Dear Chris, You know there's a selection called align repeats in the repeat tool sub menu and, if memory serves me well, I think it works without breaking the MM rest. Discovered it by accident. It saves just the irritation you describe.
I am on tour (in interesting Kraków at the moment), so I can't test this to be sure, but do look for it. Best, Chuck Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 21, 2014, at 8:11 PM, Christopher Smith > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The short answer is no. Rehearsal letters are one of those things, which not > being essential to the musical information, are moved around to avoid > collisions. Almost everything else takes precedence over rehearsal letters. I > generally have set them so that they avoid the top of the treble clef by a > fraction of a space, then tweak them from there as necessary when they show > up mid-system. > > As for repeat lines, I set them to the height that will apply to the most > parts possible, then tweak all the others. If I use the height that is good > for chord parts, they will be too high for almost all the other instruments, > except maybe flute and trombone. It continues to drive me nuts that multi > measure rests inside a repeat ending will cause the repeat lines to be > partially uneditable in page view because the handles are hidden. I have to > switch to scroll view to drag them over. It also continues to drive me nuts > that old files need constant hoop-jumping-through to get repeat endings to > appear on all staves. New files seem to be okay. > > Christopher > > >> On Fri Nov 21, at FridayNov 21 1:49 PM, Jim Fischer wrote: >> >> Is there a standard for Rehearsal Letters in rectangles for placement.? >> I'm always having to tweak the placement to stay out of the way of chord >> symbols on beat 1. >> >> Also is there a standard height for repeat lines above the staff - I am >> always having to tweak to make room for 16pt font chord symbols.??? >> >> Thx much, >> Jim >> >> >> :: j i m f i s c h e r >> :: p r o d u c e r ♫ ♪ ♫ >> :: m u s i c b o x >> :: p r o d u c t i o n s >> :: v a n c o u v e r, w a, u s a >> :: www.jimfischer.net >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
