Hi all, I just heard back from tech support on this and Gary said he couldn't recreate my problem. The file I was working in originated in a template put together a long time ago, so I made a new file with the set up wizard to experiment with. The behavior I reported was not present in the new file.
This is the first noticeable problem (assuming this *is* the problem) that I've experienced using one of my old templates. One beta tester I know swears by making a new basic template for every upgrade (not fixits). How often do you folks on this list redo your own templates? Do any of you import any existing libraries into the new template? Any other dos, don'ts, or routines? Thanks, Don Hart on 7/20/05 11:28 AM, Don Hart at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Mark, > > Here's the problem as stated in my original post: > > Try this: > > -- Enter a chord in the treble clef consisting of F sharp, G sharp up a > second, C sharp up a fourth, built up from the top line F sharp. Show > all three accidentals. > > -- Go to the "Accidental Mover Tool" in the "Special Tools" tool palette > and click in the measure to bring up handles on the accidentals. > > -- Select the handle for the F sharp and nudge once, either left or > right. When I do this the F sharp and the G sharp swap position........ > > Undo that action and try on each of the other two accidentals. A nudge > on the G sharp produces an expected action; nudging the C sharp moves > the G sharp into a conflicting position. > > Lower that example an octave and the first nudge produces a different, more > severe problem, the difference seemingly predicated on stem direction and > which note in the second is displaced. > > This is a pain to deal with, a pretty good impression of inconsistent and, > ultimately, unacceptable, no matter how logical it is according to Finale's > algorithms. > > Thanks for pointing out this function of the clear key; I wasn't aware of > it's use here. > > Don Hart > > > on 7/20/05 5:28 AM, Mark D Lew at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> On Jul 20, 2005, at 1:19 AM, Don Hart wrote: >> >>> Did you recreate the examples I originally offered? >> >> No. You'll have to tell me what they are again. I don't save old >> messages here. I'm not sure I even saw the beginning of this thread. >> >>> In some instances one >>> nudge plops an accidental directly on top of another. >> >> Sure, that makes perfect sense. If you nudge the innermost accidental, >> you've removed it from Finale's view so it's going to put another one >> in the innermost position. >> >>> And the "anchoring" >>> nudge, as you call it, doesn't undo anything. You have to edit your >>> way out >>> of the problem. >> >> If you've got a group of accidentals and you want to move the inner one >> only, anchor the outer ones first. >> >> One thing I didn't mention. You know that the clear key resets an >> accidental to zero, right? Just clear them all and you're back to how >> you started. >> >> mdl >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
