Thanks for the response Robert. How do I get your plug in? John Armstrong University of Ottawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Check out my web page at <http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~jarmstro>! On Tue, 14 May 2002, Robert Patterson wrote: > I know of no automated way to set up cross-staff notation. It requires a manual > combination of the Stem Reversal and Beam Adjustment tools in Special Tools. > Your problems with 16ths may be the result of not using the Stem Reversal tool > as needed. > > However, if you have fairly repetitive sequences of cross-staff notation, my > Mass Copy plugin greatly facilitates them because it allows you to copy your > work. That is, you only need manually to set up the pattern once, and then Mass > Copy can copy it to as many other places as you like (leaving the notes as they > are.) > > When you open the Mass Copy window, check Cross Staff and then go into the stem > & beam options and check Beam Adjustments and Stem Reversals. Select the source > pattern, click "Set Source", then select the target and select "Paste". The > target can be larger than the source both horizonatlly and vertically, in which > case Mass Copy replicates the pattern according to metric duration, irrespective > of barlines. > > I find that even if copying a source pattern doesn't produce exactly what I want > in every instance, editing the result is much less work than doing all the work > from scratch. > > On Tue, 14 May 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > > > > 1) I'm doing a piano piece with a lot of cross-staff notation. I'm > > finding it difficult to notate so that the beam lies between staves with > > stems going up and down from it. With special tools, I can make it work > > with eighth notes but 16ths pose additional problems. Is there an easy > > way to do this that I've missed? > > > > -- > Robert Patterson > > http://RobertGPatterson.com > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
