Trouble Exporting Pdfs

I'm using Garageband '08 and every time to go to save the music notation pdf through the print menu, the pdf exports completely blank. I believe that i have the track selected... i've tried quite a few times.. could someone step me through this? Thanks!!

yeah, just tried repairing permissions... still nothin..
Did you delete the .plist and .cs files? That's often more important.
Nothing else I can think of. I never heard of this before. Of course I'm far from being any kind of expert. You can always try Apple support.

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[email protected]
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(^ LOL, a familiar name, I think? Just had lunch with Randy on Wednesday.)
Ghary, this is usually caused by the prefix ID tends to put into section starts if you aren't paying attention. You have to address the pages by their full name, which most likely makes your page range something like "Sec 1:1 - Sec 1:16" (Steve's trick is actually easier by far if you have to leave them in for some reason).
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~Pranav

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