Hi Rich, Yes, you lose existing measure-attached smart shapes. But if you want to avoid that, you can enter the custom line on each staff one at a time, then select them all and choose "align vertically."
Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://secretsociety.typepad.com On 22 Feb 2010, at 12:58 PM, Rich Caldwell wrote: > My question is, how do I get the smart lines in all of the parts? You place > it at the top of the score and it will only appear in Flute 1, as it should, > but in none of the other parts. If it were a simple matter of copying and > pasting from one staff to another afterwards in my "parts file" that wouldn't > be terrible, but that will remove any other smart shapes in those staves. > > I fear I'm going to be embarrassed when I hear the answer to this. > > On Feb 22, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: >>> On Mon, February 22, 2010 10:38 am, Rich Caldwell wrote: >>>> I can't use a shape expression, as I'd need to reshape every one of them in >>>> the parts (which would then have to be extracted to separate files). I >>>> really >>>> prefer not to have to draw each as smart shapes, as I'd end up drawing over >>>> 1,000 dashed lines in all. >>> >>> Can you use a custom line? You can put text in place, move it to before the >>> line starts, and make the line dashed. > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
