At 12:16 pm -0800 9/19/02, Mark D. Lew wrote:
>MDL's "FINALE LYRICS FOR IMBECILES" > >1. <...>Don't use the fourth triangle. > >2. If you use Mass Copy <..> > >3. Never use Type-in-Score. <...> > >4. In the Edit Lyrics box, never delete anything, and never insert >anything. <...> Mark, I am sure that this is all excellent advice. I will study it and try to improve my experience with lyrics by using it. However, let me cynically reply with, dwm's "Abridged Version of MDL's FINALE LYRICS FOR IMBECILES" 1. Please do not use any of the more obvious or intuitive lyric-editing options which Finale provides. They will only make you slam your head repeatedly into your keyboard. They are, however, provided for the convenience of our users who enjoy the fashion statement that can only be made by a large red welt above the brows. It would appear that the biggest problem with Finale lyrics is that they are arranged in a linked-list database which is never (completely) reconciled with the lyrics as they appear in the score. I realize that this is a gross over-simplification, but it seems obvious that the data structure should track the order of items in the score. >4. In the Edit Lyrics box, never delete anything, and never insert anything. Isn't this a little like saying, "Always enter all of your contacts into your address book in alphabetical order; never add or delete any contacts after your initial entry"? -=-Dennis _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
