On Apr 21, 2007, at 3:57 PM, Mark D Lew wrote:
On Apr 21, 2007, at 1:59 PM, Brennon Bortz wrote:
Further, when I go to Edit Lyrics and select the "II", the
Character Settings menu is grayed out--any idea why? And, as a
matter of curiosity, if I were show this flat-II using a flat
symbol instead of a strike-through, I'd like to change the
baseline shift of the flat symbol to align properly with the Roman
numeral. The Baseline Shift option in the Text menu when I'm in
the Edit Lyrics dialog box is also grayed out. I was able to
adjust both the Character Settings and Baseline Shift when in Edit
Lyrics just a while ago. What might I have done to lose these
options?
I think you're misremembering. Most text manipulation features are
not available for lyrics. I think you are mistaken in thinking
that you were able to change them "a while ago". Perhaps you are
confusing it with the editor for text expressions.
Maybe I'm just going crazy, but I really am quite sure I was able to
do this. I haven't even clicked the expression or text tool within
this document and I was indeed using the Character Settings dialog
box just moments before I typed my initial email.
The features show up in the Text menu because the Text menu remains
uniform. Those features are grayed out if you're editing lyrics
because they aren't available for lyrics.
Finally, the process of using the Chord tool to create Roman
numerals is quite easy, but, I've come across two problems.
First, what is the easiest way to create Roman numeral markings
when coupled with figured-bass figures? If I use the Chord tool,
it seems like (per the manual) the best way is to create
individual suffixes for each chord type, quality and inversion.
That would be quite a task. Tackling this with the Shape Designer
seems to be equally as daunting. Second, what would I do, in a
case like this, where I would like to show the analysis in
relation to two or more keys? Is there a way, as in the Lyric
Tool, to show several different lines (or verses, sections, or
sections; like the Lyric Tool) of chords?
Lyric Tool is surely the wrong tool for the task. I would
recommend note-attached expressions. Or possibly text boxes.
That seems like an enormous amount of work (for analysis-heavy
examples). Either way, if I do use note-attached expressions, is
there a way to manually select only a certain group of expressions
(like all Roman-numeral analysis expressions) and align them
vertically? I know I can use the Move/Align Expression plugin, but
what if I only want to align certain expressions in the selected
measures?
mdl
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