Look at the cursor before you enter text before or after an insert. If it's a
thick line, then any typing will change the insert. If the cursor is thin, then
it's not part of the insert and you're safe to add text.
Sent from my iPad
> On Mar 1, 2014, at 9:39 AM, Robert Patterson
> wrote:
>
I’ve got a question since we are talking about the text tool. Why is it that
when you insert text in the Launcher window say for COPYRIGHT and you know you
are going to edit it to have line one BOLD and line 3 in italics that when you
have the score set up and go to EDIT the text box you might
I don't know about separate text boxes being SIMPLER, because if lyricist,
composer and arranger are all in the same text box I can position them all at
once and be perfectly spaced and aligned and give them all the same text
attributes in one go. But now that this bug has appeared, maybe that I
Are you guys on the Mac version? I have never had any problems with
this on the Win version. Text boxes in general can be a little
confusing as sometimes it is unclear whether it is the entire control
that has focus or if you are editing INSIDE the control, but if you
single-click and look fo
Christopher,
If I understand correctly, you are placing composer and lyricist on separate
lines in one text box? Wouldn't it be simpler to place composer and
lyricist in separate (each in its own) text boxes?
Dalvin
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From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...
Be forewarned that floppy disks are not a good medium for long term
storage. The little magnetic doo-das eventually fade. If you have things
on floppy, copy to a hard drive and make backups! I have been
contemplating using cloud backups, but I'm still a bit suspicious of
their reliability.
O
I have seen external (usb) floppy drives for as
little as $20 in places like Best Buy...
At 01:03 PM 3/1/2014, you wrote:
>Hi All and Christopher too, thanks a mil for
>your note and your offer and actually Ive found
>out that the files are damaged. Another fellow
>from the list (Steve Fiskum
Hi Michael,
Thanks, that's very helpful! On my system, it's enough to click either "2-up"
or "4-up" and then back to "1-up" to activate the grayed-out checkboxes.
Annoying but glad there's a workaround!
Really hoping we get Fin2014b soon. There's a lot to like about Fin2014 but
it's still extr
Considering it is a behavior I NEVER WANT, it is particularly annoying that
MM broke it.
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> I agree it's wonky. When I need this, I often end up just deleting and
> re-inserting the insert.
>
> Cheers,
>
> - DJA
> -
> WE
If everything else fails, I have a USB floppy drive that I use about once a
year. You would have to mail me the discs, though. Obviously, this is a last
resort.
Christopher
On Sat Mar 1, at SaturdayMar 1 1:03 PM, Peter Sprague wrote:
> Hi All and Christopher too, thanks a mil for your note an
Hi Robert,
I agree it's wonky. When I need this, I often end up just deleting and
re-inserting the insert.
Cheers,
- DJA
-
WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org
On Mar 1, 2014, at 12:59 PM, Robert Patterson
wrote:
> Okay, but it is random and mostly even if I use arrow keys or click, i
I try the arrow keys as well, but sometimes I can't get it to work, so I delete
everything and start again, adding the Title insert last of all.
I also get problems with text boxes not remembering carriage returns between
inserts, so I get the lyricist and composer on one long line instead of tw
Hi All and Christopher too, thanks a mil for your note and your offer and
actually I’ve found out that the files are damaged. Another fellow from the
list (Steve Fiskum) had an old Mac with earlier software and I sent a file to
him and it came back as a damaged file. Plus, I did find some other
Okay, but it is random and mostly even if I use arrow keys or click, it
still wants to change the underlying title.
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> You can use the arrow keys to position the cursor before the text insert,
> or just type the additional t
Hi Robert,
You can use the arrow keys to position the cursor before the text insert, or
just type the additional text before adding the insert.
Cheers,
- DJA
-
WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org
On Mar 1, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Robert Patterson
wrote:
> Here's something that drives me c
Maybe I'm misunderstanding the problem (again) but I do this regularly -
(Finale 2012 Windows)
Use "selection" tool - double click on Title (or whatever) click again in
front of the insert - start typing. to add text after the insert press
"end" and start typing.
Apologies once again if this isn
Here's something that drives me crazy in recent versions. Suppose I have a
text title consisting exclusively of a text insert (such as Composer or
Title). I can't figure out a way to add text before that text insert
without changing the contents of the text insert. In trying to make things
"conveni
Sorry, I meant tile pages! The rest is the same.
I tried the different clicks several times and each time the grayed boxes were
activated.
Happy Finale 2014 to Mr. Darcy and all.
Michael Mathew
mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com
http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl
http://oregonmts.com/m
Darcy and everyone,
Under layout I clicked on the 2 up then 4 up and back to 1 up and the box was
activated as well as the title page box.
Michael Mathew
mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com
http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl
http://oregonmts.com/mathew/
On Saturday, March 1, 2014 12:
You need to exchange passages? Very easy. Copy the alto passage, but don't
paste it. It will stay in the clipboard. Select the clarinet passage, then in
Mac opt-click the first measure of the alto staff (Windows is this alt-click?).
This will paste the clarinet into the alto staff without using
What's the quickest way of switching instrument parts in a score? Is there a
plugin? Say, I need about ten measures of the Clarinet part to played by the
Alto Sax and vice-versa. What I usually do is copy one of the parts in an empty
staff to save it and then proceed with a copy and paste routin
Hi all,
I'm now trying to make the switch to Fin2014. It seems that "Fit to page" is
permanently greyed out in the print dialog. Can anyone else confirm?
Cheers,
- DJA
-
WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org
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