Re: [Finale] Dot question

2003-09-06 Thread Peter Taylor
Richard Huggins wrote: On a double-stemmed, unison dotted note, where two layers have been involved in creating the unison, Finale will put only one dot if the note's on a space but two (one above, one below) it it's on a line. To remove the lower dot: Options Document Settings

Re: [Finale] Dot question

2003-09-06 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 06.09.2003 4:18 Uhr, Richard Huggins wrote On a double-stemmed, unison dotted note, where two layers have been involved in creating the unison, Finale will put only one dot if the note's on a space but two (one above, one below) it it's on a line. I don't know if there's a notational

Re: [Finale] Polychord Notation in Finale

2003-09-06 Thread David H. Bailey
Great explanation of a work around Chris! Couldn't you simply enter the underscore as a smart-shape line? You can define a custom line with exactly the thickness you want, and once in place you can drag it or edit it as you want for perfect length/placement in each instance, so that it would

Re: [Finale] Polychord Notation in Finale

2003-09-06 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
Yes, one could adjust the thickness and length easily with a smartshape line, and holding down Shift while entering it makes it perfectly horizontal, but if one had dozens of them to enter, I might like the lyric idea for the underscore better (using one of the special JazzText enclosure

[Finale] Polychords again

2003-09-06 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
I jsut found a weird option that might help the underscore thickness problem. OptionsDocument OptionsLines has an option at the bottom for Postscript options, Underscore thickness. I haven't tried it (no time right now), but this might increase the thickness for polychord underscores. It will

Re: [Finale] Dot question

2003-09-06 Thread Philip Aker
On Saturday, Sep 6, 2003, at 07:28 US/Pacific, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: ... you could enter one of the notes as an undotted note, then enter the proper rest to preserve spacing and hide it using letter O in Speedy Entry. Since the note is a unison, the improper length probably won't be a

Re: [Finale] Barline question

2003-09-06 Thread Peter Taylor
James Brody wrote I would like to be able to put dividing bar lines (section indicators) in the middle of measures of a score for a large ensemble. I don't know if it's easy or difficult, but I can't seem to find the direct reference for doing this in any of the documentation, although I'm sure