On 11.07.2004 16:10 Uhr, Robert Patterson wrote > Johannes Gebauer wrote: >> I don't quite see how MassCopy can help me position all >> those "f" and "a tempo" indications? > > Once you have positioned one, Mass Copy can replicate it as much as you > want both horizontally and vertically. Unlike Finale's Mass Edit tool, > Mass Copy preserves the vertical position of note-attached expressions, > irrespective of the relative vertical position of the source and target > notes.
I still cannot quite see how this helps me. Are you refering to large orchestral scores with lots of the same dynamics in different parts? I am mostly working on chamber music, and using MassCopy to place anything just seems a lot of effort to get that forte in the right place. (I am not questioning that this works for you, I just don't understand how.) > Mixing font effects in one expression is a very useful feature. It can > be accomplished in Fin03 fairly easily using shape expressions, although > admittedly not quite as easily as in Fin04. However, you only have to > define such an expression one time. The whole beauty of the new system is that it is so simple. The problem with mixed-font expressions is that they usually are only required once, at least in detail. Defining a Shape Expression for this purpose is much more work than using a measure attached text block. Or several expressions. But using the new expressions is much faster still. Things like Adagio cantabile [quarter note]=66 are a breeze, they would not be as a shape expression. I can define one of these, and easily duplicate and change to accomodate Allegro [half note]=120 That's what makes them so useful to me. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
