On 14 Jul 2005 at 23:37, Christopher Smith wrote: > > On Jul 14, 2005, at 11:15 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > On 14 Jul 2005 at 22:15, Darcy James Argue wrote: > > > >> You don't have to use partial measure selection, *or* the apply > >> articulation dialog. > >> > >> In the articulation tool, hold down the metatool for the > >> articulation you want, and then just drag enclose the notes you > >> want. > >> > >> I only wish note expressions worked like this too. > > > > Yes, I know this perfectly well. > > > > But it only works with CONTIGUOUS notes -- all the notes within the > > drag area get the articulation applied. > > If you hold down the Delete key (on a Mac, it might be Backspace on a > PC) and click on or drag across some notes in the Articulation Tool, > the articulations get deleted. You can use this if every 1st note > needs a tenuto, while the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th need stacattos. Give EVERY > note a staccato, then delete the first ones. Then add the tenutos. You > could also do this for one measure, then set Mass Edit to copy only > articulations, and drag and drop the measure everywhere else those > articulations are needed.
More steps than Sibelius. > > Sibelius offers a really easy method for doing this with non- > > contiguous notes. > > Finale does too, with the Smart Find and Paint option. This might be > too new for you (are you in Fin2003?) I didn't know it existed, but it is there in WinFin2K3, as well. But it does *not* offer the same functionality. It only offers the ability to copy from one source to another. Well, unless I completely do *not* understand how it works -- the online documentation says it's for COPYING. That's great if you've got a model to copy from, but it still does not come close to the Sibelius functionality, which actually solves a problem that has always annoyed me about Finale's metatool drag for articulations. I never stated that you couldn't get the articulations onto the notes you want them to be on. Ferchrissakes, you can click on each note individually and choose the articulation from the selection dialog. But it's much faster with the shortcuts provided both by Finale and Sibelius. And Sibelius's shortcuts for this in this one instance provide more functionality than Finale's. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc All non-quoted content (c) David W. Fenton, all rights reserved _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
