[Finale] Extending 2ndary Beams

2003-08-16 Thread Robert Patterson Finale
I routinely use the Extend Secondary Beams over Rests option, but it creates a most vexing problem. Consider the pattern 16th note, 16th rest, 8th note. If this falls withing a quarter beat, all three are beamed together. The problem is, the 16th beam extends all the way over the 16th rest. I ca

Re: [Finale] Question about Systems Margins

2003-08-16 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Mark D Lew wrote: > I can easily imagine an algorithm (either automated plug-in or user's > standard procedure), which first examines a system for anything > extending sufficiently above or below the staff to warrant adjusting > the system margins, and then distributes the remaining vertical spa

Re: disclaimer [was Re: [Finale] Ted Ross reprint]

2003-08-16 Thread Mark D Lew
On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 07:51 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: despite the automatic line generated by Mark's e-mail client, I did not author it. Ugh. Sorry. I'm on a new computer and I'm putting up with a lot of system defaults until I get around to loading all the software that I prefer.

Re: [Finale] Question about Systems Margins

2003-08-16 Thread Mark D Lew
On Saturday, August 16, 2003, at 07:43 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe someone could shed some light on "system margins." I've tried several ways to handle them (mostly for piano-vocals and lead sheets) and find that the easiest most efficient way seems to be to set them all to zero, and jus

Re: [Finale] Question about Systems Margins

2003-08-16 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
Title: Re: [Finale] Question about Systems Margins At 11:43 AM -0400 8/16/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, Maybe someone could shed some light on "system margins." I've tried several ways to handle them (mostly for piano-vocals and lead sheets) and find that the easiest most efficient way se

Re: [Finale] system margins

2003-08-16 Thread Oboe1000
Chuck, If both you and Robert Patterson use it, it's good enough for me! I'm going right into my default file and fixing it up! Thanks. - Ken ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] system margins

2003-08-16 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi All, Maybe someone could shed some light on "system margins." I've tried several ways to handle them (mostly for piano-vocals and lead sheets) and find that the easiest most efficient way seems to be to set them all to zero, and just use "distance between systems" for spacing. Is there somethi

[Finale] Question about Systems Margins

2003-08-16 Thread Oboe1000
Hi All, Maybe someone could shed some light on "system margins." I've tried several ways to handle them (mostly for piano-vocals and lead sheets) and find that the easiest most efficient way seems to be to set them all to zero, and just use "distance between systems" for spacing. Is there somethin

Re: [Finale] New Printer for Finale

2003-08-16 Thread Oboe1000
Allen, Thanks for the tip. However before I received it, I got so crazed with the paper jam-ups that I went to spales.com and bought an HP 2300 Laserjet. I only do 8½ x 11 prints anyway, and I hope I didn't do a stupid thing. I'll keep you posted. - Ken _

[Finale] Where have all my notes gone?

2003-08-16 Thread LGS-Europe
A puzzle: I used an existing file, created in WinFin2k3, emptied it, filled it with new notes (easy because of same layout etc.). But now I cannot get a good music spacing, as if Finale remembers the old notes, weird. So I decide to copy all into a new file: Mass Mover > Select all > Copy > New fil