David, I hope I understand this correctly. What you've run into is this. When an expression is set to "Above Staff Baseline or Entry" in the expression definition, it calculates the distance from the baseline to the entry and calculates the distance from the entry and the entry offset. If the expression will collide with the entry sitting on the baseline, Finale positions it using the entry offset instead.
-----Original Message----- From: David H. Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 5:35 AM To: Finale; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Finale] Expression alignment Finale2004: It was with great anticipation I looked at the new expression tool changes, especially when those alignment triangles appear at the left of the screen, indicating that it will be possible to align the expressions with each other. However, on my first experiment, with only one measure, it is clear this isn't much better than the old system. I had entered 4 quarter notes, 3 of which were 2-note chords A/D, A/D, C/E (lower/higher). The fourth beat is a 2-note chord B/G, which makes Finale extend the stem down to offset the high G. I used expression metatool 4, and no matter where I had the cursor on the first three chords, the expressions all aligned themselves properly below the staff. When I used metatool 4 to place the same expression under beat 4, the expression was out of line with the other three, so I still had to drag it by hand, to have it visually in line with the other 3 expressions. I thought this change was to give us perfectly aligned expressions no matter what. I can see no options for expressions, either in the Expression menu or in the Document Options, so I can't see any way to change this behavior. What am I doing wrong? Or did I misunderstand this feature? -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
