On 9/27/02 3:37 PM or thereabouts, Christopher BJ Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> intoned:
> I'm starting to come over to your way of thinking - if I change ALL > the regular notation to Layer 4, then I don't have to do it more than > once. Then I can put in bars and bars of quarter rests in Layer 1 by > holding down the 5 key, convert it to blank notation in one fell > swoop, and type my chords in merrily without worrying about switching > layers. Neat. Even easier -- do one bar of quarter rests in Layer 1. Apply Blank Notation. Select "Display Only Active Layer." Make sure Staff Styles are set in the "Items to Copy" dialog, then copy that one measure 999 times. > Hmm. For similarly tight passages I re-set music spacing to avoid > collisions with chords, then respace only that measure. Man, I would > like to have this option readily available, rather than buried inside > menus... Since I don't get good results even with the "avoid collisions" box selected, I just manually widen the measure (if necessary) and hand-tweak the chords. I am also (deliberately) sloppy about chord placement and alignment. I move them up and down, in front of the beat or behind it -- so long as the intent is clear, they go wherever there's room. Sure, under ideal conditions, it's nice to have them all nicely aligned 24 points above the staff -- but how often is that actually feasible when you have to accommodate notes, not just slash marks? - Darcy ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston, MA _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
