Lyric arrow windows appears with the Expression Tool

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choralmusic
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Post by choralmusic » Sun Dec 10, 2017 3:26 am

Hello,
The lyric arrows window pops up when I'm using the Expression tool.
How can I get rid of it?
Its location prevents me from being able to edit the tempo marking at the beginning of the score.
Thanks,
Lorraine
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Post by zuill » Sun Dec 10, 2017 4:17 am

That's actually part of the Expression Tool. That shows the adjustment for the expression baseline. Similar to the Lyric Tool.

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Post by N Grossingink » Sun Dec 10, 2017 12:26 pm

If you want to get rid of it, go to the Expression Menu and uncheck "Adjust Above Staff Baseline" and "Adjust Below Staff Baseline".

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Post by motet » Sun Dec 10, 2017 5:04 pm

Yeah, I rarely use that, though I guess some people might. Seems like it should be off by default, not on.

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Post by choralmusic » Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:43 pm

I've been using Finale for about 10 years now and that arrow window has never appeared automatically when I click on Expression Tool. It was covering all the expression markings of the first bar, so I couldn't edit them. And I don't want to switch to print view each time I want to make a change to the tempo marking, dynamic marking or rehearsal letters at the beginning of the piece. Meanwhile, I found out how to get rid of it: I clicked on the Expression down menu and "Adjust above staff line" was selected. I unselected it, and the window disappeared.

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Post by choralmusic » Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:48 pm

motet wrote:Yeah, I rarely use that, though I guess some people might. Seems like it should be off by default, not on.
I totally agree with you motet. I'll try to figure out why it pops up by default these days!

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Post by choralmusic » Sun Dec 10, 2017 11:48 pm

N Grossingink wrote:If you want to get rid of it, go to the Expression Menu and uncheck "Adjust Above Staff Baseline" and "Adjust Below Staff Baseline".

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Ha, I didn't see this until after I posted my reply. Thanks, yes, that's the fix! :)

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