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#FINALE PRINTMUSIC CHANGE TEXT SIZE UPDATE#

These categories include Dynamics, Expressions, Techniques, Tempo and Rehearsal Marks etc. The second “default setup” area for text is Finale’s Category Designer, where we choose the font, size, style and location of all instructional text for the piece associated with staves or systems. The first of these is found in Document Options > Fonts, and is the place where we determine the exact “look” of the music notation itself, as well as the default font, size and font attributes for some other Finale text. Initially, there are two main locations where we define Text in Finale.

#FINALE PRINTMUSIC CHANGE TEXT SIZE HOW TO#

Secondly, we need to be able to “break the rules” easily for special cases (for instance, if the title is to be in an ornate font where text is otherwise a more standard serif or san-serif font.)įor existing scores, knowing how to set up defaults for Text in Finale will also help us quickly locate font, size and attribute information about a particular string of text, and quickly make changes, if needed. This is part of what music publishers refer to as a “House Style”. First, we want to be able to define in advance how the musical and text elements will look, so that our score is following the same appearance rules throughout. In the last 3 days there were 0 new threads and 0 reply posts.There are two main requirements for managing Text in any notation program. There are a total of 403,820 posts in 58,165 threads. I guess the 'smart hyphens' are still buggy in Finale 2011 but I'm back on track now.Ĭurrently it is Saturday, Aug5:18 AM (GMT -5)

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Utilities > Update hyphens got rid of the extra hyphens between some other syllables. I opened the mus file again to day and the odd-looking hyphen was missing as Wiggy describes.Ĭlicking in and out of the syllables fixed the missing hyphens.

Update Hyphens does nothing, but clicking in and out of the syllable with the lyric tool fixes it.

When I open your mus file, there is no hyphen after M'vor, and a few missing on the last line. I don't have Finale 2011 at home so I will try double clicking on it with the selection tool on Monday. I attached the file 'Hallelu Avde Adonai.MUS' in an earlier comment if you want to have a closer look. The long 'hyphen' just before it is an em dash and is intended. It is definitely supposed to be a hyphen (it appears as a hyphen in the Lyrics window). This will help to identify the line and may allow you to edit it, depending on what it is.įinale 2011, 2009c, 2Ghz iMac 2Ghz MacBook, 10.6.4Įdirol FA-66 M-Audio Oxygen 61 Yamaha PSR-410 Try double-clicking on it with the selection tool. You've got very squashed hyphens in the very first word of the piece, too, which is unusual in 2011. There is however a very fat hyphen just before it. 'As a musician, he's a damn fine woodworker.'Īre you sure that's a hyphen? It looks too low, and more likely to be a rogue Word Extension. That's my system, and I'm stickin' to it.įavorite reference: Essential Dictionary of Music Notation, Gerou & Lusk, 1996

WebMaster and bass for the Seattle SeaChordsmen Bass for What's Cookin' FINALE TIPS at Print Music 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 Finale 2010b, 2011 Contact me by PM if you need help with it. Hebrew can be entered into Finale as text. This file has been downloaded 286 time(s).

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