Multiple movements, movement titles

[gogreen]

I've merged three movements of a piece into one file. I'm creating text expressions for the titles. How do I attach the titles to a measure, not a note, and how do I center them in the score and parts? Odd--I cannot find this explanation anywhere in the user manual.

Do I have this right--Attaching an expression to a note requires the solid pointer arrow for placement, while attaching an expression to a measure requires the outlined arrow--is this correct?

[motet]

Expressions haven't been measure/note attached for many versions now.

What I do is define the title expression

• Justification: center
• Horizontal alignment point = left barline
• Additional horizontal offest = (distance between margins / 2 - indent) * 96 EVPU / staff height

Attach this to the first measure of the movement and use a category with a staff list = top staff in both score and parts.

Some people like to add an extra one-measure system between movements and center the title in that measure, hiding the staff itself. This has the advantage of reserving vertical space.

[gogreen]

Motet: I got this to work, but I didn't quite understand the additional horizontal offset formula, so I centered the titles manually.

Is the formula: distance between margins divided by 2 minus the indent times 96 EVPU divided by staff height??

Please explain--I'd be more comfortable with Finale centering the titles than my manually doing it.

Thanks.

[N Grossingink]

Motet: I got this to work, but I didn't quite understand the additional horizontal offset formula, so I centered the titles manually.

Go to View > Show > Margins. There is a margin that appears down the middle of the page. If you set the expression titles to be center justified, just move the title so the alignment cursor that appears from the expression overlays this mid-page margin.

N.

[motet]

Is the formula: distance between margins divided by 2 minus the indent times 96 EVPU divided by staff height??

Right--that didn't work? 96 EVPU/staff height is to take scaling into account. Make sure you're using the same units for everything (EVPUs or inches).

[gogreen]

Problem solved. Thanks, Motet and N.

[Peter Thomsen]

I've merged three movements of a piece into one file. I'm creating text expressions for the titles. How do I attach the titles to a measure, not a note, and how do I center them in the score and parts? …

A general solution for getting the movement titles centered between the page’s left margin and right margin:

Attach the expression centered between the barlines of a non-displaying measure in its own (1-measure) system between the movements.
To make the measure non-displaying, use a custom staff style.

See the attached document.

[motet]

I mentioned that in my answer above, and it does seem like a good solution. I seldom need such titles, but I think I'll try that next time.

[gogreen]

Attach the expression centered between the barlines of a non-displaying measure in its own (1-measure) system between the movements.
To make the measure non-displaying, use a custom staff style.

Good idea. Thanks, Peter.

Motet, I do remember your post on this in the old Finale forum from, like, 2005? I didn't quite get the formula part. Nevertheless, as I said, problem solved. Thanks!

[motet]

The formula just computes the width of the system and divides by two.