It is true that the hyphens used for the separators between melismatic syllables are selected from the lyric font, but it turns out that there is a way to change the height. All one need do is, after all of the editing on the lyrics is complete, open the "edit lyrics" dialog box, select each hyphen you want to change, and then change the font. If you want a lower hyphen, you can either change the size of the font (a 6 point hyphen will be lower--although also thinner and shorter--than a twelve point one, and vice versa), or the font itself. Selecting a font with a higher hyphen than the one you are using will raise it, selecting a font with a lower hyphen than the one you are using will lower it.
This technique can also be used to insert a larger, or fancier first letter in a text, if desired.
Finally, if one is savvy enough to create one's own font, or to edit a font in a commercial distribution, one can substitute another character for the hyphen by creating a font with that character in the slot that the hyphen would normally occupy.
I proved this to my satisfaction in FINWIN 2k, I've not yet tested it in subsequent versions, and have no prior versions in which to test the technique. Also don't have a MAC....
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