Well, asbestos suit back in wardrobe! Thanks, Johannes, Dennis, David- and the lovely Linda! I only have one more query- you say that after "mirroring" any alt'ns to A(1) also appear in A(2)- fine, burt what about alts I make to A(2) are they reciprocal? Thanks as ever, regards, Keith in OZ
----- Original Message ----- From: David H. Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: helgesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Finale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Mirror, mirror, on the wall! > It allows you to effectively copy one section of your composition to > another section, without having to actually copy it or to ever edit it, > as long as you want it to remain exactly as the original section it > mirrors is. > > So if you have an ABBA work (that is as in sections, not as in the > Swedish band currently featured in Mama Mia), you can enter the first A > and B sections, and then mirror them to the second B and A sections. > Any edits you make in the "real" A and B sections are automatically > placed in the mirrored sections simultaneously. > > If you ever want to change the second iterations, though, you need to > break the mirror connections, which then places actual copies of the > original sections in the formerly-mirrored sections so you can then do > separate edits for them. > > It makes life simpler if sections are repeated exactly later on in a work. > > > helgesen wrote: > > Wearing my flameproof suit, I ask- please what is mirror tool used for? All > > info on usage is just that- info "on usage". Obviously lots of folk use it- > > so it must be useful! But what- (cringe, duck, whimper) does it do? > > > > Cheers, Keith in (at last) RAINING, OZ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > > -- > David H. Bailey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
