Re: [Finale] lyrics underline

2005-03-13 Thread Mark D Lew
On Mar 12, 2005, at 8:20 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hmm. My Mac Mail is set to automatically convert HTML messages to plain text when replying. I wonder what it is about AOL messages that prevents that operation from taking place? Testing it now, I see that mine also converts HTML messages

Re: [Finale] lyrics underline

2005-03-13 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
d. collins wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] écrit: I turned off the smart word extensions and still cannot use the underscore. NS recommended a work around entering a character such as x.Then I entered two non-breaking spaces and another x, underlined it and removed the two x's and it works great for

Re: [Finale] lyrics underline

2005-03-12 Thread Christopher Smith
Yes, apparently the underscore (along with the space and hyphen) is a reserved character telling Finale to move to the next syllable. You would have to find a similar character, mapped to a different keystroke in the font, to force the underscore to appear by itself. I don't know what font you are

Re: [Finale] lyrics underline

2005-03-12 Thread SanMutek
In a message dated 3/12/2005 10:34:48 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, apparently the underscore (along with the space and hyphen) is a reserved character telling Finale to move to the next syllable. You would have to find a similar character, mapped to a

Re: [Finale] lyrics underline

2005-03-12 Thread SanMutek
In a message dated 3/12/2005 11:15:50 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Christopher Smith écrit:I have misplaced my note about it, as it has been a couple of years since I had to do this, but Mark D. Lew here on the list told me about it; perhaps he will chime

Re: [Finale] lyrics underline

2005-03-12 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Sandra wrote: I have recently purchased a new computer and installed Finale 2004. It will not allow me to type an underline in the lyrics. I do not need to underline a word, I just need to be able to type the underline. Has anyone encountered this problem before? I haven't, but here's how I'd

Re: [Finale] lyrics underline

2005-03-12 Thread Christopher Smith
In a message dated 3/12/2005 10:34:48 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, apparently the underscore (along with the space and hyphen) is a reserved character telling Finale to move to the next syllable. You would have to find a similar character, mapped to a different

Re: [Finale] lyrics underline

2005-03-12 Thread Mark D Lew
On Mar 12, 2005, at 8:33 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: Yes, apparently the underscore (along with the space and hyphen) is a reserved character telling Finale to move to the next syllable. If so, this must be something new. There's never been any problem with the underscore character up through

Re: [Finale] lyrics underline

2005-03-12 Thread Michael Good
And if you do want to use the underscore instead of the capital I in Engraver, just turn off Smart Word Extensions in Finale 2004. It's at Options - Document Options - Lyrics - Word Extensions (button at the bottom of the Lyrics box) - Use Smart Word Extensions. Best regards, Michael Good

Re: [Finale] lyrics underline

2005-03-12 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mar 12, 2005, at 1:57 PM, d. collins wrote: Mark D Lew écrit: If so, this must be something new. There's never been any problem with the underscore character up through Fin 2k2. Perhaps it has to do with the new smart word extensions? Has anyone confirmed whether it's a problem with the

Re: [Finale] lyrics underline

2005-03-12 Thread SanMutek
In a message dated 3/12/2005 1:46:47 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: According to Michael's message, you have to turn off the smart word extensions to use the underscore.Dennis I turned off the smart word extensions and still cannot use theunderscore.NS recommended a

Re: [Finale] lyrics underline

2005-03-12 Thread Mark D Lew
On Mar 12, 2005, at 1:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks a million for everyone's help. I sure hope they are able to fix this bug. Given that others on Fin Mac 2k4 aren't having the same problem, I'd guess it isn't really a bug. We just need to figure out what is different about your

Re: [Finale] lyrics underline

2005-03-12 Thread Mark D Lew
On Mar 12, 2005, at 10:03 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: Here's another message from an AOL address that I couldn't reply to in Mail (mac OSX)! I wish they would fix that! Cmd-[ will change the message to non-HTML, and then reply should work. That's what I do. mdl