At 4:15 PM 09/24/02, Michael Cook wrote: >I don't think the ossia tool has improved since the old days. >Nonetheless, I still use it for doing exactly what it's designed to >do: creating a one-measure ossia above a staff, in the margin or at >the bottom of the page. [...] > >It may not be "intuitive", but I'm used to it and it serves me well!
I have expressed a similar sentiment about other Finale features.... At 9:15 AM 09/24/02, Harold Owen wrote: >As far as I can tell, no changes have been made in the Ossia Tool in >the past several versions of Finale. [...] The >Ossia Tool is definitely not useful when an ossia contains more than >a single measure. [...] I frequently have multi-bar ossias (operatic cadenzas, mostly), and I think I once tried to use the ossia tool for them, so perhaps that was part of my bad experience. >It is useful for things like a line of chant or a >staff showing handbells to be used that appears above the first >system of the music. [...] Years ago I did some handbell music, and come to think of it, I did find that special range measure on top to be a hassle. Maybe next time I'll look into the ossia feature again. I'm sure I won't use it for all ossias, but if I understand it better I'll know when it's more useful and when it's not. Thanks to both of you for answering. That's just the sort of information I was looking for. mdl _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
