Many thanks, both Bonnie and Lance -- I'm sure that between the two of you, I've got something that will work! I really appreciate it.
-- Mike On Sep 9, 2011, at 1:28 PM, Bonnie Janofsky wrote: > Mike, > Use the expressions category "Technique Text". You can create the > expressions > in that category or move them to that category. If you move them in > Technique > Text, you then choose "Reset to Category" and "Fonts and Position". > > That category has the closest placement to where you would want character > names. I compose a lot for musical theater and use that all the time for my > character names. You can edit the placement if you'd like then make copies > of > that expression for the other character names and they will all match. > Bonnie > > Bonnie Ruth Janofsky > composer / songwriter > 818-784-4466 > www.BonnieRuthJanofsky.com > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2011 18:47:21 -0400 > From: Michael L Meyer <mlmli...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Finale] Character names > To: <finale@shsu.edu> > Message-ID: <85db3bed-2e68-46de-9d53-48b74ddf6...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi all -- FinMac2011 -- working on a musical theatre score. In the past, > I've > assigned names of characters (at the beginning of a sung passage) as > expressions. (e.g. JULIE JORDAN: or something like that) > > In Fin2011, I even made a category called "character names" so that each new > character name I made would already use the same font, click placement, etc. > > However, the category definition forces me to designate a Staff List for > assignment -- and there isn't an option that just says "place this > expression > on the staff I place it on, and only that one." There's "top staff," > "bottom > staff," or any of the staves in the score -- but the staff I assign these > expressions to changes with each use. > > Am I missing something? Or should I not be using expressions for this, and > instead use measure-assigned text boxes? > > Thanks in advance for any help/ideas. > > -- Mike > _______________________________________________ > 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
