At 7:57 AM 06/09/03, David H. Bailey wrote: >To be fair, Sibelius (version 2.1 -- I don't know about earlier >versions) will show you the exact measurement from a reference point >that you are moving something. And it shows that while you are moving >it, so if you are moving something vertically above the staff you can >see exactly how far you are moving it, and thus can move any other >things exactly the same amount. > >With Finale, you can drag or you can tell it specific epvu measurements, >but you can't see those epvu units while you are dragging.
That's something I'd like to see more of in Finale. A few of the special tools work that way, but most don't. I typically avoid dragging because I can't get an exact fix of where I'm placing something. If the x and y values were displayed somewhere while I drag, I'm sure I'd drag more often. I'd especially like it for text expressions. I currently do those in any of three ways, depending on context: (1) drag them and let them be imperfectly aligned, (2) enter the H and V values directly, (3) drag them and use TGTools to clean them up a little. If I could drag and watch the position simultaneously, I expect I'd use that for nearly all my text expressions. mdl _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
