Hi Doug, Jari Williamson - Space Empty Rests plugin. This solves most similar problems, but I still find the occasional need to use measure handles to reduce the size of one measure at the end of a line that contains something like a 7 measure rest preceding it. You must update the layout after adjusting the measure width. There are other ways to accomplish measure proportions — adding or subtracting width using the Measure Attributes tool is sometimes effective. Again, Update Layout must be invoked after any adjustments.
In classical music mm rests are not proportional to their length, but I am used to some visual signal that gives an idea of relative length, and I find Jari’s plugin indispensable. It makes things look the way I like to see them. Chuck > On Mar 23, 2018, at 10:20 AM, Doug Walter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Has anyone found any sort of global solution to the annoying habit of Finale > to make a single measure on a line that also includes a multimeasure rest WAY > too wide? > > Simplest example: first bar on the line (4/4) has, say, a quarter note on the > downbeat followed by rests, then the next bar is a multimeasure rest of, say, > 3 bars, although the number doesn’t seem to matter. Could be 2 or 20. Finale > makes the bar with the note in it take up fully HALF the width of the line. I > can grab the handle in the measure tool and drag the right barline to the > left, but when I respace music (even with Incorporate Manual Positioning > selected), it reverts to being too wide, although not *quite* as wide as it > was. > > And of course if I specify a fixed measure width for that bar, it affects > every part and the score, which isn’t what I want. > > I spoke with tech support years ago about this and they had no solution, but > I’m hoping there’s a trick or workaround - or plug-in - that might address > this now. > > Thanks, > > Doug > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] Chuck Israels [email protected] (360) 201-3434 8831 SE 12th Ave. Portland OR 97202 <chuckisraelsjazz.com> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
