To tile pages (with Compile Postscript Listing)

Note: you must have a Postscript Printer to perform these steps.

1. Set the page size of your score to the proper size. Use either Document > Page Format for Parts or the Page Layout tool. (See Page layout or Page size.) When entering the final, taped-together page dimensions, the key is to subtract one inch for each page that will be side-by-side with another. If your score is to be 11 by 16 inches, for example, it will be composed of two letter-size pages taped together. Therefore, set the page height to 10 inches (not 11). For the width, enter 15 inches (remember, you’re subtracting one inch for each page that will be side-by-side).

   By subtracting one inch from each dimension in this way, you provide for a half-inch margin of overlap on each page, so that the resultant pages will be easier to tape together.

2. Choose Utilities > Update Layout.
3. Choose File > Compile PostScript Listing. The Compile PostScript Listing dialog box appears.
4. Click Tile Pages. Specify the page range and the size of the component pages (Letter or Legal) on which you’ll be printing. Click Center Music on Page if you want the printed image of the full score page to be centered on the taped-together physical page; if you don’t specify this option, the music will appear beginning in the upper-left corner of each full-size page, requiring you to cut off the extra paper on the right and bottom margins, if necessary.

   If you also select Include All Fonts in Listing, Finale will embed the actual music fonts into the PostScript file. The resulting file will be larger, but you won’t have to worry that your music fonts aren’t installed on the computer that will ultimately be doing the printing.

5. Click Compile. To print the resultant compiled file, you’ll need a downloading program such as the LaserWriter Font Utility. For more information, see PostScript. For best results, have a paper cutter on hand to trim the default quarter-inch margins created by a PostScript printer on each page that you’ll be taping together.

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