I actually prefer the mirrored lyrics approach, but it requires forethought and discipline. Generally, unless you are truly writing a multiverse piece, such as a hymn, you should put all your lyrics in a single verse. This avoids the baseline headaches that others have mentioned.
Personally, being the normalization freak that I am, I typically write in a vocal text exactly as the lyricist or poet wrote it. If my text-setting repeats words, I back up the click assigner and assign the same syllables multiple times. If I were typesetting the Hallelujah Chorus, my Edit Lyrics box might well just contain the "Hallelujah" word once. (Well, actually probably twice: once at the beginning and once at the end.) I know this helps David very little now, but knowing how Finale lyrics work one can actually exploit the behavior rather than be irritated by it. In the mean time, I'll mention that my Mass Copy plugin can clear lyric assignments. Its behavior in this regard is no better that Mass Mover, except it is more efficient in many situations. Also, Mass Copy can replicate (mirrored) lyric assignments on partial measures--something that Mass Mover (ahem, "Edit") cannot do. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
