And: forgot to mention this: options/doc. opt./music spacing/minimum distance between tied notes... cheers. kdj
> From: Klaas de Jong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 20:44:18 +0200 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Finale] Ties > > Hello Jane, > > I would make the measures a bit larger, apart from: document/tie options, > mass edit/change ties and/or special tools/tie tool. > >> From: Jane Frasier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 19:19:14 -0600 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [Finale] Ties >> >> Thanks for the ideas. The first suggestion about music spacing options >> didn't make any difference. >> >> I tried a few things with the tie options but didn't get any better >> results. Here are links to a couple examples. If anyone has any ideas I >> would appreciate it. >> >> http://janefrasier.com/misc/example1.pdf and >> http://janefrasier.com/misc/example2.pdf. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Jane >> >> >> On Sep 3, 2004, at 10:46 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sep 3, 2004, at 7:26 PM, Jane Frasier wrote: >>> >>>> I am using Finale 2004 on Mac, OS 10.3.5. It seems like ties in the >>>> piece I am working on look awful. If I have chord of 3 notes tied, >>>> the middle tie is way too narrow. Also if a chord with 4 notes, with >>>> the interval of a second in the middle, the middle ties are >>>> misplaced. Has any one else seen this? Is there a cure? >>> >>> For the middle tie being too short, the setting you need to change is >>> under Music Spacing Options (Options > Document Settings > Music >>> Spacing Options*. Change the value for "Minimum Distance Between >>> Notes with Ties" to something larger. The tie is going to squeeze >>> itself into whatever space there is, but this value makes sure that >>> when the music is spaced it leaves enough room for a longer tie. >>> >>> The rest of the settings you want are under Options > Document >>> Settings > Tie Options*. I've been using my own Tie Option settings >>> for so long that I don't even remember what values are set in the >>> default templates, but I vaguely recall being dissatisfied with them. >>> >>> I'm not sure what you mean by the middle ties being misplaced. If >>> you're unhappy with the choices of over vs under, try a different >>> selection under Tie Direction > Chords. The three options are three >>> different algorithms for determining up or down for the ties in the >>> middle of the chord. Perhaps the rule you consider correct is not the >>> same one you have selected. >>> >>> Lots of other tie settings you twiddle with there. Even when you get >>> the settings you like best, there will still be cases where you have >>> to adjust them manually to get it just right. >>> >>> mdl >>> >>> * I'm on Fin Mac 2k2s. The menu locations may be a little different in >>> whatever version you're on, but the same panels will be there >>> somewhere. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
