setup Wizard. Choose from a variety of fretted instruments and corresponding tablature.
•	New Tablature Libraries and Templates. Find these in Finale Guitar’s Tempates folder and Libraries folder.
•	New Smart Shapes. Look in the Smart Shape Palette for the new Guitar Bend, TAB Slide, and Custom Line Smart Shapes. Use these new Smart Shapes to enter bend curves, TAB slides, and several other Smart Line Styles specifically designed for guitar notation.
•	Quickly add and remove word extensions on lyrics with the new Add Word Extensions and Remove Word Extensions commands under the Lyrics Menu.
•	New Utilities, Create Easy Repeats and Create Metronome Marking, under the Mass Edit Menu. These utilities make adding repeats and metronome markings a breeze.
•	Adjust the default placement of slurs, TAB slides, glissandos and guitar bends  with the new Smart Shape Placement dialog box.
•	New Display Expressions for Extracted Parts command under the Expression Menu.
•	Number of Systems per Page. Now, you can specify the precise number of systems for any page, or for all pages in a document.
•	SmartScore Lite. Finale Guitar supports improved scanning recognition.
•	WriteExpress Rhyming Dictionary. Generate a list of rhymes from a library of over 90,000 words.
•	Improved SmartMusic Accompaniment creation. Now, configure and save Finale Guitar files for customizable part playback in Smart Music Studio. Choose each accompaniment and solo staff independently in SmartMusic, even during playback.
•	Change Crescendo Smart Shapes to Decrescendos (or vise versa) by dragging.
•	New Component Files folder. The Finale Guitar folder has been reorganized. Most files that previously appeared loose  the root folder are now located in the Component Files folder.
•	New Component Files folder. The Finale Guitar folder has been reorganized. Most files that previously appeared loose in the root folder are now located in the Component Files folder.