On Sep 30, 2005, at 4:56 PM, Lon Price wrote:
I'm working on a batch of lead sheets, and I'm running into some major
annoyances about lyric spacing, word extensions, etc.
1. Why does Finale not recognize tied notes when avoiding lyric
collisions? When I have an 8th note tied to another note, I get a big
space between the 8th and the tied note. I don't want that. If I
deselect avoid collisions of lyrics, then I get collisions everywhere
else. There doesn't seem to be an option to ignore the first note of
a group of tied notes. In fact, only the LAST note of a tied group
should be recognized in regard to collisions.
Well, if it was only TWO tied notes, then there should be an underscore
extension, which would be impossible if the lyric ignored collisions.
It might be complex beyond Finale's capabilities to change the spacing
depending on whether there were two tied notes (avoid) or three or more
(don't avoid, or only avoid the last.)
I haven't checked, but does TG Tools help with this? It always seems to
have something to help with some problem I find...
This is also a problem with chords. Try entering Bbm7(b5) over an 8th
tied to another note. You get a BIG space between the two notes.
Does ANYONE want this behavior? I seriously doubt it.
Yep, I and others have been complaining about this for years. Please
complain as well directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] , so that
correcting this terrible behaviour gets moved up the priority list.
2. With smart extensions selected I'm having trouble with getting rid
of extensions that I don't want, like when an instrumental section
immediately follows a lyric, and there's no rest between the two.
When I try to delete the unwanted extension, it just gets redrawn. Is
this a bug in FinMac 2006, or am I doing something wrong?
When you select "Edit Word Extensions" in the Lyric menu, then select
the offending handle, and press Delete, this doesn't do it? Sometimes I
have to hit command-D to redraw the screen so that it appears
correctly, but even if I don't it still prints correctly. It must be a
new bug in 2006, as what I described works perfectly in 2005.
I always have the auto update turned off, and update manually, for
reasons of speed. Does this affect anything on your end?
Christopher
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