At 11:23 AM 09/22/02, Dan Carno wrote: >If I read the manual correctly, adjustments to slur contours impact only >new slurs (yet to be born), leaving old ones as is. But on my computer, >both Fin 2002 and 2003 make these changes retroactively.
I believe you're reading the manual wrong. My understanding is that changes to the Slur Contour settings will affect all existing slurs which have not been manually altered. Any slur which has not been manually altered will not be changed. I have been told that if I context-select a slur and set it to "engraver slurs-off" that will have the same effect as manually altering a slur, but that has not been my experience (in MacFin 2002). An unaltered slur with engraver turned off will still be affected by Slur Contour changes, while an altered slur with engraver turned on will not. >This is not the case with files created in earlier versions of Finale. If there's a difference between Fin2002 and previous versions, I'd guess this has something to do with the introduction of engraver slurs. >Does anyone know why I am experiencing this behavior and how to get Finale >to work as it says in the manual? What are you reading in the manual? I'm not finding anything like that. If you want to make a change to Slur Contour without affecting existing slurs, you could make a manual adjustment to each of them. I realize this is too tedious to be practical, but if there's an easier way, I don't know. If it were true that changes all slurs to "engraver slurs-off" in the context menu changed their behavior, that would be very useful, but for me that does not work. I've developed practical habits that meet my needs for drawing slurs, but I've never worked out a comprehensive understanding of slur behavior with regard to all the different types and settings. If anyone can offer such an explanation, I'd love to see it. (And yes, it goes without saying that you won't find this in the manual....) mdl _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
