Randolph Peters wrote:
To elaborate: In the articulation tool, hold down, say, number 1
(staccato for me), draw a box around some notes, including notes in
other layers, and let go. All the notes in all the layers get
staccatos.
Jari Williamsson replied:
...which is AFAIK how it has been since metatool-drag-enclosing of
articulation was introduced: it reflected MassEdit's "Apply
Articulation". I just tested your description in Finale 2003 and it
works just the same way.
Thanks Jari and Thomas for setting me straight. This is why I check
with the list before getting completely disgruntled. I was so sure
that applying an articulation metatool should only change the current
layer that I was about to report it to MakeMusic. I guess I never ran
into that combination of circumstances before.
For those who are curious, I was writing a passage where long, legato
notes were in the second layer and many short staccato notes in layer
one. After applying a staccato metatool to an extended passage I had
to go back and get rid of the staccatos over whole notes in layer 2.
I should have switched to the "view this layer only" option.
Embarrassed, but "gruntled,"
Randolph Peters
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