{Spam} Re: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-10 Thread David H. Bailey
On 1/9/2011 10:07 AM, Steve Parker wrote: I've used them to hide bits of staves, bits of notes etc. Things that I want to half hide. For modern scores. How can I get an opaque box? Does anyone have any info on layers? When you say modern scores are you really asking about cutaway scores?

[Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Steve Parker
In my previous notation program I used a lot of empty text boxes to stop things from appearing in print. I had the option of moving the graphics layer of any element (including these white boxes) up or down. Is there any equivalent in Finale? Thanks! Steve P.

Re: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 1/9/2011 8:45 AM, Steve Parker wrote: In my previous notation program I used a lot of empty text boxes to stop things from appearing in print. I had the option of moving the graphics layer of any element (including these white boxes) up or down. Is there any equivalent in Finale? Yes, you

Re: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Steve Parker
I've used them to hide bits of staves, bits of notes etc. Things that I want to half hide. For modern scores. How can I get an opaque box? Does anyone have any info on layers? Thanks! Steve P. On 9 Jan 2011, at 14:24, Aaron Sherber wrote: On 1/9/2011 8:45 AM, Steve Parker wrote: In my

Re: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Sun, January 9, 2011 8:45 am, Steve Parker wrote: In my previous notation program I used a lot of empty text boxes to stop things from appearing in print. I had the option of moving the graphics layer of any element (including these white boxes) up or down. Is there any equivalent in

Re: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Steve Parker
On 9 Jan 2011, at 14:09, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: 2. Partial measure selection means staff styles can hide most anything else of your choice. Ah.. this helps. Thanks! Steve P. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Sun, January 9, 2011 10:07 am, Steve Parker wrote: How can I get an opaque box? Shape designer. Welcome to hell. :) Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Steve Parker
On 9 Jan 2011, at 14:09, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: Now I understand why all the questions. I used Finale decades (just about) ago. Then used Igor Engraver pretty much from the beginning and as a beta tester. Almost anything suggested was incorporated! For various reasons Igor died. I

{Spam} RE: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Richard Yates
I used Finale decades (just about) ago. Then used Igor Engraver pretty much from the beginning and as a beta tester. Hi Steve. Welcome to Finale. Any chance that you have a secret Noteheads code or address that can persuade them to stop sending me monthly emails? I sometimes imagine a time

Re: {Spam} RE: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Steve Parker
hehe.. I think it's sent from a galaxy light years away where it is still functioning software.. Unfortunately a story of a genius who sold his software to a group of people who had no idea what they'd bought. Steve P. On 9 Jan 2011, at 16:53, Richard Yates wrote: I used Finale decades

Re: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Steve Parker
Have discovered the delights of the shape designer. I quite like it - it's not full of stuff I don't understand! I can't find how to have an opaque box. Is it possible? Steve P. On 9 Jan 2011, at 15:16, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: On Sun, January 9, 2011 10:07 am, Steve Parker wrote: How

Re: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Sun, January 9, 2011 2:28 pm, Steve Parker wrote: Have discovered the delights of the shape designer. I quite like it - it's not full of stuff I don't understand! I can't find how to have an opaque box. Is it possible? There are line and fill options. Dennis

Re: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Steve Parker
Didn't think to look at the menu bar.. Perfect - this is better than I'd hoped! Thanks! Steve P. On 9 Jan 2011, at 19:29, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: On Sun, January 9, 2011 2:28 pm, Steve Parker wrote: Have discovered the delights of the shape designer. I quite like it - it's not full of

Re: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Christopher Smith
What you won't understand is why it never reacts the way you think it should once you get it into the score. I can't even get a shape expression to appear in the same place twice when I look at it. I can't stand the damned thing, and never use it as a result. christopher On Sun Jan 9, at

Re: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Steve Parker
Yes.. I'd just about got there.. Turning off 'allow horizontal stretching' helps. It would be good to attach it to the page rather than to a measure. Actually that would be good for all expressions too. For me I think it is workable as the very last step before publishing. Steve P. On 9 Jan

Re: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Matthew Hindson (gmail)
Don't forget to assign your blank box expression to a metatool. Otherwise, if you enter it 'manually' into the score a number of times from the same shape (Expression), and change one of them, it will change all of them. The same if you copy one from one system to the other. Also write to

Re: [Finale] blank boxes

2011-01-09 Thread Steve Parker
On 10 Jan 2011, at 00:25, Matthew Hindson (gmail) wrote: Don't forget to assign your blank box expression to a metatool. Otherwise, if you enter it 'manually' into the score a number of times from the same shape (Expression), and change one of them, it will change all of them. The same if