You beat me to it, Christopher! I found this page not too long ago, and use it all the time. Very useful. JR
> On Feb 8, 2017, at 7:14 PM, Christopher Smith > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > I rarely get problems like this, though I’ve heard of them. Often, hitting > Undo restores the lyrics when they disappear, I’ve been told. > > My contribution is to provide you with this website, which offers automatic > hyphenation in English. Copy your lyrics into this window, hit the Hyphenate > button, then copy them back out and paste them into the Finale lyrics window. > You still have to check them (“Bless-ed” instead of “blessed”, for example) > but it saves a ton of work. > > http://juiciobrennan.com/hyphenator/ > > Christopher > > >> On Wed Feb 8, at WednesdayFeb 8 3:47 PM, Michael Withers >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> I'm hoping the corporate wisdom of this illustrious list can help with this >> problem, or at least point me in the right direction >> >> Everything has been going OK with Finale 25 since I upgraded. >> >> Yesterday I was successfully entering lyrics in my usual way (couple of >> glitches but I put that down to inaccurate fingers or me not being careful). >> My usual way of working is to copy/paste lyrics into the Lyrics Window, >> insert the necessary hyphenation and then click-assign the lyrics to the >> score. >> >> Today, the Lyrics Window is behaving very strangely. If I copy/paste lyrics >> into the Lyrics Window and click the 'Click assign' button the lyrics I have >> pasted disappear. Vanished! >> >> If I put the lyrics in by using type-in-score then the lyrics DO appear in >> the Lyrics edit window but don't seem to retain their connection to the >> score, i.e. if I then make a change in the lyrics using the edit window, the >> changes ARE NOT reflected in the score. >> >> I checked the other versions of Finale that I keep installed for emergencies >> (2014 and 2014.5) and they exhibit exactly the same errors. >> >> So I tried the version of 2014 that I keep on a laptop for emergencies - and >> that works just fine, exactly as expected. >> >> I guess this means the problem is with my main PC or with something in some >> software or other that has updated itself recently. Yes, I've already tried >> rebooting the PC (many times!) and deleting the preferences and starting >> again. >> >> Has anyone else experienced this problem or can suggest where I could look >> to find the cause? >> >> I am on Windows 10 with an i5 processor and NVIDIA GeForce graphics card >> >> The setup has been working fine until today and I have been working with >> Finale since 1998!! >> >> Any pointers much appreciated >> >> Best wishes >> >> Michael Withers >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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]
