on 4/17/05 10:24 PM, Christopher Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Apr 17, 2005, at 6:04 PM, Don Hart wrote: >> >> Christopher, I haven't noticed the copying problems you're talking >> about, >> but maybe I'm not trying to move around exactly the same combination of >> things you are. >> >> I did notice yesterday that my "Top of score, all parts" staff list >> had been >> duplicated a number of times on a chart I just finished. Each >> iteration of >> the list had a sequential number added to its name. > > Aha! Now, go to that score, and drag one of the rehearsal marks away an > inch or so. Is there a duplicate underneath it? I'll bet there is one > for each sequential number added to your staff lists. If it doesn't > happen for one rehearsal mark, try another. This effect makes them hard > to edit the positioning, as I'm sure you can imagine.
I'm not getting this behavior, that I can find, but one thing I did just now notice is that at least 2 expressions (tempo markings) that were assigned to the staff list in question did not make it to the new file. I did an insert so that everything would make it as in previous versions. >> On that job I was >> adding full orchestra to a string arrangement I had done a while back, >> and >> had just dumped the existing strings into the new score. I just >> checked, >> and the original (strings only) file *did not* have the duplicated >> staff >> lists. I don't know exactly when the additional staff lists were >> added. >> > > I'll bet I know when. Let's say you have a rehearsal mark starting > measure 8, violin 1 in the score (set to show on all parts when > extracted, as you said.) Try this in a copy of your old score, that has > no duplicate staff lists. > > Go to measure 8, and with the mass mover drag violin 1, measure 8 down > to violin 2 to copy it. Does violin 2 suddenly have a rehearsal mark > that it didn't before? And when you check the staff lists, do you have > one called "Rehearsal Marks 2?" > > But here is the insidious one. Drag measure 8 viola to the cello staff > (neither one had, or should have now, a rehearsal mark showing.) Now > try dragging the Violin 1 measure 8 rehearsal mark a short distance. Is > it duplicated? And do you have yet ANOTHER staff list called Rehearsal > Marks 3? I couldn't recreate this either. We probably should compare notes on our pertinent settings. I use "select partial measures" and am using 2005a for the mac. I can't think of what else might be pertinent (it's late). Wouldn't it be nice in situations like this to be able to print out (or just look at) a list of selected options in your own copy of Finale? We can't, can we? > Now the weird part is, I use a combination of copy-and-paste and > drag-and-drop. I understood in previous versions of Finale how these > two methods differed in function, and took advantage of it to copy what > I wanted only. Now, I can't figure out when I set Mass Edit to only > copy certain items whether that applies to copy-and-paste or > drag-and-drop, or both, or neither in the case of staff expressions? > Maybe I just forgot and reverted to my old behaviour, but I can't > figure it out. > > Christopher I think that might be similar to how I use partial and complete measures, and insert, but I'm not really sure. I'd love to hear more about the differences between copy-and-paste and drag-and-drop. Don Hart >> >> on 4/17/05 3:59 PM, Christopher Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> wrote: >> > >>> >>> P.S., on a related note, I am having a very devil of a time with a >>> score I am working on. I seem to get my rehearsal letters and tempo >>> markings (staff expressions) copying all over the frigging place >>> because of the new Copy behaviour, and I can't seem to figure out how >>> to stop it. I go into the Staff Lists dialogue box from time to time >>> to >>> delete the duplicate staff lists that keep replicating like Tribbles, >>> which takes care of much of it. I have the Mass Edit set to copy only >>> measure-attached Smart Shapes and the usual array of Entry items, but >>> I >>> can't seem to work out the rhyme or reason to why these settings >>> aren't >>> taking care of business the way they should. >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
