On 20 Jun 2003 at 10:16, Brad Beyenhof wrote: > on 6/20/03 10:12 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > On 20 Jun 2003 at 12:55, Phil Daley wrote: > > > >> I believe the previous poster was correct. > >> > >> You cannot put differing length notes in the same layer. > > > > You can't? What about Voice 1/Voice 2? > > > > I know everyone on this list deprecates that, but I find that layers > > often cause just as much work as V1/V2, because of stem direction > > problems (Finale guesses right sometimes and not others). > > As far as I know, Finale never "guesses" at stem direction in layers. > Layers 1 & 3 are always "stem up" when more than one layer is present, and > layers 2 & 4 are always "stem down" under the same circumstances. If only > one layer is present, it intelligently places the stems based on the > position of the note.
OK, I see why I've never liked it -- it's because whenever I need V1/V2 or layers, it's piano music, and Finale just can't get that right, under any circumstances, and it's a helluva lot of futzing whether you use V1/V2 or layers. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
