On Sep 26, 2011, Christopher Smith wrote: > Clicking the bottom note of the chord should give you the right length. > Experimenting a bit will give you the optimum place to click, and the lower > handle is selected upon entry, so the down-arrow or up-arrow to nudge the > length is already enabled if you don't click anywhere else immediately.
and > Sorry, I misspoke! It's the UPPER handle that stays selected after entry, so > you can nudge it left or right immediately using the left-right arrows. Using > the metatool R and clicking the bottom note (or a little lower, I find) makes > it the right length upon entry, so I rarely have to adjust length, unless it > is occurring over two staves. I find that the length is consistently one link longer than the length I prefer, with correct vertical placement. I do adjust the length using the up arrow on the bottom handle. My metatool is from my own templates, so it's possible I changed something from the original, but I don't think so. More likely you and I just have different length preference. Also, I want the wiggles of the shape to align neatly with the staff lines, and I can't get an exact placement with a single click, so that's why I use the lasso selection. mdl _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
