> >I mostly *never* want to clear manual positioning, but when I do need >to, having to make a change to a document-wide setting (and then >change back) seems a very poor solution -- it's much too easy to >forget to set it back after clearing the one measure. > >Why in the world is this not one of the options in the CLEAR ITEMS >dialog? > >Yes, yes, I know, ask Coda, but I'd like to have someone explain the >reasoning for why it's set up the way it is. > >-- >David W. Fenton | http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
I assume we're talking here abt. the Music Spacing Options dialog. To me, it is far more than a vehicle for document-wide defaults. It is also an extremely valuable tool for all kinds of spacing-tweaking, for wh. purpose its settings need to be reset in all manner of ways (unisons overlap or not? Make room for a note-expression? What minimum measure width?, etc. etc.) Among the most valuable and frequently used of the numerous alternatives offered are the three settings for manual alterations--incoporate/ignore/clear--which are virtually essential, or at any rate hugely labor-saving, in the spacing of measures containing grace notes. I change the settings in this dlg. so often that I have devoted the F5-F8 keys on my keyboard to macros for it: F5: toggle lyrics collision F6: incorporate manual positioning F7: clear manual positioning F8: open Music Spacing Options dialog -- Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://www.kallistimusic.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
