Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-18 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 06:52 PM 3/18/2004, David W. Fenton wrote: >Hmm. The values I see when I check my current file are: > > 1024 > 0.29167 > 1.6179 > >Having 84 for the second value is very problematic, and obviously >doesn't work. You've got inches selected as your default measurement. Many of us who play with

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-18 Thread David W. Fenton
On 18 Mar 2004 at 20:57, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 18.03.2004 19:13 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > > >> Don't use spacing libraries in 2k3, use the spacing values. They > >> work better, more reliably, and are easier to adjust. > > > > Sorry, but I have no idea what this means. > > > > What sp

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-18 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 18.03.2004 19:13 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote >> Don't use spacing libraries in 2k3, use the spacing values. They work >> better, more reliably, and are easier to adjust. > > Sorry, but I have no idea what this means. > > What spacing values? Where? How do I get the right ones for Maestro > Wid

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-18 Thread Mark D Lew
On Mar 18, 2004, at 10:38 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: Well, you can tell by starting with it unspaced, check for beat chart, then space using metatool 4. If there's a beat chart then and it includes handles for the hidden note values, then it's doing what Johannes said (so far as I understand him),

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-18 Thread David W. Fenton
On 18 Mar 2004 at 10:18, Mark D Lew wrote: > On Mar 18, 2004, at 7:44 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > Now, can we get a rundown of which versions exhibit the problem? It > > looks like it's still there in Finale2K4, if Johannes is seeing it. > > I think somebody had Finale2K2 and said the proble

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-18 Thread Mark D Lew
On Mar 18, 2004, at 7:44 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: Now, can we get a rundown of which versions exhibit the problem? It looks like it's still there in Finale2K4, if Johannes is seeing it. I think somebody had Finale2K2 and said the problem was there? Can anyone confirm this? In FinMac 2k2 blank no

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-18 Thread David W. Fenton
On 18 Mar 2004 at 18:32, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 18.03.2004 16:52 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > > > Is there an independent spacing library that needs to be imported > > separate from the Document Options library? > > Don't use spacing libraries in 2k3, use the spacing values. They work > be

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-18 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 18.03.2004 16:52 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > Is there an independent spacing library that needs to be imported > separate from the Document Options library? Don't use spacing libraries in 2k3, use the spacing values. They work better, more reliably, and are easier to adjust. Johannes -- htt

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-18 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 10:52 AM 3/18/2004, David W. Fenton wrote: >This is another area where I think Finale is horridly messed up, in >the way libraries work. I shouldn't have to create files just for the >purpose of loading libraries into them just so I can then save them >out to a library file for loading into othe

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-18 Thread David W. Fenton
On 18 Mar 2004 at 8:52, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 17.03.2004 20:06 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > > >> There are work arounds. However, they involve having to change > >> layer and/or Spacing options before spacing the measures in > >> question. > > > > Actually, there really is no workaround.

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-18 Thread David W. Fenton
On 18 Mar 2004 at 8:52, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 17.03.2004 20:01 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > > > I don't understand why blank notation should affect spacing. Perhaps > > other kinds of alternate notation should affect spacing, but blank > > notation worked fine in WinFin97 in regard to spac

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-17 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 17.03.2004 20:06 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote >> There are work arounds. However, they involve having to change layer >> and/or Spacing options before spacing the measures in question. > > Actually, there really is no workaround. I can't turn off spacing for > layer 1, because all the other musi

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-17 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 17.03.2004 20:01 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > Well, first off, I have no intention of upgrading Finale beyond > WinFin2K3 until such time as Coda implements some kind of key escrow > program to guarantee that if they go out of business their > applications will continue to be usable. Sorry, I

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-17 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 17.03.2004 20:01 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > I don't understand why blank notation should affect spacing. Perhaps > other kinds of alternate notation should affect spacing, but blank > notation worked fine in WinFin97 in regard to spacing. Actually, it doesn't work either way. It doesn't even

RE: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-17 Thread Burt Fenner
Thanks, Allen. BF > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Fisher, Allen > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 3:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1 > > > View Me

RE: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-17 Thread Fisher, Allen
View Menu-->Hidden Notes and Rests -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Burt Fenner Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1 (BTW, in 2004, one can turn on

