On 27 Feb 2008 at 17:38, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > I'm making some quick-and-dirty viol parts and re-using each file as > > a template (I'm doing the parts to fix the clefs, because the music > > is all viols and voices, so the parts are in inappropriate clefs for > > viols). I started from an older piece with lyrics and then added > > lyrics in the new piece, but forgot to delete the old lyrics before > > adding new ones. > > > > Is it possible to delete the old lyrics without screwing up the new > > ones? > > Maybe. In some cases, if the old lyrics are visible in "type into score" > mode, they can be deleted there without disrupting the new lyrics, as > type into score mode maintains the binding between the lyric syllable > and the note. If deleting the lyrics in the "edit lyrics" dialog box, > then no.
The music the original lyrics were attached to was deleted long before anything new was entered into the new file, so, no, there's nothing there. > Faced with the problem you have, my most likely course of action would > be to copy the lyrics from "edit lyrics" dialog window to a text editor; > edit the lyrics to remove the unwanted syllables, delete all the lyrics > from your score, and copy the lyrics back into the document a part at > a time, and use "click assignment" to establish the bindings between > the appropriate notes and syllables. I think I'll just have to live with the unused lyrics -- that kind of trouble is simply not worth it. And this kind of thing really ought to be much, much easier to manage. There's too much "invisible" behind-the-scenes stuff going on with the way lyrics interact with music, and it's way too easy to mess things up. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
