At 4:50 PM -0400 3/16/12, David H. Bailey wrote: > >the Ossia tool doesn't work like I think it should which is to simply >add a blank measure above the measure you indicate, and allow you to >enter what you want in it. > >Nope, the Ossia tool is one of those black holes of Finale that simply >remain because it's easier to leave them than to fix them or remove them.
Please forgive me for mentioning this, but the tool works perfectly in Sibelius, like much else. And they do fix problems as they get to them, sometimes very quickly indeed, and are willing to tell you when they are on a priority list or are unlikely to be changed. But of course the original poster didn't necessarily want a smaller staff added, but a 3rd regular sized staff. There was a lot of grumbling (and I was one of the grumblers) when Sibelius 7 came out with a totally new and different user interface, something like Finale's arbitrary changes in its user interface every year. It was just an unexpected shock after being so amazingly consistent over so many years. John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music School of Performing Arts & Cinema College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:[email protected]) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
