On Jul 6, 2005, at 9:50 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
No you're not. I would greatly appreciate it too. Of course, it should be "automatic" only in the same sense that horizontal page and measure layout is automatic: Finale should supply you with its best approximation when you first lay out systems, but after that you adjust it manually or reinvoke it in a selected region w. a Mass-Edit or Layout menu command. Also, the degree of vertical collision avoidance--and what items should be considered--should be user-configurable, just as in the existing Music Spacing dialog.
Agreed. The best thing about Finale is that even when it offers solutions, it doesn't impose them upon you; you can always do it yourself if you want something different.
I would pursue the analogy a little further and specify that implementing vertical spacing is an action you perform on a page when you choose to, just as you implement horizontal spacing on a measure or measures with the 3 or 4 metatool. For those who want vertical spacing turned on all the time, there can be an "automatic page spacing" analogous to the current "automatic music spacing" and "automatic update layout". Anyone who doesn't want the new vertical spacing can leave it turned off and never use it.
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