Aaron Rabushka wrote:
Often I've had the situation where I copy measures with lyrics in them to
have the lyrics show up in mid-staff at their new location. I wind up
clearing them out and typing them in again since trying to move them
vertically doesn't work. Has anyone else had this experience, and does
anyone know how to get the lyrics to copy properly? I am using Finale 2003.
Well, as it turns out, lyrics do copy properly, and while it seems
random, the behavior you observe is a necessary predicate to the way
Finale handles lyric assignments. While it seems random, it is not.
Now, as to whether there is any way to copy music so that the lyrics
wind up in the correct position on the system, there is probably not a
clean way to do what you wish to accomplish. While there may be more, I
have used two work-arounds. My current preference is not copy the
lyrics. In the dialog (or one of them; they were merged at some point,
and I don't remember exacrly when) related to the mass mover tool, there
is an option to specify items to copy. One option is to copy
everything; the other option is a choice to select which measure
attached items, and which note attached items you wish to copy. Lyrics
are a note attached item, so to copy the music without copying the
lyrics, one elects to copy note attached items, and in the check box
dialog that appears. make certain you do not have "lyrics" checked.
The other option, is to copy the lyrics, but adjust the baselines. When
you copy the lyrics, Finale places the copied lyrics in a new verse; one
can have these look right on the score by adjusting the baseline of the
target part of the lyric space to match the baseline of the source part
of the lyric space, either by using the "adjust baselines" entry in the
drop down menu associated with the lyrics tool, or by moving the
appropriate triangle in the box which appears when one selects the
options to either "click asssign", or "type into score".
ns
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