On 14 Jul 2005 at 23:57, Darcy James Argue wrote: > On 14 Jul 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. > > > > Sibelius offers a really easy method for doing this with non- > > contiguous notes. > > Yes, but since you have to shift-select or drag-enclose those > non-contiguous notes anyway, I don't see how that's faster than > Finale's metatool method. Especially since in Sibelius you have to > select the notes *then* apply the articulation, whereas in Finale you > can select *and* apply all in one step.
In Finale you cannot select the 1st and 3rd of 3 notes in one operation. Which is what I mean by "selecting non-contiguous notes." Also, consider this: Finale requires the same number of mouse clicks if you metatool applied to each individual note. But the result is as many UNDO buffer events as there were mouse clicks. In Sibelius, you have the same number of ctrl-clicks as Finale has metatool clicks, but when you apply the articulation, it's one item in the UNDO buffer. It also leaves the relevant notes selected to apply something else to, if that were needed (though that's not a common situation). -- 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
