Re: [Finale] Measure spacing handles
Just to make you feel less bad, I hadn't noticed this option before, it was turned off in my installation, and I am pretty sure it is new. I am not sure though, whether this option is really what you want, because it only adjusts the space at the beginning and end of a measure, and not the measure width as such. Johannes Owain Sutton schrieb: Apologies - your reply might have been one that arrived in my inbox the afternoon I screwed up my system so badly I had to reinstall. And I'm now scratching my head as to how I'd missed this before - the option that's not on by default isn't for the overall measure width (as you know!). I knew that the lower handle gave me the beat chart, and had only ever tweaked individual bar widths along with doing other stuff in the measure attributes dialog. I guess it's a RTFM moment...I'm feeling kinda stupid now... David W. Fenton wrote: On 13 Mar 2005 at 21:01, Owain Sutton wrote: I few weeks ago, I posted bemoaning the lack of the ability to click-and-drag measure widths. I've just realised there's an option in the Measure tool to do this (Measure - Show measure spacing handles, turned off by default). Is this new, or has it always been there? In other words, for how long have I been wasting time adjusting measure widths by other means?! I don't recall any such feature in Fin 2k3, which was the last version I knew. Turned off by default? Every version of Finale I've ever used had it turned ON by default (I'm currently on WinFin2K3). There are two handles, the top one for dragging (or for doubleclicking it to open the Measure Attributes dialog), and the bottom one, which reveals the beat chart for the measure. And, yes, it's been this way in every single version of Finale I've ever used -- it's one of the most commonly used UI elements for me. I posted in reply to your question a week or so ago, pointing this out. Apparently you missed my reply, since had you read it, you should have been puzzled about exactly what I was talking about! How in the world have you ever edited beat spacing charts? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Measure spacing handles
Owain Sutton wrote: I few weeks ago, I posted bemoaning the lack of the ability to click-and-drag measure widths. I've just realised there's an option in the Measure tool to do this (Measure - Show measure spacing handles, turned off by default). Is this new, or has it always been there? In other words, for how long have I been wasting time adjusting measure widths by other means?! I don't recall any such feature in Fin 2k3, which was the last version I knew. ... and just in case you're unaware of it, if you drag the bar widths in scroll view as opposed to page view, it doesn't squash or lengthen the following bars. Quite handy! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 11/03/2005 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Measure spacing handles
I few weeks ago, I posted bemoaning the lack of the ability to click-and-drag measure widths. I've just realised there's an option in the Measure tool to do this (Measure - Show measure spacing handles, turned off by default). Is this new, or has it always been there? In other words, for how long have I been wasting time adjusting measure widths by other means?! I don't recall any such feature in Fin 2k3, which was the last version I knew. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Measure spacing handles
Owain Sutton wrote: I few weeks ago, I posted bemoaning the lack of the ability to click-and-drag measure widths. I've just realised there's an option in the Measure tool to do this (Measure - Show measure spacing handles, turned off by default). Is this new, or has it always been there? In other words, for how long have I been wasting time adjusting measure widths by other means?! I don't recall any such feature in Fin 2k3, which was the last version I knew. I've always been able to adjust measure widths by dragging handles while in the Measure Tool, in page view, going back as long as I've been using Finale (started with version 3.2.5). Or are you talking about something different? -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Measure spacing handles
On Mar 13, 2005, at 4:29 PM, Owain Sutton wrote: Apologies - your reply might have been one that arrived in my inbox the afternoon I screwed up my system so badly I had to reinstall. And I'm now scratching my head as to how I'd missed this before - the option that's not on by default isn't for the overall measure width (as you know!). I knew that the lower handle gave me the beat chart, and had only ever tweaked individual bar widths along with doing other stuff in the measure attributes dialog. I guess it's a RTFM moment...I'm feeling kinda stupid now... Heh, heh, join the club! I can't believe sometimes how I could have missed an item for so long. I get a lot of help on this list, though! Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Measure spacing handles
Owain Sutton wrote: I few weeks ago, I posted bemoaning the lack of the ability to click-and-drag measure widths. I've just realised there's an option in the Measure tool to do this (Measure - Show measure spacing handles, turned off by default). It's been turned on by default in my copy of each version since 2k. Besides the measaure spacing handle, if one selects the notation spacing option involving the beat chart, a second handle is displayed giving access to the beat chart, wherein each note [actually, it think it's each note of the first measure entered] can be adjusted. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Measure spacing handles
IIRC, it's been turned on by default in each version of Finale since version 3.0 -- possibly even earlier. I have no idea how it got turned off in Owain's version, but that's not the default setting and never has been since I started using Finale. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 13 Mar 2005, at 7:51 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Owain Sutton wrote: I few weeks ago, I posted bemoaning the lack of the ability to click-and-drag measure widths. I've just realised there's an option in the Measure tool to do this (Measure - Show measure spacing handles, turned off by default). It's been turned on by default in my copy of each version since 2k. Besides the measaure spacing handle, if one selects the notation spacing option involving the beat chart, a second handle is displayed giving access to the beat chart, wherein each note [actually, it think it's each note of the first measure entered] can be adjusted. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
