Mike-- If you want all tempo markings to be a fixed distance above the staff. I suggest using Staff reference line positioning with an offset. This will position an expression a fixed distance above or below the staff reference line, which is typically the top line of the staff.
HTH, Allen -----Original Message----- From: Mike Cholewa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 3:19 AM To: 'David H. Bailey' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Finale] Expression alignment - Baselines The main reason why I would like to control the baseline placement by numbers is because of measure attached expressions. I would like to specify the exact distance form the staff of tempo indications and so on (Like in the old days!). This seems impossible at the moment in Finale 2004. BTW this is a feature I'm missing in the Chord Tool too. Mike Cholewa > -----Original Message----- > From: David H. Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 1:12 PM > To: Mike Cholewa > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Finale] Expression alignment - Baselines > > There are the same triangles which you can choose to show or not. > Depending on how close to the staff or far away, the expressions > (note-attached) will retain a certain predefined offset from the entry > it is attached to if you drag the baseline too close to the staff. > > If you aren't happy with the alignment because you have the baseline too > close to the staff and your note-attached expressions aren't really > aligned, you can drag the left-most triangle down and all your > expressions will at some point jump into perfect alignment. > > Measure-attached expressions will always be placed in perfect alignment, > it seems from my preliminary tests, and their placement can be moved > with more than one triangle. I'm still not sure what all four triangles > are four, since I can only see real results with the left-most three. > > The difference between the expression behavior and the lyric tool > behavior is that the expressions all come with a predefined offset so > that when note-attached they will not collide with the entry. So > dragging too close will result in non-aligned expressions. With the > lyric tool, when you move the baseline, all lyrics remain aligned and > move up and down as you move the baseline and it is up to YOU to prevent > collisions with entries. To achieve the same thing with expressions you > have to edit each expression in the list and set the offset to zero. > > > > Mike Cholewa wrote: > > > In Finale 2004 is there a way to specify the exact locations of the > > expression baselines in relation to the staff as you can in Lyrics Tool > > (adjust baselines)? Or do you have to do it by eye alone? > > > > Mike Cholewa > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > . > > > > -- > David H. Bailey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
