At 04:04 PM 3/26/2007, Christopher Smith wrote: > >On Mar 26, 2007, at 3:30 PM, George Ports wrote: > >> What would I turn off to get 1/8 notes without beaming them? I'm >> going crazy trying to accomplish this. >> George Ports > >Lawrence's suggestion is the best one for an entire work, but if the >passage is short, then in Speedy Entry the backslash key break/ >creates beams with one keystroke. Make sure the cursor is on the >SECOND of the two notes you want to break.
Or, for a medium-length selection, enter the music normally, then select with Mass Edit and do Rebeam to Time Signature and choose 8/8.
Of course, if you're doing something with lyrics, you'll get this effect after you enter your lyrics, select the measures with Mass Edit, and do Rebeam to Lyrics.
Aaron. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale