That is correct. But it seems that for some reason she had b8 selected instead 
of #7 in the Key Spelling Dialog. So I figured all she wants is to select #7.
Harold

On 04/07/2014, at 08:25, Giovanni Andreani wrote:

> I thought that just by selecting a minor key the correct use of the sixth and 
> the seventh degrees would be automatically handled in the correct way
> 
> Giovanni Andreani
> 
>> On 4 Jul 2014, at 12:07, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Humble apologies: I inverted sharps and flats! The default spelling for 
>> minor keys is:
>> 
>> b2, #3, #4, #6, #7
>> 
>> That should solve the problem.
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
>>> On 4 Jul 2014, at 06:08, Patricia Spedden <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thank you for taking the time to offer suggestions.
>>> 
>>> I must really be doing something wrong.  My dialog box does not even 
>>> provide the options you suggest--#2, b3, b6, or b7.  I tried to send an 
>>> attachment with a screen shot of my dialog box, but the attachment was too 
>>> large to send.  So, I'll  list below the only options available to me in my 
>>> Edit Major & Minor Key Spellings dialog box:
>>> 
>>> Minor Keys
>>> Fixed Scale Step
>>> Altered Scale Step
>>>   Raise     #1     #3     #4     #6     #7
>>>   Lower     b2     b4      b5     b7      b8
>>> 
>>> The Fixed Scale Step option offers the natural minor scale form, which is 
>>> what you get when using Default Spelling.  I see no way to change the 
>>> Altered Scale Steps options available to provide the needed 1-½ steps 
>>> between scale steps 7 & 8 to get the harmonic minor--and as you can see, 
>>> your suggested #2, b3, & b6 don’t appear to be available.
>>> 
>>> Please advise.
>>> 
>>> Patricia Spedden
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