on 9/28/03 3:54 PM, Daniel Dorff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Help?  I've just entered a passage of changing meters, mostly 5/8 and 7/8,
> using WinFin2003a, using Simple Entry to get the notes in.
> 
> All the 5/8 and 7/8 was displayed with individual flags, so I used the /
> stroke in Speedy to group all the beams properly, and it worked fine, and the
> extracted part came out fine too.
> 
> Later I did some revising, including adding beats and bars here and there.  At
> some point after that I noticed all the 5 and 7 bars were individually flagged
> again.
> 
> Two questions:
> 
> Can I tell Finale 2003a that in this document, or a range of measures, all 5/8
> should be grouped 3+2 and all 7/8 should be grouped 3+2+2? If not, that's a
> good feature to look forward too.
> 
> If I can't set this for a document or passage, I wonder why the beaming was
> forgotten after revisions? Dynamics and articulation stayed intact.
> 
> Thanks for any advice!

Set up the time sigs to be composite, 3+2 over 8 and 3+2+2 over 8 but have
them display 5/8 or 7/8.  This will give you what you're looking for.


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