Sounds like you used a page-attached Text box. It really is easy, one mouse click, and enter the line thickness. Done. It stays attached to the text this way, which is better than drawing a separate rectangle, as that is super fussy.
Christopher > On May 1, 2017, at 8:11 AM, Lawrence Yates <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Christopher, I'm sure I used to do it in a much easier way than > that. It's to enclose a set of details at the top of the first page > including several text inserts (date, modification, duration etc.) I'm > sure that in the past I simply used to draw a rectangle around everything, > although maybe I dreamt that. > > Thanks. > > On 1 May 2017 at 12:50, Christopher Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Two ways. Text Tool, then click Standard Frame in the Text menu and add a >> line thickness (4.5 EVPUs is what I use often.) >> >> Or Expression Tool, create the expression and then mess with Enclosure >> Shape until you get what you want. >> >> The only advantages to the Text Tool method are it can be page attached, >> and it has better text formatting possibilities. The advantages to the >> Expression Tool method are it can be easily inserted more than once if you >> ever need it multiple times, it automatically attaches to the staff (though >> depending on what you need it for, that can be a disadvantage), and if you >> need several different ones you can duplicate it and simply edit the text >> instead of recreating the enclosure every time. >> >> Christopher >> >> >>> On May 1, 2017, at 6:34 AM, Lawrence Yates <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Sorry to trouble you with so lame a question but in Finale 25 how do I >>> enclose text in a box please? I have done this many times in the past in >>> previous versions but now have a complete mental block. I can't find any >>> reference in the manual because I don't know what terminology it uses for >>> this. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Lawrence >>> >>> -- >>> Lawrenceyates.co.uk >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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] >> > > > > -- > Lawrenceyates.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > 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]
