On Wed Dec 21, at WednesdayDec 21 9:24 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: > > I've found that lyrics are particularly vulnerable to old junk mysteriously > reappearing, and given how they work it's easy to see why. > > If I'm editing someone else's file with lyrics, I will almost always clear > all lyrics and start from scratch. It's generally faster than trying to > change what's there. > > I even sometimes do that with my own files. Most of my work is making edited > copies of music that is already written, but occasionally I compose or > arrange in Finale. When I do, I use Type in Score (which I never use in my > other work), enter things out of order, make changes along the way, etc. > Later when I'm ready for a final version, I will typically clear out all the > lyrics and re-enter them in an orderly fashion.
Mark et al, Next time try this. Open up a new document with enough staves, and one staff at a time, copy each vocal staff to the new document. The lyrics will go with the staff, and almost like magic, be ordered and linear in the new document's Edit Lyrics window. Clear ALL the lyrics from the original document and copy each staff back into the original document. Also, if you need to clear them, you can option-click (or alt-click) them all in with one go per staff (plus shifting to the right for melismas...) Christopher _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
