>> That would be ridiculous, wouldn't it, being able to place it only once!You can use it a thousand times, without 'incomprehensible moving around' by
using metatools, a important subject in the manual.
Good luck,
Klasius.
Hmm, not in my manual. (FinMac 2003)
Very strange, you really must be overlooking something. Anyway: metatools is in 27-2 or in repeat tools, 23-2
Metatool are of course in the manual. What is not in my manual is any mention that entering a repeat sign with a metatool will prevent it from moving around.
BUT! In the meantime I must admit that I spoke to early. When using metatools in other tools you see that indeed the item is duplicated over and over again.
Once again, not in my version of Finale (Mac 2003), except for shape expressions.
No such thing happens with repeat metatools. I've been thinking this over a while and reluctantly I must say this makes some sense. You can expect dynamics and articulations to be used quite more than once in a piece, but text repeat signs like we're referring to, most of the times only once.
Except of course, for the coda sign (target) and segno ($), which must be used twice, once at the end of a measure and once at the beginning of another measure.
When needed more often, in larger compositions with more separate parts, the needed duplication must be done by the user, albeit that I would probably choose to use different documents . You will see that the separate expressions will behave as wanted.
"As wanted?" Not as I want, which is to have them stay where I put them. Try this test:
In the Repeat Tool, press S and click on Measure 2 of a blank document. Try to aim right for the default whole rest, to see how it gets placed. Does the variable box fill up with S's? This is not what *I* want. Press OK. Does the sign show up anywhere NEAR where you clicked? In my file it shows up higher and to the left. This is not what I want, either.
Now hold down the C (for the Coda target) and enter it in another measure. Aim for the default whole rest again. Now the blamed thing shows up IN the measure! On two successive tries it showed up at the end of the measure, and then right where I clicked. I can't figure out what makes it behave differently each time. No question of repeating assignments here, as they are two different markings.
I regard it as similar to the situation where you would want to use a textblock twice. You can't just choose that same textblock again, but you would just copy the content, wouldn't you, and place in a newly created block of it's own.
At least Text block stay where you put them.
I would say that Finale should warn the user that when he wants to use a particular expression more than once, he should make duplicates. Hope this helps, Klasius.
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