RE: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-17 Thread Burt Fenner
(BTW, in 2004, one can turn on the viewing of hidden notes, > but it's displayed in a very faint gray color that can be hard to > read.) > Is there a place where this can be turned off? I can't find it. BF ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-17 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 2:17 PM -0500 3/17/04, David W. Fenton wrote: On 17 Mar 2004 at 9:35, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: At 7:51 PM -0500 3/16/04, David W. Fenton wrote: > >Why should blank notation be used in spacing? So that chord symbols attached to blank items can be taken into account for spacing. So that h

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-17 Thread David W. Fenton
On 17 Mar 2004 at 9:35, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: > At 7:51 PM -0500 3/16/04, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > >Why should blank notation be used in spacing? > > So that chord symbols attached to blank items can be taken into > account for spacing. So that hidden items could add extra space > wit

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-17 Thread David W. Fenton
On 17 Mar 2004 at 10:27, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 15.03.2004 23:53 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > > > I just upgraded an older file (I think it began life as 3.52, was > > converted to WinFin97, now into WinFin2K3), and I'm having fits with > > the spacing for any measure with blank notation in

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-17 Thread David W. Fenton
On 17 Mar 2004 at 8:39, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 17.03.2004 1:51 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > > > Well, you've got to have something in the blank notation layer that > > is going to take up a lot of space, like the written-out notes for a > > trill. That's where I'm getting all the problems,

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-17 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 7:51 PM -0500 3/16/04, David W. Fenton wrote: Why should blank notation be used in spacing? So that chord symbols attached to blank items can be taken into account for spacing. So that hidden items could add extra space without appearing, to make room for things that you need to add as grap

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-17 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 15.03.2004 23:53 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > I just upgraded an older file (I think it began life as 3.52, was > converted to WinFin97, now into WinFin2K3), and I'm having fits with > the spacing for any measure with blank notation in layer 1 and notes > in layer 4 (that's how I implement orna

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-16 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 17.03.2004 1:51 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > Well, you've got to have something in the blank notation layer that > is going to take up a lot of space, like the written-out notes for a > trill. That's where I'm getting all the problems, with ornaments for > playback. David, do you really need

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-16 Thread Rich Caldwell
At 7:51 PM -0500 3/16/04, David W. Fenton wrote: On 16 Mar 2004 at 19:36, Rich Caldwell wrote: I'm not sure why you used a blank notation staff style in the first place (maybe there weren't as many layer options in '97 or I'm missing a purpose for it here), . . . There wasn't a spacing problem

RE: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-16 Thread David W. Fenton
On 16 Mar 2004 at 20:32, Williams, Jim wrote: > Pardon me; I've come into the middle of this. Have you considered... > > Options=>Document Options=>Layers=>"This layer affects music spacing" > for the "offending" layer should be UNCHECKED. Is it? If that worked on a measure-by-measure basis, tha

RE: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-16 Thread Williams, Jim
W. Fenton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 16-Mar-04 19:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1 On 16 Mar 2004 at 19:36, Rich Caldwell wrote: > I'm not sure wh

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-16 Thread David W. Fenton
On 16 Mar 2004 at 19:36, Rich Caldwell wrote: > I'm not sure why you used a blank notation staff style in the first > place (maybe there weren't as many layer options in '97 or I'm missing > a purpose for it here), . . . There wasn't a spacing problem in WinFin97. > . . . but even by using your

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-16 Thread Rich Caldwell
David, I'm not sure why you used a blank notation staff style in the first place (maybe there weren't as many layer options in '97 or I'm missing a purpose for it here), but even by using your method I couldn't duplicate the problem (MacFin2k4). However, I have a suggestion that might work if

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-16 Thread gj.berg
I've never bothered with staff styles meself and, you are moving swiftly beyond my FinMAC 2002 system 9 knowledge, so I can't much help you here.  You can hear I'm even having trouble getting that out.  I must say I have noticed allot of non-solvable problems cropping up where none existed afor

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-16 Thread David W. Fenton
On 16 Mar 2004 at 14:10, gj.berg wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > >I just upgraded an older file (I think it began life as 3.52, was > >converted to WinFin97, now into WinFin2K3), and I'm having fits with > >the spacing for any measure with blank notation in layer 1 and notes > >in layer 4 (th

Re: [Finale] Spacing with blank notation in Layer 1

2004-03-16 Thread gj.berg
One suggestion is turn on active layer only - go to 4 then do spacing jerry David W. Fenton wrote: I just upgraded an older file (I think it began life as 3.52, was converted to WinFin97, now into WinFin2K3), and I'm having fits with the spacing for any measure with blank notation in layer 1 a