Do the top and bottom staff margins not determine what staff an expression belongs to? I sometimes set the bottom margin of a tuba staff lower in order to accommodate note expressions attached to low notes--otherwise they "belong" to a lower staff. When positioning expressions or articulations, the staff margins determine how high or low artics and expressions can go before being forced on to another staff, right?? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: Jari Williamsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 9:34 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Finale's Defaults
> d. collins writes: > > > Johannes Gebauer wrote (in his tutorial): > > > > >In your default file, set the Top System Margin to 0. Make up for this > > >change by adding an appropriate amount to the Bottom System Margin. The > > >reason for this is that the two are dealt with differently in relation to > > >the system reduction. The top margin is a fixed value, while the bottom > > >margin depends on the system precentage. > > > > Perhaps this is a stupid question, but why not set both the top and the > > bottom system margins to 0, and add a little more space to the distance > > between staves? This is what I have always done, and I don't see the > > disadvantage of proceeding this way. Perhaps you could explain? > > Yes, that would work nicely, at least when the bottom staff of the system > is a 5-line staff without staff reduction. > What's important here is to not use the top system margin at all, unless > you're willing to accept that it is in fact a _page_ element connected to > systems... > > > Best regards, > > Jari Williamsson > ICQ #: 78036563 > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
