On Wednesday, December 21, 2005, at 10:23PM, Chuck Israels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is it a practical idea to link only some elements? In reading another thread about parts extraction, it seems that linked parts (if ever implemented) would *have* to link only some of the elements. >Entries, inserted >or deleted portions? Well, it seems like things like the title, composer (etc.) *wouldn't* be good things to link, since they vary so widely between the main score and parts (and, apparently, between different parts). What if the design of the linked parts feature had a dialog (of some sort) that had checkboxes where you could select the elements to link? ... Alternately, perhaps the parts could initially have all the elements of the main score, but as you modified elements (like title, text boxes, etc.) in the parts, it would break the link for that particular element ...? Maybe, when you modify the title (etc.) in the first part you "visit," Finale could mirror those changes in other parts that you haven't "visited" yet (without changing the main score). (It would seem that the individual parts might share more in common with each other than they do with the man score ... at least in the area of layout, etc.) One "element" you would probably want to keep "linked" would be the actual notes (entries, rests, etc.) ... so that if you fix a typo/wrong note in the main score (or in one of the parts), it would be reflected in the part (or in the man score). Maybe, when editing a part, if you modified an "always linked" element instance (like a pitch)--and didn't want the change to be reflected in the main score--you could right/cmd-click the element and tell Finale to break (un-break if you changed your mind) the link. I have seen a number of word-processing applications (the old WordPerfect application comes to mind, with its "reveal-codes" that everyone made fun of) that have different "document views" of the same data stream. It seems reasonable to me that linking *some* elements between score and parts could be a very good thing. Just a stream of consciousness on a Wednesday before Christmas ... -- G. Igitur _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
