> From: Andrew Stiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > OK, how do I (in FinMac 2K2) put a cautionary key and time change > into a measure when the following measure does not in fact change > time or key? This comes up because a first ending requires these > cautions (the measure to wh. it jumps has the new key and time), but > the 2nd ending is unaffected.
Speaking only to the time signature part of your question, I faced this last week and found no pre-configured time signatures in the character sets. The time sigs that Finale places are comprised of Maestro 24-pt and regular numerals (i.e., 3,4, 6 etc.) stacked. You can create a pre-configured time signature as a shape expression. In the Shape Expression Designer choose Maestro 24 pt (no bold face, etc.), click somewhere in the box and hit the what will be the top numeral. Click elsewhere and hit the bottom numeral (two separate numerals required; using carriage return will not put the numbers close enough together). Click the Selection tool (arrow), zoom to 400% and drag-enclose the second number and position it directly underneath and carefully aligned with the first and almost touching it. Go back to 100% and drag-enclose both numbers, producing their respective handles. Drag the numbers close to the circle in the middle. Click OK and be sure and UNcheck "Allow Horizontal Stretching" in the next dialog box. Click OK, and in the next box here is a case where All Staves and NOT checking Allow Individual Positioning would be the appropriate choices. A mid-measure time signature option would be great, as they have for clefs. If I've overlooked how to do this using a feature I don't know about, someone let me know. -Richard _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
