No, the option is to extend the beam over a rest to the right side of the beam. Steve P.
On 10 Jan 2011, at 21:29, "Williams, Jim" <jwilli...@franklincollege.edu> wrote: > I'm not near finale now, but there is a document option called " beam over > rests" that can be turned on or off, isn't there? > > Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos. > > On Jan 10, 2011, at 4:26 PM, "dc" <den...@free.fr> wrote: > >> David H. Bailey écrit: >>> In Finale these days it seems we have a choice -- if we want 3 8ths beamed >>> together we need to choose 2 x dotted quarter, but this also forces 8ths >>> in a half-measure to be beamed even when separated by an 8th rest. Or we >>> can select 6 x 8th note but then we don't get any of the 8th notes beamed, >>> even if we want them to be. >>> >>> So the best I can suggest is to select whichever meter is going to help >>> more of the time and correct what's needed by hand each time (it's only a >>> single key stroke to break those beams over the 8th rest). >> >> The 3/8 was just one example. In most cases, for the music I do, I don't >> want any rests at all under beams, and I find it strange that this doesn't >> seem to be a beaming option. >> >> Couldn't a plug-in check this and remove all the beams over rests? >> >> Dennis >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
