At 09:53 AM 7/10/2005, you wrote:
Thanks again but this does seem to be going in circles.
- The shortcut you describe does not go to a specific predefined bit of
text. It only opens a text cursor into which you then have to type the
characters that you want.
Well, of course - you're not always going to want them same fingering are
you? I would never want to have to change a default fingering, I would
always want to enter my own.
- Such text expressions (as contrasted with articulations) do not allow
predefined precise positioning relative to the notehead.
So, one fingering number always requires:
1. click the notehead,
2. press the shortcut key,
3. type the character,
4. always grab and drag the character with the mouse.
No, not always. You decide what the spacing is that you want to be the
default. If that is intelligently chosen by the user, it should be an
"occasionally drag or nudge" as below.
With Finale I just:
1. press the metatool key while clicking the note,
2. occasionally drag or nudge the character.
Last, it does not seem that respacing will correct collisions of notes and
these fingering numbers. If there really is no way except by manually
positioning notes then Sibelius is dozens of times slower.
What am I still missing?
I don't see "dozens of times slower" at all. You've combined 1 + 2 in the
Sib example above into 1 in the Finale example - I don't see a big
difference there, click and type shortcut is very fast. Does the Metatool
key always give you the same fingering? How do you specify different
fingerings? It seems to me Sib step 3 has to be in the Finale example
somewhere. As for text positioning, there is the plug-in "Reset text
position" which will do a whole passage in one pass. I don't know, you
may still like the Finale MO better, but I don't think there's quite as
much difference as you state.
Ken
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