Harold, Here, also, is a url in the finale forum where they discuss the disappearing hyphens and other problems with finale 2011.
http://forum.makemusic.com/default.aspx?f=5&m=339714&g=339717#m339717 I enjoyed your question/comment as to why the hyphens are called smart! I had a good laugh over that one! Thanks for that, Michael [email protected] http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ >________________________________ >From: Haroldo Mauro Jr. <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 7:39 AM >Subject: Re: [Finale] Disappearing hyphens > >At 9:25 -0400 10/09/11, Michael L Meyer wrote: >>On Sep 10, 2011, at 7:35 AM, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: >> >>> This is Finale 2011 for Mac. All hyphens have vanished from the lyrics on >>> my score and soprano part. They are still there, in the lyrics window, but >>> not in the music, where spaces were substituted for them. They don't print >>> either. What is that? It is amazing how many hours I have spent on Finale >>> trying to figure out what is going on. Things just don't behave as >>> expected. Trying to synchronize expression and repeat texts between score >>> and parts is so time consuming that I just print parts without them and add >>> them by pencil later. That's a lot faster. Has this happen with anyone >>> before, I mean the vanishing hyphens? Thanks. >> >>Hi Haroldo -- >> >>This sort of thing has happened to me before, though I don't remember if it >>was all hyphens or just specific ones. Usually when it happens to me it's an >>issue with the "minimum space" setting for Smart Hyphens in the Lyrics >>preferences. The default, I think, is 144 (I work in EVPUs), but if I set it >>to a very small number, the missing hyphens reappear. >> >>Hope this helps! >> >>-- Mike > > >Thanks. I have not changed the minimum space setting . Updating smart hyphens >fixed it. >Harold >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
