Hi Doug,
On Mac, the command key is the override key for linked parts. When you
perform an action with the command key held down (like, for instance,
dragging an expression), you are telling Finale to override the
default behavior w/r/t linked parts and do the opposite.
For example: normally, when you drag a linked expression in the score,
this does not break the positioning link, and causes the expression to
be moved in both score and parts. But if you hold down the command key
while dragging, the positioning link is broken and the expression will
move in the score only -- the parts will be unaffected. Alternately,
if you drag a linked expression in the parts while holding down the
command key, the expression will be moved in both part and score, and
the positioning link won't be broken.
The same logic prevails with slurs: while viewing the score, F (no
modifier key) in the score flips the slur in both score and part.
While viewing a part, F (no modifier key) flips the slur in the part
only, and also breaks the link. Command-F does the opposite in both
cases.
As I always remind people when this topic comes up: it is really in
your best interest to Read The Finale Manual, specifically the chapter
on linked parts, which is very informative and well-written. I cannot
recommend this enough. Linked parts are complicated and difficult to
figure out on your own, but if you just take five minutes to read the
relevant chapter, I guarantee that everything will make much more sense.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 21 Apr 2008, at 9:11 PM, Doug Walter wrote:
I thought I'd bring up something that I haven't seen mentioned (it
may have come up before and I didn't notice) in hopes of saving
others some time and potential frustration.
In working on a score in 2008, I found myself using Command-F to
flip tuplets from above to below or vice versa, but in doing so, I
noticed that their color changed, indicating that they had become
unlinked. Sure enough, on examining the part involved, they were
also orange, but still in their original (unflipped) position. I
called tech support, thinking that this was a bug and that nothing
should become unlinked by virtue of moving it in the score. He
confirmed he had seen this and suggested that I control-click on the
handle of the tuplet(s) involved and use the contextual menu to
relink it, which worked.
I had found that this could also be accomplished by going to
Utilities > Change > Tuplets and making the adjustment there instead
of using Command-F, and they would flip without becoming unlinked,
but it was more mouse clicks than I'd prefer to have to make.
What I've just discovered now is that my mistake was in using the
OLD keyboard equivalent of Command-F instead of the NEW one which
involves simply hitting the letter F with the tuplet handle
selected. That will flip it without unlinking it.
I had been doing the same thing with slurs, with the same unwanted
result, until I found that hitting ONLY the letter F works for them
as well. The even better news here is that it can be done
immediately after creating the slur, since it's still selected at
that point.
Forgive me if this is old news for some, but it's another case of a
command having been changed that slipped completely under this long-
time user's radar. Hope it helps someone avoid a similar waste of
time.
Doug Walter
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