I use Finale, most of the time, but back when I couldn't afford big brand software, I was a big fan of Noteworthy. (I still keep Noteworthy around for quick transposing jobs, since I'm faster entering notes on it, but it's not as full-featured as Finale.)

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Regards,
Eric Fretheim

"It is perfectly okay to write garbage-- as long as you edit brilliantly." ~C.J. Cherryh

"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." ~Winston Churchill

“No, writing 50,000 words in a month is normal. You are not crazy. This is not insane.” ~Teri Brown