This approach seems to work best for me. However, I'm having trouble applying this when I want one time signature to span two staves, and another to span more. When selecting Engraver Time for the font, I found that the numerator and denominator were on top of each other, so I adjusted the offset in Document Options. I got it to look just right for a two-staff group. However, I can't find a way to adjust this offset for independent staves. I see the option in Staff Settings to make time signatures an independent element, but am lost beyond that...
I had thought to resize the "time signature staff" for the other time signature to a larger size. This does work. However, now the time signatures are horizontally aligned on the left, but the enlarged signatures protrude further to the right than the non-enlarged ones--catch my drift? Have you found a workaround to this challenge? Thanks again, Christopher On 11/8/05 11:23 PM, "Michael Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's how I make large time signatures that go between staves or span > several staves. It's a very flexible method which makes it easy to > control the size and the placement of the time signatures: > > 1. Turn off time signature display in all staves. > > 2. Create a certain number of extra "time signature" staves. In staff > attributes, make sure that nothing displays on these staves apart from > the time signatures: make each one a zero-line staff, turn off > everything in "items to display" apart from the time signatures and > turn off display of rests in empty measures. > > 3. Choose the font and size of the time signatures: I use Engraver Time. > > 4. Now you can move each time signature up or down to where you need it > by dragging on the handle of the corresponding "time signature" staff. > > Michael Cook > > On 9 Nov 2005, at 08:07, Brennon Bortz wrote: > >> I apologize if this has been asked before, but my searches haven¹t >> turned up much in the archives... >> >> How does one create ³cross-group time signatures², such as those >> commonly seen in large-ensemble pieces? I¹m talking about the large >> time signatures that don¹t just reside in one staff, but are exploded >> to cross over multiple staves. >> >> Also, is there a ³proper² name for this notational marking? >> >> Thanks, >> Christopher >> -- >> B. Christopher Bortz >> Graduate Student, Music Composition >> University of California, Riverside >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > -- B. Christopher Bortz Graduate Student, Music Composition University of California, Riverside [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
