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3 questions from Portugal

Hi

I'm new in this forum, just got NWC last Friday.
First I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Paulo Galvao. I live in Portugal. I am a musician involved with early music. I play the lute and the baroque guitar.

I must say NWC is a very good program, specially when you look at it's price!
I purchased NWC having in mind web-publishing.
1 Q
As I have Gostviewer I'd like to print *.prn files and than convert it to *.pdf. I just couldn't find the "Print to file feature" in the printing dialog box. Is there any other way to get a *.prn file?

2 Q
I'd like to improve the final sound of the midi files I export. I thought about copy/paste an entire staff to double the song (guitar solo) several times. Than I combined different midi patches, one for each duplication of the original staff; there must be a better idea.

3 Q
I' like to a eight note triple having a eight note rest in the middle (so far not difficult), the thing is That I want to beam the stems of the 2 extant eight notes. How can I?

Portuguese music for baroque guitar
www.pressioni.com/adc/index.html

All the best
Paulo Galvao

Re: 3 questions from Portugal

Reply #1 –
Hi, Paulo,

Welcome. I'm sure you'll find a lot of answers here on the forum. To start,

1: To create PostScript files, use the Add New Printer dialog to create a "virtual printer." First, select "Local Printer" (not Network printer). Select one of the Apple Laserwriters (the basic Laserwriter is just fine), these are all PostScript printers. Then, instead of selecting a port (LPT1, etc.) select FILE. Follow through the rest of the dialog.

Then, make your "virtual PostScript printer" the default printer. Start NWC, and use the ordinary File | Print command to "print" your work. It will prompt you for a destination filename and directory, and then creates the file. (You should use the .prn extension, Windows can act weird in some applications -- such as Word -- if you try to change it to .ps). Finally, after it's all done, use Explorer to change it to .ps and you're all set (or else just set an association so that .prn is associated with GSview.)

2: There's a lot been said about making guitar sequences realistic. https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=2059 has some info, https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=699 is an older one (it refers to a sample file, any of my guitar sequences on the Scriptorium will do.)

3: Enter three notes, and triplet them together. Make the middle note invisible and muted. Step-by-step: Select the middle note, then CNTL-E or ALT-Enter or Edit | Properties. Notes tab - click "muted" box. Visibility tab - select "Never." Now enter a rest as text. Page Setup, Fonts tab; double-click "User 1", select font "NWCV15" and set font size about 50% bigger than your staff font size. Then enter text (press x on keyboard) just before the hidden note, and enter a "o" (lower-case letter O, no quote marks) and select User 1 font. Expression placement tab, justification "center", alignment "at next note/bar", "Preserve Width" box off. Click OK.

Voila!

Fred

Re: 3 questions from Portugal

Reply #2 –
Hi Fred

Thank you very much for your prompt reply.
Your step-by-step explanations are very clear and easy to follow.
The only thing is that when entering letter "o" with nwc 15 font. what I saw on print preview was that very little "o" between the eight-notes. I know the font is right because I checked it in Word processor and a eight-note rest for "o".

What to do next?

The other 2 questions got a successful result.

All the best

Paulo Galvao

Re: 3 questions from Portugal

Reply #3 –
Hi again

Sorry, I forgot to select "user 1" in the text expression box.
Now everything is just fine,

Thanks,

Paulo Galvao

Re: 3 questions from Portugal

Reply #4 –
Hi Paolo,

It's nice to have a Lute player around. I play Ud, which is cited as the father of Lute :) Feel free to e-mail me at

ertugrulinanc-at-ixir-dot-com

anytime.

I'm also a GhostScript + GhostView fan. However, I use them with the help of FreePDF, which coordinates them making use of RedMon virtual redirection port and enables you skip the .ps phase.

Hth & cheers,
Ertugrul