On 26 Mar 2005 at 10:31, Brad Beyenhof wrote: > 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.
This (along with the lack of justification) shows that they've implemented this "feature" in a really half-assed way. Comments should be a separate field in the expression definition, not a non- printing part of the expression itself. Perhaps it was easy for them to implement it this way, but it sounds like it wouldn't have much value. Or, at least, cause almost as many problems as it solves. This is the kind of bullet-point feature that might tempt me to upgrade, but once I've heard the reality of it, I recognize that it's not at all what it pretends to be -- I can definitely get on just fine without it. -- 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
