Further to my measure numbers quest:
Of course, Robert Patterson's Copyist's Helper plugin takes care of
this, and more. Whenever something like this comes up and I discover
I already had the solution in front of me, it's like being hungry and
out of money, but then suddenly discovering a $20 bill in my coat
pocket...
Christopher
On 7-Mar-07, at 10:24 AM, Christopher Smith wrote:
I just got the answer I needed.
The enclosed measure numbers do NOT appear in the other extracted
parts other than the first instrument unless I manually copy them
to the other staves using Items to Copy>Measure Enclosures, so I
will have to do that in a copy of the score.
One would think this would be easier to do, no?
On the other hand, Items to Copy>Measure Enclosures means I can
copy the enclosure anywhere in the score I like with opt-click (alt-
click for PC), which is considerably easier than dragging around
them all and editing them en masse, as David suggested.
But one other issue will force me to use two different regions, as
Darcy suggested, as I need the enclosed numbers to be larger than
the default one at the start of the systems.
Christopher
On 7-Mar-07, at 10:13 AM, Christopher Smith wrote:
David,
Thanks for this (and Darcy, too!) but there is one more thing I
need to know before extracting parts - do the enclosed numbers
that I forced on the top staff in the score appear on the other
extracted parts, or is there a way to copy them to other staves
(Items to copy - measure number enclosures, but does that also
copy forced appearances?)
If noone knows, then I suppose I can make a test...
Christopher
On 6-Mar-07, at 4:24 PM, dhbailey wrote:
Here's the deal (gosh the programmers at Finale are really
devious at times):
You ctrl-click to PLACE the measure number where you want it
elsewhere than where you have defined them to show up automatically.
Then you have to double-click to actually SELECT the measure so
that Finale recognizes it as a selected measure number, and the
"edit enclosure" dialog will show up. You can ctrl-click to
place a lot of measure numbers where you want them to go, then
shift-click to select them all at the same time, and shift-double-
click the final one to bring up the dialog box up once, click on
OK and the enclosure is placed around all the measure numbers you
have selected. So you can reduce the number of clicks/double-
clicks/edit-enclosure-dialogs that way.
I didn't answer earlier because I wasn't sure what the answer
was, but I just tried it to see what would happen and discovered
the answer.
David H. Bailey
Christopher Smith wrote:
Can anyone help me out here?
Thanks
Christopher
Begin forwarded message:
Sorry this has been answered before, but I can't find where I
put the response nor can I find where it is discussed in the
manual. FinMac2006d.
I am trying to force enclosed measure numbers to show up at
double bars, in addition to the unenclosed ones at the
beginning of lines.
I set the default enclosure in Measure Numbers, and to show up
only on selected measures. This means the measures I opt-click
on, doesn't it? In the score, I opt-click the measure I want to
force the measure number on, and it shows up, but it DOESN"T
show up with an enclosure. What did I do wrong?
How do I force the enclosure automatically without making it
enclosed at the start of the line? I don't have to make two
regions, do I?
Will the forced measure numbers show up on ALL extracted parts,
even if I have only forced them on the top staff of the score?
I would like to know this.
Also, while clicking around, I opt-sh clicked a measure, and
got forced measure numbers at the tops of my percussion and
string sections (not the staff I clicked on) but NOT on the top
staff!
Thanks for the help. A direction to the relevant chapter of the
docs would be fine, too.
Christopher
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