At 4:10 PM -0700 7/9/02, Lee Actor wrote: > > > I always start a new piece by altering an old one. Is there >> any to get the >> > new setting into an old file, even by manually editing the data file if >> > necessary? >> >> You have the default Multimeasure Rest definitions in the >> "Options/Document Options..." dialog (select the "Multimeasure Rests" >> page). These settings will be used next time mutlimeasure rests are >> created. >> >> If you want to change existing multimeasure rests, you can now use >> Forza!'s "Settings Transfer" component to do that automatically. Do like >> this: >> 1. Make sure your you have Forza! 0.16, beta 16 (I just added it to the >> forza-talk group's file space: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/forza-talk/ ) >> 2. Open all documents where you have multimeasure rests that need to >> be changed (you can open multiple documents in one go by using the >> Shift or Ctrl keys). >> 3. Have one extra "master" document open at the top where the default >> settings are correctly set for multimeasure rests. >> 4. When the master document is active, run Settings Transfer. Check >> "Multimeasure Rests" down in the list, select all the target documents on >> the right side (you can use the contextual menu for this), and >> also select >> the "Update existing Multimeasure rests to new defaults" option. >> 5. Press "Transfer" and all target document will now be changed to the >> new settings. > > >I don't see anything in the Multimeasure Rest dialog specifically for clef >collisions. Normally I manually edit multimeasure rests with clefs at the >end by changing the End Point to -50, but I don't want every multimeasure >rest to be shortened, just the ones with clefs at the end. Am I missing >something? > >-Lee >
I don't think so, but adjusting each end so that you get a "balanced" look (50 is a little more than you need, 36 will probably do it in most instances), seems to be a good compromise. I rather like the way it looks not to have the bar extend so close to the end of the measure block. Chuck -- Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham WA 98225-5836 (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
