On 19 Sep 2002 at 12:16, Mark D. Lew wrote: > At 4:49 AM 09/19/02, Dennis W. Manasco wrote: > > >That is the most absurd part of the problem: That an "error in > >judgement" in manipulating lyrics can cause (seemingly) irreparable > >damage to your file. A database that allows itself to be > >irretrievably corrupted through reasonable user actions is a pretty > >fragile database. > > True, but just to clarify, when we say "corrupted", what we mean is that > the Finale interface makes it very easy to mess with the data in ways that > you probably don't really want to. I agree that that's a bad thing that > needs to be fixed, but it shouldn't be mistaken for an assertion that > Finale actually fouls up the data on its own. No, it just makes it very > easy for the user to make unintended errors in the data.
But you leave out the most important part: Finale makes it extremely difficult to undo the unintended errors. [] > "3. Never use Type-in-Score. Type your lyrics in the Edit Lyrics box, and > enter them in the music using Click Assignment. (If you don't know how > Click Assignment works, read the manual.) If you need to delete a lyric, do > it from Adjust Syllables, not from Type in Score. The click assignment dialog box really sucks. It is not resizable and it is very easy to lose your place in it. It makes me queasy working that way, because I can't really tell what the hell is going on. And TYPE IN SCORE is the most intuitive and the only proper way for a graphical program to enter lyrics. Saying that it shouldn't be used shows that you admit that the implementation is fundamentally broken. > "4. In the Edit Lyrics box, never delete anything, and never insert > anything. If stuff is extraneous, just leave it there and ignore it. If you > need to add more, append it to the end (or start fresh in a new verse.) If > you need to change individual syllables, be sure that you don't add or > subtract any spaces, hyphens, or carriage returns." That is counterintuitive in the extreme. And the documentation does nothing whatseover to make this kind of thing clear. > Did I miss anything? Yes. 0. Lyrics in Finale are fundamentally broken. Use at your own risk. -- David W. Fenton | http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates | http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
