Hi JD,
I understand the problem -- it's a problem I run into all the time. I just think you are vastly overestimating the time it would take to fix it, even with a very long score such as yours. It takes seconds to highlight the top string staff and press the metatool key you've assigned to "Show Measure Numbers". I doubt it would take you more than half an hour to go through even a 270-page score and apply the style where necessary. It would take even less time if you already know (or even have a rough idea) which pages require this.
Not that I'm saying you necessarily *should* do this -- if the client doesn't care, he doesn't care. I'm just saying, for future reference, this task isn't likely to take an unreasonable amount of time.
- Darcy ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY
On 16 Nov 2004, at 09:55 AM, JD wrote:
on 11/15/04 10:38 PM, Darcy James Argue at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Then why the problem with using a staff style to force the measure no?
I routinely do this with optimized scores where the measure number is
required at the top of every section (i.e., not just top staff and Vln.
I). Assuming "a handful" means fewer than 50 staves, it shouldn't take
you long at all to fix this issue using staff styles.
It has to do with the way the strings staves are set up, via the client's
wishes, in order to accommodate complex string divisi. There are a minimum
of 4 staves each for Violin 1,2, Viola, Celli, and Bass, as well as 5 staves
for Viola d'gambi. In trying to sort out this measure number dilemma, I
discovered that sometimes I entered notes onto single staves on the 2nd or
3rd stave rather than the first of each group. It's not an issue once
everything is optimized, but it was an issue when trying to fix the measure
numbers. While I could go thru the score and fix it, I simply don't have
the time. So I'm opting to leave it alone or possibly go Javier's route
with a ghost staff if the client presses the issue. But given the looming
deadlines, I don't think he'll press it.
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