Hi David,
The problem is that things don't work the way one might imagine if
you leave that "Break Multi-measure Rest" box unchecked. If you have
a 6 m. rest with an expression attached to the last measure, the
program only accommodates (shows) expressions attached to the first
measure of the mm rest, so anything at the end does not show. There
are workarounds, but they seem kludgy and fussy to me - requiring
multiple operations. I was wondering if anyone had come up with
anything elegant.
Maybe it's one of those things that is not easily solved, but I been
surprised by my own blindness and the insights of others in the past,
so I have reason to hope.
Chuck
On Dec 27, 2006, at 2:25 PM, dhbailey wrote:
Chuck Israels wrote:
Hi all,
When you define a measure expression to break a MM rest, it
separates that measure from a group mm rest. (I can't figure out
how else it could work, but I'm hoping.) So, when you have a "To
Coda" sign that happens to appear at the end of 6 measures of rest
in a part, that mm rest will be broken into 5 measures of mm rest
and one separated measure, with the "to Coda" at the end of that
separated measure. It is possible to force that sign to appear as
I'd like it - at the end of a 6 measure block rest, by applying it
in the part to the first measure of that mm block, but that will
not work with linked parts (or at least not without a lot more
trouble showing and hiding things).
Am I missing something here? Is there some "engraving" style
reason for separating that measure from the block rest?
Is there an easy way to accomplish the goal of - for example, a
"to Coda" sign at the end of 6 measures of rest without breaking
the block into 5 and 1 that still maintains the integrity of
assigning the expression to the correct measure. This has plagued
me for a long time, and I am only now coming around to asking for
advice. Ideas?
You mention "expression" -- are you placing the To Coda sign as an
expression or as a Repeat? If you design it as an expression, you
can simply leave the "break multimeasure rest" box unchecked and
things should work as you wish.
I see no way to accomplish what you want, using the Repeat tool
version of that sign. There are no options in the Repeat menu or
Document Options to not break multi-measure rests for repeats.
--
David H. Bailey
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