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. *************************** J.D. Thomas ThomaStudios West Linn OR http://www.thomastudios.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************** The original point-and-click interface was a Smith & Wesson _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
