At 09:10 AM 7/21/2007, John Roberts wrote:
>On 7/21/07 6:51 AM, "A-NO-NE Music" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In 4/4, I had to select 8th value at end of 3 to make it Rhythmic
>> Notation. There is no way to select only the 8th value. No matter how
>> I tried, the entire 3rd beat is selected. Anyone experienced it?
>
>I think you have always been able to select only the unit of the time
>signature, eg you have to select half a bar in 2/2. (Except _sometimes_ you
>_can_ select a shorter duration, but I've found no consistency).
I think to a certain degree the ability to select something like a
single 8th depends on what's in the other staves. I can't explain it,
and I don't know why, but I've found this to be true. I am able to
easily select an 8th if there is nothing in the other staves, but
when there is rhythmically complex music in the other staves I can't.
>You have to do something like this: For that one measure, change the time
>sig to 8/8, select "show different time sig" in the dialog box and put in
>4/4.
In Fin2008, you can use keyboard shortcuts to expand and contract a
selection. So if you've got both 8ths of the 3rd beat selected, do
Shift-left arrow and then do Shift-right arrow twice, and you'll wind
up with the second 8th selected.
The reason for the left and then right is that the first use of the
arrow keys always expands the selection -- and tells Finale which of
the selected notes is the anchor or pivot of the selection. So the
first Shift-left arrow leaves you with three selected notes, but it
also tells Finale that the rightmost note is the anchor. Then you do
Shift-right arrow twice to contract the selection.
If you had both 8ths of the 3rd beat selected and did Shift-right
arrow, then the first 8th would become the anchor, and no matter what
you did you'd never get just the second 8th selected.
This is new, and a little odd, but perfectly consistent once you understand it.
Aaron.
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