Actually, I had not known about the option= keystroke until Chuck mentioned it. Haven't had a chance to test it yet.
If the tie is in the wrong direction, can you use the flip option in Special Tools to get it right? J D Thomas ThomaStudios On Aug 1, 2012, at 11:43 AM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: > Maybe this is a Mac versus Windows thing, but that doesn't work for me. > As I read the doc, it seems to me that this command is supposed to do a > FULL tie back to the previous note. And that is exactly what it does on > my system -- ties back to the last note in the first ending, which is > wrong of course. Curiously, when I first enter the command, it displays > a half tie, but when I move to another measure, it becomes a full tie > page into the first ending. > > I tried the "tie end" option. That does work better for me, but it > still has a problem. It seems to be arbitrary about whether to put the > tie above or below the notehead, and it does not respond to the command > to flip the tie -- so I an stuck with one note that has a really > stupid-looking tie going the wrong direction. > > This is an example of one of those basic functionality things that the > Finale people have neglected for years while adding playback features of > dubious value. > > > > On 7/31/2012 12:34 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: >> It usually works for me to enter Opt./= on the first note of the second >> ending. That is supposed to put a backwards half tie on the note and >> usually does. >> >> There have been times (perhaps with older updated files) where that doesn't >> work, and I have to use a hand slur adjusted to resemble the ties. >> >> Chuck >> >> >> On Jul 31, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: >> >>> This is something that has always bugged me. There are many cases where >>> the last note before an ending ties, and the tie goes into the first >>> note of BOTH the first and second ending. In fact, that is the normal >>> case of a tie. In my view, it is invalid to right a tie going into the >>> first ending if the tie doesn't also go into the second ending. >>> >>> The normal way of notating this is to show "the right half of the tie" >>> going into the first note of the second ending. But Finale doesn't do >>> this. It seems that it should be automatic. It would seem to be very >>> straightforward to say "If an ending begins with a note and the measure >>> before the ending ended with a tie, then draw the right end of the tie >>> going into the ending." >>> >>> I cannot find any option that does this. Am I missing something? >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> Finale@shsu.edu >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> Chuck Israels >> 8831 SE 12th Ave. >> Portland, OR 97202-7097 >> >> land line: (503) 954-2107 >> cell phone: (360) 201-3434 >> >> <www.chuckisraels.com> >> <www.chuckisraelsjazz.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
