On 6 Jun 2004 at 15:39, Mark D Lew wrote: > > On Jun 6, 2004, at 6:14 AM, dhbailey wrote: > > [answering Noel Stoutenberg, regarding Type in Score entry of lyrics] > > >> and I'd ask some examples to explain this "quirky" behavior, as > >> type into score seems pretty straightforward to me, Select a lyric > >> type (verse, chorus, section), and number, and type the syllable > >> below the note to which it is to be sung. > > > I know that when I have used type into score I have run into > > problems in editing the lyrics afterwards and in repairing mistakes > > I have made. [...] > > Bingo. Your problem came when you used Type in Score and then tried > to edit with Edit Lyrics afterward. The "quirky behavior" results > from combining the two. It is not a problem in Type in Score alone.
Yes, it *is* a problem with Type in Score, since certain kinds of problems that pop up in Type in Score can only be figured out by going to Edit Lyrics. I can't remember a specific example, but with my Requiem example, that was where I got in trouble. I was happily using type in score, and did not realize that the default for copying was not to create *new* lyrics, but to link to the original. Well, the lyrics in the copied version were supposed to be different, and I started changing them with Type in Score, and, naturally, this screwed up the original part. And I could only work out what had gone wrong was to go to Edit Lyrics. That's when I realized what an incredible unmanageable mess Type in Score had allowed me to create. And, eventually, I stripped out all of it and redid it all with click assignment. And I've never looked back -- you couldn't pay me enough to use Type in Score. The only way I can imagine that anyone could get by with it would be if: 1. no text repeats anywhere. 2. different parts have completely different texts. What I like about click assignment is that I have to type the text only once (and add in appropriate variants of individual words, usually for punctuation and capitalization). And if I make a spelling error or put a syllable break in the wrong place, I have to change it only once, in Edit Lyrics. -- 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
