I think the distance between staves is affected by the % reduction. A 0.7cm staff is a reduction equivalent to 82%, so when you enter a distance of 1.9cm between staves, you actually get 82% of 1.9cm which is 1.558cm. WARNING: Algebra follows. We need to find the number that gives us 1.9 when we multiply by 82%. 1.9=.82x (where x is the number we need) Divide both sides by .82, and we have a value for X. 2.31707317=x Try entering a distance of 2.31cm. 82% of 2.3cm is 1.89cm. It's not exact, but it'll get you close.
I wish Finale would offer a choice of fixed measurements like they do with fixed font sizes. There are other cases like this where measurements are dependent on the staff percentage, but Finale doesn't make it clear that it's "supposed" to work that way. An example where Finale has mixed up fixed and non-fixed measurements is in system margins. The top, left, and right margins are fixed, and the bottom is dependent. Try this: Set a system to be at 50% (for the sake of easy measurements). Using spaces as measurements, enter 2 spaces for the top margin, and enter 2 spaces for the bottom margin. The resulting distances aren't same. The bottom margin is 50% of the value entered in the box. Confounding. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've never had this requirement before. A composer wants pages set up with > absolute measurements. On 11x17, staff 0.7cm high, space between staves 1-3 > and 4-6 1.9cm & spacing between the two groups 2.4cm, distance between > systems > 5.4cm, page margins 6.3, 1.7, 1.7, 3.0. > > The math is right, but these tools don't seem to be available (using 2010 > for > this job). Margins and system spacing, yes. But the staff spacing seems to > have no relationship to the numbers entered (entering -1.9cm isn't even > close > to 1.9cm; I assumed top-to-top and it was closer but still not right). > Individual staff spacing seems to be click-drag with no numerical display. > To > get a 0.7cm staff, I used a custom staff with the spacing set to 0.175cm, > but > it still isn't coming out right. > > I've been using this program for close to 20 years and this is the first > time > I've had to create an absolute page. Since Finale's 100% display isn't > actually 100%, I can't measure it with a regular ol' ruler. > > Guidance, please? > > Dennis > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
