On 18 Mar 2004 at 8:52, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 17.03.2004 20:06 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > > >> There are work arounds. However, they involve having to change > >> layer and/or Spacing options before spacing the measures in > >> question. > > > > Actually, there really is no workaround. I can't turn off spacing > > for layer 1, because all the other music in other parts in a measure > > with blank notation in one part needs to be used to account for > > spacing. > > One work around is to move all hidden playback notes to layer 4. I > know it involves more work, that's why it is a work around.
But then I have to turn off playback for the notes in the display layer. Right now, my non-playback layer is 4 and everything in layers 1-3 plays back. If I'm putting notes in layers 1-3 that are for display only, I have to set key velocity to 0 or turn off playback in the Edit Frame dialog. Or, I can allocate another layer, leaving me with only 2 layers for voices. > On the other hand I totally agree that something is messed up, and > should be fixed on coda's part. I'm glad it's all confirmed, and is not just some crazy artifact of my long-term conversions. I'm now discovering the "joys" of updating my old files to use current Finale settings (like ties and beams, which are *vastly* improved over the old days). But the problem is that I have font issues -- some of my files use the Engraver font and the Document Options settings saved from the Maestro default template don't look exactly right. I really like the look of Maestro Wide, especially for passages with lots of short notes (it looks splendid in slow movements with lots of ornamental notes), and I'd like to convert everything, but with my spacing problems and the issues of importing the settings, I'm not finding that to be viable for now. Any hints on converting Engraver files to Maestro Wide? Is there an independent spacing library that needs to be imported separate from the Document Options library? This is another area where I think Finale is horridly messed up, in the way libraries work. I shouldn't have to create files just for the purpose of loading libraries into them just so I can then save them out to a library file for loading into other files. Is there an easier way? -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
