I do not see the behavior you describe with margins. It may be some setting unique to your file. One thing to check is if Avoid Margin Collisions being checked or unchecked makes a difference. I used New->Document Without Libraries. Then I added 100 or so bars to it. Your margin editing procedure worked fine for me for that file. (This is Mac Finale.)
Your way of working on part layout isn't that bad. Another tool you might find useful is the Space Systems plugin. That is my tool of choice for part layout. Ymmv. I have not played much with the new Fin26 articulation features, but I'm pretty sure it does not include expressions or hairpins. Articulations (marked for it) stack automatically, and articulations have a setting to avoid collision with slur endpoints. On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 9:27 AM Dalvin Boone <[email protected]> wrote: > Windows 7, newest Finale: My method to get rid of extra pages in parts - a > page with one or two systems, for example - is by going to page layout, > systems, edit systems. On the first page, or a last page, I can click on > "distance between systems" and enter "0" and expect the systems to move > closer together and provide room for one or two systems on subsequent pages > to move up to a previous page. When I get the number of systems on all > pages that I want, I can check "space systems evenly" and "keep same number > of systems on pages." > > > > Now, with the new Finale, if I select systems (staves) 2 through 8, for > example, and choose "0" distance between staves or choose to reduce the > distance below staves, the staves/systems spread very far apart (instead of > moving closer together). Is this a new bug, or am I missing something? > > > > Also, I thought the new Finale would automatically stack expressions, > dynamic markings and smart shapes and avoid collisions. This certainly > does > not happen in generated parts. Did I misunderstand the advertising? > > > > Dalvin Boone > > _______________________________________________ > 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]
