Re: [Finale] Vertical Collision Remover plug-in

2009-01-19 Thread Florence + Michael
Noel, two questions: 1: What were the exact settings in the Vertical Collision Remover plug-in? 2: Are you on Windows or Mac? Michael On 18 Jan 2009, at 23:04, noel jones wrote: I have, since it was introduced to me by this list, had really good luck using this plugin... I type in vers

Re: [Finale] Vertical Collision Remover plug-in

2009-01-18 Thread noel jones
Actually, I don't have a clue. This is such a powerful, yet frustrating program. I just noticed that in my situation removing Optimization seemed to help. Does anyone have a flow chart that shows how this all works? noel On Jan 18, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Barbara Touburg wrote: noel jones wro

Re: [Finale] Vertical Collision Remover plug-in

2009-01-18 Thread Barbara Touburg
noel jones wrote: I have, since it was introduced to me by this list, had really good luck using this plugin... I type in verses of lyrics then: 1. Select PAGE LAYOUT 2. Select OPTIMIZE PAGE SYSTEMS 3. REMOVE Page System Optimization This gets rid of any adjustments I may have made manually.

Re: [Finale] Vertical Collision Remover plug-in

2009-01-18 Thread noel jones
I have, since it was introduced to me by this list, had really good luck using this plugin... I type in verses of lyrics then: 1. Select PAGE LAYOUT 2. Select OPTIMIZE PAGE SYSTEMS 3. REMOVE Page System Optimization This gets rid of any adjustments I may have made manually. Then I choose Ver

RE: [Finale] Vertical Collision Remover plug-in

2009-01-18 Thread James Gilbert
When using the default settings, I find it to be excellent for adjusting the spacing of the staves relative to the lyrics in single page hymns (similar to a grand staff). But, it does has it shortcomings in more typical music, like multiple page piano or vocal/piano pieces. Unless you happen to be

Re: [Finale] Vertical Collision Remover plug-in

2009-01-18 Thread Florence + Michael
The vertical collision remover is a mess. I was very excited about it when it was announced in the beta testing round for 2007 and spent a lot of time testing it and figuring out how the options are meant to work. It was soon clear that even the people at MakeMusic weren't clear about how a

[Finale] Vertical Collision Remover plug-in

2009-01-18 Thread Barbara Touburg
Can someone explain how this plug-in works? It doesn't seem to do anything over here. Thanks, Barbara ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale