Thanks Noel,

I'm not sure that's it...Finale obviously has given us the ability to create 
multi-line
text expressions within the expression designer. The Text menu for the 
Expression
Designer has some, but not all, of the capabilities of the Text Tool and 
Justification is
one of them. I'm just trying to figure out what toggles that feature from 
greyed to
activated. 

I'm on a Mac, btw...

--- Noel Stoutenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rob Deemer wrote:
> 
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I'm finishing up orchestrating a ballet (aka my dissertation) and I'm 
> >running into an
> odd
> >problem. When I'm working in the Text Expression Designer and have an 
> >expression that
> has
> >more than one line, the Justification tools are greyed out. Any ideas on why 
> >this is
> and
> >how I can get it working again? Thanks!
> >
> My best answer:  the designers of Finale consider that an expression is 
> going to be so short that it can fit into a single line, and that 
> therefore, justification is unnecessary, and didn't provide for 
> justification in expressions.  Best workaround:  hide the expressions, 
> and create a duplicate expression as a measure attached text-block if 
> you need the justification.
> 
> I haven't had the need to use this feature yet, so I've not tried this 
> second choice:  use hard [non-breaking] spaces to put the justification 
> in manually.  In windows, the nonbreaking space is created by pressing 
> down the "Alt-" key, while entering the digits  "0173" on the numeric 
> keypad.
> 
> ns

-Rob

Rob Deemer
Doctoral Candidate in Music Composition,
Assistant Director, UT New Music Ensemble
The University of Texas at Austin
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