On 7 Jun 2004 at 12:03, Fisher, Allen wrote: > >>DON'T USE TYPE INTO SCORE<< > > Why? In your entire rant about not using type into score, I didn't see > a clear reason why.
Rant? The reason not to use type in score is that it creates a text stream that doesn't really match the real text being set *unless* you have very carefully ordered your typing in a way that will create a comprehensible text in the actual data store. With click assignment, you always know what the relationship is between the two. You can have a human readable ordered version of the text in Edit Lyrics and assign as needed with click assignment. Yes, there are problems with the UI, and, oddly enough, they are really minor problems that ought to be very easily correctable (and should have been corrected 5 or more years ago) -- making the Edit Lyrics dialog resizable and having a ZOOM setting for one, and secondly, making the click assignment dialog resizable (or, at the very least, having a much more sensible default size -- as it is, the size would be small on 640x489!). Type into score *ought* to be easier, but in the end, I found that it's much, much easier to type in the text once, click assign it, and add variants to the lyrics as needed. I have also found it very useful because correcting spelling errors or adjusting syllable breaks (not adding syllable breaks -- changing from syll-a-lle to syl-la-ble) is much easier with a single text stream used in multiple locations than it is with multiple instances typed into the score. However, Hal did say that with homophonic music, typing into one part then cloning to the others is very easy. I'll have to remember that, though I'll click assign the first part, and then clone the lyrics for the other parts. -- 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
