Klarinet Archive - Posting 000222.txt from 2006/02

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Finale
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:10:47 -0500

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:27:00 -0500, "Howard Shertzer"
<shertzhg@-----.edu> wrote:

>WHEN THIS HAPPENED TO MY FINALE 2005A, REINSTALING DID NOT HELP. WINDOWS DID
>NOT KNOW HOW TO FIND THE FILE (MAESTRO FONTS).
>THE MANUAL AND THE EMAIL HELP FROM FINALE DID NOT WORK.
>I FIXED THE PROBLEM BY GOING TO THE WINDOWS/FONTS DIRECTORY. THERE YOU WILL
>FIND A SET OF MAESTRO FONTS. RIGHT BUTTON CLICK , CHOOSE PROPERTIES, AND
>CHANGE THE FILE ASSOCIATION TO FINALE.
>TRY THIS IF THE RE-INSTALL DOES NOT WORK.
>
>

This is the second time you've made that suggestion, and it is STILL
completely wrong. Font files in Windows are not "associated" with
applications. If a font is present and undamaged, it can be used by ANY
application.

Now, it is true that every type of file has a default application that
is launched when you double-click a file of that type. For .doc files,
that application is Microsoft Word. For font files, it is the Windows
Font Viewer. I assume this is the "association" you are referring to
(although the property page doesn't call it that.). It is possible to
change this default application, but if you do so, you will change the
default application for ALL font files. That doesn't mean the files
can't be used, it just means that if you double-click on a font file,
Windows will launch Finale, which will attempt to open the font file as
if it were a musical score. Predictably, this will fail.

DO NOT follow this advice. It will only cause you unhappiness.

--
Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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