These options all still increment the counter by one for each measure. David needs the counter incremented every 8 measures. A highly convoluted way would be to set up a whole new font. I see no way out but text expressions.
Richard Yates > In the measure number box, go to Style, where you can define a measuring > number system. Add a region (so region 1 will number measures > conventionally). Experiment with the base numbering system. At the worst, > you can specify a lettering system if the numbering base is too clunky. > > At 06:55 PM 4/11/04, you wrote: > >I'm doing a Pachelbel Canon arrangement (for a wedding gig -- I > >certainly wouldn't do it for fun!), and want to automatically number > >each time through the ground. I want the first numbered 1, the second > >(m. 9) 2, the third (m. 17), 3, and so forth. > > > >Is there any automatic way of doing this at all, or am I stuck with > >putting the in manually? > > > >I'd think there'd be some kind of method for this in EDIT MEASURE > >REGIONS, but I don't see anything that will do anything other than > >just repeat the measure numbers. What I want is (N-1)/8 for my > >measure number. > > > >Is this a manual operation or not? > > > >-- > >David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton > >David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Finale mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
