> a question just came up. The Finale documentation suggests to use two > hard spaces as invisible syllable in order to handle this situation.
> Isn't it better to use what Windows calls a "Soft Hyphen"? That way, the > first hyphen in the next system is positioned nicely under the first Actually, I think it should be called a hard hyphen. But in any case, using a hard hyphen instead of a hard space is an easier solution than in the Finale manual. However, there's another issue. When a word crosses a system boundary and there's a syllable on the first note of the new system, there should be a hyphen before this syllable. System1: o o Al-le- System2: o o -lu-ia. It's possible to achieve this in Finale, but not without spacing pain. The "lu" syllable needs to be hardhyphen,hardspace,"lu" and then needs to be repositioned under the note, and horks Music Spacing. See the Novello choral score of _Messiah_, page 228-229 to see it done properly. ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** ** Benjamin Smedberg, Director of Music ** ** St. Patrick's Church, Washington D.C. ** ** VOX 202-347-2713 x102 - FAX 202-347-1401 ** ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** ** "Soli Deo Gloria" ** ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
