On 2011-11-21 20:02, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz 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.
The resulting system scaling must be 100%, otherwise the staff spacing is affected. For example 96 EVPUs as "Staff Height" and 100% at "And Resize System". And of course, 100% page resize, but that's the default. Best regards, Jari Williamsson _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
