RE: [Finale] Closing group barline at the end of a system & Text bloc

2006-10-25 Thread Minke Hylarides
Thanks Michael, you're great! Minke -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Michael Cook You want group barlines only at the end of each system? I can't think of a way to get that done automatically, but here's a method that might be faster than d

Re: [Finale] Closing group barline at the end of a system & Text bloc

2006-10-25 Thread Michael Cook
You want group barlines only at the end of each system? I can't think of a way to get that done automatically, but here's a method that might be faster than drawing them by hand: - Set the group to have barlines drawn through staves. Now of course you have many barlines where you don't want

RE: [Finale] Closing group barline at the end of a system & Text bloc

2006-10-25 Thread Minke Hylarides
Thanks Michael, it works! But the answer from Rafael about closing barlines was not what I meant: I meant closing just the GROUP barline at the end of the system, not of the entire orchestra. Is there anyone who knows this? Thanks for now, Minke NB: Barbara, I will call you! -Oorsp

Re: [Finale] Closing group barline at the end of a system & Text bloc

2006-10-24 Thread Christopher Smith
Oh isn't that cute! I never would have thought of that. Great tip, Michael! Christopher On Oct 24, 2006, at 4:45 PM, Michael Cook wrote: Christopher Smith described the method with the custom line tool. But there's another way, by making the text into a "custom arrowhead", which permits

Re: [Finale] Closing group barline at the end of a system & Text bloc

2006-10-24 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Minke Hylarides wrote: 2.) Is it possible to place a text bloc VERTICALLY on a page? The only way I can think of is making a tiff-file (already vertical) and place that on the page. But is there a way to do this directly with Finale? Depends upon how long the text block is. For a lengthy text

Re: [Finale] Closing group barline at the end of a system & Text bloc

2006-10-24 Thread Michael Cook
Christopher Smith described the method with the custom line tool. But there's another way, by making the text into a "custom arrowhead", which permits 360° rotation: - Use the Expression tool and go through the usual steps to get to the Shape Designer. - Draw a line, then select it. - Choo

Re: [Finale] Closing group barline at the end of a system & Text bloc

2006-10-24 Thread Christopher Smith
On Oct 24, 2006, at 12:32 PM, Minke Hylarides wrote: 2.) Is it possible to place a text bloc VERTICALLY on a page? The only way I can think of is making a tiff-file (already vertical) and place that on the page. But is there a way to do this directly with Finale? Do you mean rotated tex

Re: [Finale] Closing group barline at the end of a system & Text bloc

2006-10-24 Thread Barbara Touburg
Hi Minke, Give me a call and I'll explain how to accomplish this. Barbara Minke Hylarides wrote: Dear Finale-colleagues, at this moment I have two questions: 1.) Is it possible to close a group barline only at the END of each system? I've looked in the Help, and the only way I found was

Re: [Finale] Closing group barline at the end of a system & Text bloc

2006-10-24 Thread Rafael
On 24 Oct 2006 at 18:32, Minke Hylarides wrote: > Dear Finale-colleagues, > > at this moment I have two questions: > > > > 1.) Is it possible to close a group barline only at the END of each system? > I've looked in the Help, and the only way I found was to insert a "false" > barline, which m