WinFin 2011.r2 It behaves exactly as you describe.
Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Ryan <ry.squa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Finale 2012a > MacOS 10.5.8 > > Can anyone else recreate this? > > In 3/2, 6/4, or 12/8 time, put in a dotted whole note. In another layer, > force a whole rest (speedy entry 7). > Space the measure. > I get extra space added to the front of the measure. If I remove the forced > whole rest, it is spaced normally. If I change the dotted whole note to any > other note value and/or rhythmic combination, it is spaced normally. If I > change the forced whole rest to other rest values, it is spaced normally. > I get this bad spacing no matter which layer the notes are entered in. > This seems to only happen when there's a dotted whole note on the first > beat in conjunction with a forced whole rest. If you use a whole rest and > fill the rest of the measure with rests, it doesn't happen. But, filling > the other voice with more than a whole rest isn't standard, so I'd like to > avoid it. > > (I get this in larger time signatures like 9/4, 12/4, etc.) > > Finale Tech support claims not to get this bug. They recommended I trash > preferences and restart. The same behavior still happens. > > This also happens in my version of 2010 and 2008. > _______________________________________________ > 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
