On Apr 27, 2004, at 7:23 AM, Jason Green wrote:
Fin2k3. I�have two grace notes, one in layer 1, one in layer 2 on the same staff. They are a third apart and have tails in opposite directions. Why do the noteheads never align vertically when I respace (metatool 4, Ctrl-U), even after manually positioning them...
Notes line up when you do spacing because every note is defined with a rhythmic position in the measure. Grace notes are the exception. A grace note's base horizontal position is defined as immediately to the left of whatever follows it, and the spacing algorithm pushes it further left as necessary to fit. An upstem grace note has flag to the right of the notehead while a downstem grace note does not. Thus, the upstem grace note will be pushed further to the left.
There's lots of room for improvement in the grace note algorithm, obviously, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that Finale should always make them align with each other. We've had this discussion before, and tastes differ, but to me there are situations when they shouldn't align.
or better question: aside from manually, how do I get all grace notes in multiple layers to line up??
Not sure what you mean by "manually". I use the Note Position special tool to align grace notes.
I doubt it's any easier, but you also could flip all the grace note stems so that they match, then do spacing, then flip the stems back. That will align them wherever there isn't some other element affecting grace note spacing.
mdl
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