Re: [Finale] Change Instrument for 1 bar

2012-09-03 Thread Robert Patterson
So many things about Score Manager take away functionality from previous versions. On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Randolph Peters wrote: > Thanks Christopher and Robert, > > I always feel better when I know it is a feature. ;) > > It does break the conventions and standards of how the program op

Re: [Finale] Change Instrument for 1 bar

2012-09-03 Thread Randolph Peters
Thanks Christopher and Robert, I always feel better when I know it is a feature. ;) It does break the conventions and standards of how the program operates and it takes away functionality from previous versions, so I will lobby MM for a change. -Randolph Peters On 2012-09-03, at 2:34 PM, Chri

Re: [Finale] Change Instrument for 1 bar

2012-09-03 Thread Christopher Smith
Yes, that is how it works. If you only want an instrument change for one measure, just select the measure AFTER the instrument change and set it back to the first instrument. No worries. In your case, set the FIRST instrument to something you know before starting, so you can change it back agai

Re: [Finale] Change Instrument for 1 bar

2012-09-03 Thread Robert Patterson
It's a feature not a bug! That is, they mean for it work that way, but by all means write it up: Workarounds: 1 Change the staff lines with a staff style (which is what I did). 2 It may be possible to select the rest of the staff after the single bar and change it to the other instrument. I can'

Re: [Finale] Change Instrument for 1 bar

2012-09-03 Thread Randolph Peters
I don't know if Robert Patterson got an answer to his question from last April, but I've only now realized there is a bug in the change instrument command. (Finale 2012b) If you choose 1 measure, the changes apply to the rest of the staff. If you select 2 measures or more, the changes work on t

[Finale] Change Instrument for 1 bar

2012-04-01 Thread Robert Patterson
Is there any way to edit the instrument-change map directly? I need to change the instrument for 1 bar on a bass drum part so that I can add a cue, but when I only select one bar it changes the part from there forward rather than just for the selected bar. Normally, I could change back in the next