On 21 Sep 2005 at 23:42, Mark D Lew wrote: > On Sep 21, 2005, at 9:03 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > So far as I know the usual approach for this is to put the soprano > > in layer 1 and the alto in layer 2 (same for tenor/bass). The > > default layer options set layer 1 stems up when there are notes in > > layer 2, and layer 2 stems down. By default, rests are also bumped > > up or down, but I often turn that off because when the same value > > rest is in both voices, I like to have a single rest, normally > > centered, instead of two rests one above the other. > > I like to leave the rest option as is. Then wherever the same value > rest is in both voices, I type asterisk in each layer to re-center > them.
Oy, I didn't know there was a keyboard shortcut for this! > And to BillSincl, yes, David is right. The trick you want is to use > separate layers. They're set up for exactly the situation you're > talking about. Well, they weren't at one time, so long-time Finale users might not know about it. Of course, that would have to be someone going back to pre-Finale 3.x or so! -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
