On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 10:44:18 +0000, Ken Moore wrote: > dhbailey writes: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>> >>>> There is a bar for entering text in the Expression creation dialog, >>>> labeled Description: -- that is where you would enter Strings-piano >>>> or Guitar-piano >>> >>> Sorry I missed the begining of this thread - is this something only >>> found in the later versions of Finale? (I'm using Finwin02) >> >> Yes, I believe it was introduced in Fin2004. It really makes it much >> easier to create separate but similar expressions for doing just what >> this situation calls for. > > That shows the difference in the expression list. The other useful > feature in F2004 (is it in F2003?) is making non-printing a style, > applicable to individual characters, so you can differentiate the two > versions on the display also, but make them identical on print-out.
The problem with this method is positioning. If you've set the expression to center on the notehead (as is often the case with dynamics), the entire length of the expression is taken into account... including hidden characters. It doesn't even help to include the hidden characters on a separate line (since multi-line expressions are allowed as of Fin2k4), unless the length of the hidden section is the same length or shorter than the printing section. As has previously been discussed here, multi-line expressions cannot be aligned with any method other than left-alignment. -- Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] my blog: http://augmentedfourth.blogspot.com Life would be so much easier if only (3/2)^12=(2/1)^7. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
