> > On May 20, 2007, at 9:12 AM, Dan Tillberg wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> if I for instance have erroneously started a phrase on a beat 4 in a >> measure and want to move let's say three or four bars just on >> quarter - >> what is the most simple way to do this? >> >> The question came up since I discovered that three out of four trumpet >> parts in a big band score was discovered to hae a phrase that had >> moved >> one quarter back (I guess that I must have done this by mistake but I >> don't have the slightest clue when that happend and even less >> how...) so >> now the phrase started on beat 4 instead of 1. >> >> I guess the answer to this would also answer how to enter e. g. a >> quarter >> rest in a full 4/4 bar and let a selection to the right shift one >> quarter >> (all I can find in the documentation about horizontal edits seem to >> treat >> how to add or remove full measures). >> >> Using Finale 2007. > > The simplest way would be to use Mass Edit and pick it up and drag it > carefully over a beat. > > Have control-Z (command Z on Mac) ready for the inevitable error the > first time. > > You should specify Mac or PC, while the program is very close on both > platforms, it is not identical. > > Christopher >
Hi. Yep it was as simple as that. Is there somewhere were I can select 1) "from" side: if "hole" should be filled with rests or if earlier entry remains 2) "to" side: whether dragged portion should overwrite any earlier entires or not Thanks /DT _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
