Thanks Christopher and Robert, I always feel better when I know it is a feature. ;)
It does break the conventions and standards of how the program operates and it takes away functionality from previous versions, so I will lobby MM for a change. -Randolph Peters On 2012-09-03, at 2:34 PM, Christopher Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, that is how it works. If you only want an instrument change for one > measure, just select the measure AFTER the instrument change and set it back > to the first instrument. No worries. > > In your case, set the FIRST instrument to something you know before starting, > so you can change it back again afterwards. Or just rename it so you can find > it in the list. > > I wish I could have instrument changes/transposing staff styles that work on > partial measures. > > Christopher > > > On Mon Sep 3, at MondaySep 3 3:29 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: > >> It's a feature not a bug! That is, they mean for it work that way, but by >> all means write it up: >> >> Workarounds: >> >> 1 Change the staff lines with a staff style (which is what I did). >> >> 2 It may be possible to select the rest of the staff after the single bar >> and change it to the other instrument. I can't remember if I tried it. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Randolph Peters >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I don't know if Robert Patterson got an answer to his question from last >>> April, but I've only now realized there is a bug in the change instrument >>> command. (Finale 2012b) >>> >>> If you choose 1 measure, the changes apply to the rest of the staff. If >>> you select 2 measures or more, the changes work on the selected passage. >>> >>> Can anyone else confirm this before I send in my report to MM? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -Randolph Peters >>> >>> On 2012-04-01, at 9:29 AM, Robert Patterson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Is there any way to edit the instrument-change map directly? I need to >>>> change the instrument for 1 bar on a bass drum part so that I can add a >>>> cue, but when I only select one bar it changes the part from there >>> forward >>>> rather than just for the selected bar. Normally, I could change back in >>> the >>>> next bar, but this is a file imported from an earlier version, so the >>> base >>>> instrument is "Unknown" which makes it impossible to select in the Change >>>> Instrument dialog. > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
