On Dec 18, 2007, at 11:05 AM, Randolph Peters wrote:
Christopher Smith wrote:
FWIW, I found changing the tuplets to above in the choir parts
went very smoothly and quickly with the Utilities>Change...
Tuplets. One shot, very easy. I can't imagine a Staff Style being
any easier than that.
I agree that it is not hard to change. Actually, it was even easier
in the previous version where you could get to the tuplet settings
with a control-click (right-click). I'm not sure why they took that
away in 2008. I guess I'll have to make another macro...
That is still there in my FinMac2008a. Control-click (or right click
on my multi-button mouse) brings up a contextual menu where I can
either go right to the tuplet definition or just choose
Placement>Above. I can also get to the settings by selecting the
tuplet and hitting Return.
Plus, without even going to the contextual menu, selecting the tuplet
and hitting control-F (Mac) flips it.
But for my vocal work I don't touch any of that stuff. I just change
them all at the end of the process in one shot.
What changed in 2008? Some things I miss, but tuplet editing for me
is easier, not harder, in 2008.
If you are on an old document, maybe "enhanced" is not checked in the
Tuplet definition. That would prevent you from accessing some
features. You can add the "enhanced" check box to all of your old
tuplets in one shot with Utilities>Change... Tuplets again.
It is just that after writing 3 operas (among other things for
voice) with dozens of scenes and a few hundred vocal parts, a guy
gets to thinking that there could be an easier or faster way to do
things.
Maybe Smart Tuplets? Whenever there is a lyric attached to any of the
notes in the tuplet, it automatically gets "Above" placement? That's
what I end up doing most of the time.
I'm still waiting for smarter music spacing when lyrics and/or chord
symbols are involved, and smart repeat brackets. Yay for hyphen fixes!
Christopher
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