Christopher, I can confirm. I re-created the problem starting with a
document without libraries. I am also on 10.3.9, Finale 2006c. Your
instructions are perfectly clear.
One extra detail: I note that if there is a partial measure selection
(sometimes it looks as if whole measures are selected, but there is in
fact a partial measure selection), then the articulations and
expressions *do* get copied. Maybe this is what is happening for the
person who tried this at tech support. To make sure, they should
de-select partial measure selection before copying.
But I think the person at tech support isn't trying hard enough anyway.
I don't understand why the first reaction from tech support to a bug
report is almost always denial. When I beta-test for Finale I send in
many carefully researched bug reports and always get thanked for them.
When I send the same sort of detailed report to tech support, I get the
impression that I am a nuisance. They don't seem to like the use of the
word "bug", they make comments that have nothing to do with the
problems, they give me advice I don't need, instead of just going
through the steps I give them, noticing that these steps do reproduce a
bug, and saying "thank-you".
Tell them that other users can reproduce the problem. Mention me by
name - I like annoying them!
Michael Cook
On 22 Feb 2006, at 01:01, Christopher Smith wrote:
I am in communication with tech support, and they can't duplicate this
problem, but it happens to me 100% of the time.
I am on MacOS 10.3.9, Finale 2006c.
Create a score that has at least six staves. Enter music in the first
measure of staff 4, add articulations and note expressions, then copy
it to staves 5 and 6. Transpose staves 5 and 6 an octave higher and
lower respectively so that you can determine what gets copied
correctly.
Select measure 1, staves 4,5,6 with the Mass Edit tool.
Next, opt-sh click on staff 1. You will see the Items to Copy box,
Select all except Measure Items>Barline, Key, Measure expressions, and
repeats, and set clefs never to copy. Hit OK.
All should be well, as everything should copy as expected.
NOW, undo that and with the SAME three staves selected, opt-click on
measure 1 staff 2 instead of staff 1. You can opt-sh-click as well and
OK the dialogue box - it makes no difference on my machine.
The notes copy to all staves correctly, but the note expressions and
articulations do not, but only for Staff 2.
Now undo that and opt-click on staff 3. NOW the articulations are
missing on Staff 3 AND Staff 4! Apparently if one staff is overlapped,
you lose things on one staff; if you overlap two staves you lose items
on two staves.
Can other Mac users confirm, please? And maybe see if this happens on
Windows as well?
Thanks.
Christopher
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