Re: [Finale] Document settings (was Shortening secondary beam)

2004-01-30 Thread Mark D Lew
On Jan 29, 2004, at 3:38 PM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: You do know of the option of having artics taken into account for music spacing? I know it is not exactly what you are after, and in many situations it probably won't work well. Yes, but if there's a way to have the articulation definition spec

Re: [Finale] Document settings (was Shortening secondary beam)

2004-01-29 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 29.01.2004 13:50 Uhr, Wiz-of-Oz wrote > The other problem is that we (well, me at least :) need one more value in > "Music Options/ Spacing" -- "Space before music at the beginning of a > system" to conform to publishing standards. Currently it is not possible > (without tedious manual tweaking

Re: [Finale] Document settings (was Shortening secondary beam)

2004-01-29 Thread Wiz-of-Oz
I'm with you Mark. In tightly spaced music it looks so much better to have less space between left barline and accidental vs. left barline and notehead. The other problem is that we (well, me at least :) need one more value in "Music Options/ Spacing" -- "Space before music at the beginning of a s

Re: [Finale] Document settings (was Shortening secondary beam)

2004-01-29 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 29.01.2004 21:39 Uhr, Mark D Lew wrote > >>> Come >>> to think of it, I wouldn't mind a third value for a measure in which >>> the first item is an articulation, since in my work the only time >>> that's going to happen is if it's an arpeggio mark, and those bars >>> never space right for me e

Re: [Finale] Document settings (was Shortening secondary beam)

2004-01-29 Thread David H. Bailey
The MakeMusic people only listen when you send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- the good employees of MakeMusic who are on this list do so unofficially. David H. Bailey d. collins wrote: Johannes Gebauer écrit: > 3) a new setting for the distance before between whateve

Re: [Finale] Document settings (was Shortening secondary beam)

2004-01-29 Thread Mark D Lew
On Jan 29, 2004, at 2:33 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: You could almost certainly use Robert's Tie Mover to get exactly what you want. Hmm, I'll have to look into that. Thanks. It would address 90% of my complaint if Finale's Tie Options were expanded enough to include an option which says "if a

Re: [Finale] Document settings (was Shortening secondary beam)

2004-01-29 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 29.01.2004 14:53 Uhr, d. collins wrote > 3) a new setting for the distance before between whatever comes last at the > beginning of the staff (clef, time signature or key signature) and the > first note. It's a shame that there is no setting for this, for it's an > important aspect of any house

Re: [Finale] Document settings (was Shortening secondary beam)

2004-01-29 Thread Robert Patterson
(3) Dash Length and Dash Space for Smart Shapes, I don't know which smart shapes you mean, but Custom Lines can have any dash length and space you specify. If you are specifically referring to the 8va/8vb symbols (and the like), I frequently use my own Custom Lines for these rather than the buil

Re: [Finale] Document settings (was Shortening secondary beam)

2004-01-29 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 29.01.2004 4:57 Uhr, Mark D Lew wrote > (1) Tie Placements (ie, inner vs outer); You could almost certainly use Robert's Tie Mover to get exactly what you want. > > (2) Adjust [Augmentation] Dot for Multiple Voices; and Can you give me an example where this is needed? > > (3) Dash Length an

[Finale] Document settings (was Shortening secondary beam)

2004-01-28 Thread Mark D Lew
On Jan 28, 2004, at 4:25 PM, Owain Sutton wrote: It's what I wanted for one particular case in something I'm copying, but it also alters a huge number of other beamings. In particular, 16th-note tuplets which are 'note-rest-note' take a split second beam, where the composer (who wants things a