Glissando Stuck Horizontal

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Base2Rob
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Post by Base2Rob » Fri Apr 14, 2023 2:33 pm

I’m new to Finale (Win 11, v27.3), so thanks for your patience. Suddenly, when I add a glissando from Smart Shapes, it comes in locked in a horizontal position. It worked previously, but now, no matter what I do (including resetting Finale Preferences), glisses are locked Hz with no ability to control angle - or better put, the vertical position of the endpoint of the gliss. I’ve tried it in empty documents and existing scores and to no avail. What have I done to break this?


Base2Rob
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Post by Base2Rob » Fri Apr 14, 2023 2:44 pm

Hmmm. Turns out this rookie was using the trill extension tool, NOT the glissando tool!!!

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miker
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Post by miker » Fri Apr 14, 2023 6:42 pm

And so we learn, grasshopper.

The first ten years are the hardest.
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sat Apr 15, 2023 2:17 pm

miker wrote:
Fri Apr 14, 2023 6:42 pm
… The first ten years are the hardest …
Also known as “the Finale mantra”.
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