I know this annoyed me as well in the past, but of course checking
just now with 2006 back to 2004, it works just as Darcy describes.
Maybe there is an option somewhere that at some point I fixed? In
any case, the thing that I never bothered to figure out, is how to
hand-drag the staves DOWN. What if my top staff has very high notes
or markings? I know I must have run into this and perhaps used the
staff tool to move 'em all, but it would be nice if I could hand-grab
instead. Am I forgetting something?
Rich
On Aug 5, 2005, at 12:01 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Craig,
I'm afraid I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about.
In Scroll View, you can use the hand grabber to put the leftmost
barline anywhere you want, showing as much or as little of the
staff names as you desire. And once you've put it where you want
it, it stays there, no matter what else you do (that is, provided
you don't move left or right with the hand grabber tool again). If
you want to advance or retreat in Scroll View, on Mac, you can use
cmd-page up and cmd-page down to do so. (I'm sure there's a
similar shortcut for Windows.)
In Page View, obviously, provided the staff names fit on the page,
and left edge of the page is visible, the staff names are always
visible.
In Studio View, the Staff Names are never visible, but the
Instrument Names are always visible (by design).
- Darcy
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On 04 Aug 2005, at 10:57 PM, Craig Parmerlee wrote:
OK, this is one that has bugged me no end for 10 years. But
tonight it seems to be driving me crazy more than usual.
In scroll view, Finale displays the staff names to the left of the
staff. But the spacing is such that most of the staff name
disappears off the left of the screen. It makes no sense. Why
display the name and then chop it off?
With the staff tool, you can drag the staff to the right, allowing
the staff name to show. But here is the really annoying part:
whenever you do just about anything, Finale resets the margin to
its prior, useless setting. The only way you can use this is to
memorize the order of your staves. That is not much fun when
dealing with 20 or more staves. Tonight I am trying to copy
between two scores and it is taking forever.
What in (%&^&$ were they thinking? It is as if somebody
progeammed this intentionally as a means of torture.
If there is an option that controls this, I sure haven't found it.
I hope somebody can set me straight on this.
Thanks in advance.
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