Thank you, Chuck (and Jan)! I’ve got all the JW plug-ins and should have looked beyond the ones I use all the time.
Doug > On Mar 23, 2018, at 10:35 AM, Chuck Israels <cisra...@comcast.net> wrote: > > 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 <dewalt3...@me.com> 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 >> Finale@shsu.edu >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > > Chuck Israels > cisra...@comcast.net > (360) 201-3434 > > 8831 SE 12th Ave. > Portland OR 97202 > > <chuckisraelsjazz.com> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
