Re: [Finale] Finale's Defaults

2002-05-11 Thread Jari Williamsson
d. collins writes: Johannes Gebauer wrote (in his tutorial): In your default file, set the Top System Margin to 0. Make up for this change by adding an appropriate amount to the Bottom System Margin. The reason for this is that the two are dealt with differently in relation to the

Re: [Finale] Finale's Defaults

2002-05-11 Thread Jari Williamsson
d. collins writes: Thanks, Jari. But what about the very first system, which needs to start further down on the page, to leave room for the title, etc.? How do you place it correctly if you don't use the top system margin? Edit the Space between System value for the first staff system.

Re: [Finale] Finale's Defaults

2002-05-11 Thread Jim Williams
Do the top and bottom staff margins not determine what staff an expression belongs to? I sometimes set the bottom margin of a tuba staff lower in order to accommodate note expressions attached to low notes--otherwise they belong to a lower staff. When positioning expressions or articulations,

Re: [Finale] Finale's Defaults

2002-05-11 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 11.05.2002 13:17 Uhr, Eden - Lawrence D. wrote I have a plug-in request: I want a plug in that tells Finale how many Systems per Page to put on the paper. Not a bad idea, though in recent versions (I think 2k1 up) there is a New Page command, one of the most useful additions in recent

[Finale] Expr/Artics and Margins (was: Re: Finale's Defaults)

2002-05-11 Thread Jari Williamsson
Jim Williams writes: Do the top and bottom staff margins not determine what staff an expression belongs to? Interesting question, but the answer seems to be no. I just tested it and changing margins will not affect on which staff Finale will place articulations/expressions. Finale always