Craig, I'm still not sure why you're having a problem with this and I'm not. Two simple moves and the part was good to go--could be one move just as easily. Version or platform make a difference, do you think?
Don On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Williams, Jim < jwilli...@franklincollege.edu> wrote: > Am I missing something here? A to coda instruction should break a mm rest, > even if it's the last measure of an mm rest. Maybe that's not the Finale > default, but I would break an mm rest for anything like a fermata, to coda, > etc. I wrong to do that? > > Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos. > > > On Jan 31, 2014, at 12:24 PM, "Craig Parmerlee" <cr...@parmerlee.com> > wrote: > > > > Thanks for that idea. I'll keep that in the bag of tricks. In this > > case, I am able to get what I need by breaking the mm rest, moving the > > "To Coda" mark, and then recreating the mm rest. > > > > In reality, I have decided to through-compose that section anyway now. > > I am adding an "open for solos" repeat and that gets confusing to the > > players if you do that and also have a D.S. al coda. They will track > > the chart better if I through-compose. The chart will still fit on 2 > > pages, so I'm good. > > > > But I'm glad I know some work-arounds the next time this happens > > (assuming Finale isn't going to fix this anytime soon. > > > > All the best, > > Craig > > > > > >> On 1/31/2014 11:02 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: > >> In your case, I would leave the To Coda in place, but hide it (for > playback). Then I would add an expression for correct visuals. The > expression can be attached to the 8th measure instead, or it can be added > to the parts with a metatool, attaching it to the multimeasure rest (Finale > thinks that an expression added to a multimeasure rest is attached to the > FIRST measure, but that won't mess you up, except in the score, where you > should probably hide it.) > >> > >> Christopher > >> > >> > >>> On Fri Jan 31, at FridayJan 31 10:34 AM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: > >>> > >>> Hmmmm. That may account for everything. I'll go back in and test that > >>> this afternoon. However, my situation is that I have an 8-bar section > >>> between double pars. The "To Coda" happens at the end of the 7th bar. > >>> I want it to show a 7-bar mm rest with the "To Coda" carefully placed > at > >>> the rightmost end of the 7-bar mm rest so that it is obvious the jump > >>> happens before that 8th bar. In the score, I have the "To Coda" placed > >>> to the right of the 7th bar, but when Finale puts the MM rest into the > >>> parts, the "To Coda" ends up in a really stupid place. Not only does > it > >>> land on top of the "7", it isn't anywhere near the right end of the > >>> block and I can't move it manually. > >>> > >>> It seems like a catch-22. I will try finessing this by breaking and > >>> rebuilding the mm rest, but I suspect I will just end up with the same > >>> problem. I'd really like to avoid the solution Christopher offered > >>> because playback is important, But it may come to that. > >>> > >>> Thanks guys. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> On 1/31/2014 5:26 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: > >>>> Items that are inside a multi-measure rest in the parts are difficult > >>>> to move. You need to break the multi-measure rest in the part you're > >>>> editing, move the To Coda sign, then rebuild the multi-measure rest. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
