Hello Jane, I would make the measures a bit larger, apart from: document/tie options, mass edit/change ties and/or special tools/tie tool.
> From: Jane Frasier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 19:19:14 -0600 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Finale] Ties > > Thanks for the ideas. The first suggestion about music spacing options > didn't make any difference. > > I tried a few things with the tie options but didn't get any better > results. Here are links to a couple examples. If anyone has any ideas I > would appreciate it. > > http://janefrasier.com/misc/example1.pdf and > http://janefrasier.com/misc/example2.pdf. > > Thanks. > > Jane > > > On Sep 3, 2004, at 10:46 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: > >> >> On Sep 3, 2004, at 7:26 PM, Jane Frasier wrote: >> >>> I am using Finale 2004 on Mac, OS 10.3.5. It seems like ties in the >>> piece I am working on look awful. If I have chord of 3 notes tied, >>> the middle tie is way too narrow. Also if a chord with 4 notes, with >>> the interval of a second in the middle, the middle ties are >>> misplaced. Has any one else seen this? Is there a cure? >> >> For the middle tie being too short, the setting you need to change is >> under Music Spacing Options (Options > Document Settings > Music >> Spacing Options*. Change the value for "Minimum Distance Between >> Notes with Ties" to something larger. The tie is going to squeeze >> itself into whatever space there is, but this value makes sure that >> when the music is spaced it leaves enough room for a longer tie. >> >> The rest of the settings you want are under Options > Document >> Settings > Tie Options*. I've been using my own Tie Option settings >> for so long that I don't even remember what values are set in the >> default templates, but I vaguely recall being dissatisfied with them. >> >> I'm not sure what you mean by the middle ties being misplaced. If >> you're unhappy with the choices of over vs under, try a different >> selection under Tie Direction > Chords. The three options are three >> different algorithms for determining up or down for the ties in the >> middle of the chord. Perhaps the rule you consider correct is not the >> same one you have selected. >> >> Lots of other tie settings you twiddle with there. Even when you get >> the settings you like best, there will still be cases where you have >> to adjust them manually to get it just right. >> >> mdl >> >> * I'm on Fin Mac 2k2s. The menu locations may be a little different in >> whatever version you're on, but the same panels will be there >> somewhere. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
