> From: "David H. Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 06:15:21 -0500 > To: Arkady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Finale List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Finale] 1st and 2nd Endings -- Automatic Dots after the numbers, >
> The only reply on the forum raises a very good issue -- if the dots are > the default, how would we get rid of them if we don't want them? See my previous post. I.e. User Defineable Prefereces. > Many of the first/second endings I see in other publications don't have > periods after the numbers, so I find it perfectly easy to add them if I > want them and leave them out if I don't want them. Supposedly, it's a bad "grammar" not to have them(in German or and French), but, even if that's not the case, as I've already posted, it's a helpful visual widget that "grabs the eye", thus being an extra reminder to observe the endings, particularly in sight-reading situations. > > I have no problem adjusting the ending heights because the height > demands change from case to case. I don't always want them the same > height above the notes. Sometimes for visual clarity I want them a bit > closer to the notes and other times I want them a bit further away. OK. Then, if Finale made it possible to Drag Select Multiple Endings Handles, one could Select a particular pair of Endings, and "exclude it" from the Global Auto-Adjustment, i.e. make it a Manual Adjustment item > > The only part of your "bug" that I would appreciate being fixed in the > default is the space between the right-hook of the first ending and the > left-bracket of the second ending. I like space between the two. But > then there are also times I don't want the right-hook at all. > > I really don't see how the endings can be made to satisfy everybody. > Give Users the choices -- Make it User Defineable Global or and Document Preference. Better yet, one should be able to open an old file that was created prior to Finale introducing that User Defineable Global or and Document Preference, and apply it on that old file, without messing up everything else. More discussion at Finale Forum. I just discovered it! Great! Love it! Particularly the Poll Feature! I have posted a copy of this reply there as well. This way if someone on this list wants to follow this particular thread, they can go to http://www.finalemusic.com/forum/?f=6&m=73792&p=1 Hope I get your Vote:)! Thanks! � Arkady, NYC, USA http://arkady.com Mac OS - Panther 10.3.2, Finale 2004.r3 Acrobat Reader 5.0.5 & 6.0.1 Powerbook 17', 1.33 Mhz Using Finale since 1990 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
