Spanish Lyrics word ties

[wonder]

I'm charting some spanish music. Some of the original charts have words that are sung and tied together like my attached photo.

How does one do this in Finale?

[Sunshinenotes]

You can insert a symbol in the word, (in the text menu) if you can find a symbol that you want to use or you can insert a 'hard' hyphen.

[wonder]

Thanks. I was unaware of that feature. That worked.

[miker]

What you are looking for is the elision. It was added to the Finale Lyric font a while back, but I don't remember if it was in 2014.5. I think so.

Enter the first two letters, and go to Text > Insert Symbol > and look in slot 291. Select that, and then enter the last two letters.

[zuill]

I use the Finale Lyrics font, and what I do is enter a symbol I don't need for every spot where I need the elision. I then replace them all at once with the elision symbol (using Text Search and Replace). Saves a lot of time.

Zuill

[MikeHalloran]

Yes, the elision is correct, just as it is in Italian where it is used all the time.

The manual shows two ways to do it, with and without the under-tie elision symbol.
https://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/Fin ... ht=elision

In English, I do the first method without the symbol. In Italian and Spanish, I use the symbol.

Other apps including Overture have ways to add them automatically as I type. I then use MusicXML to send them to Finale.

[miker]

I’ve asked that the elision be added to the Text > Insert... menu, along with hard space and hard hyphen (which isn’t one, but still...)

[gdgross]

Dredging up an old topic here after a google; i'm trying to do the same as the OP.

I can insert the elision character either via text->insert symbol, or the keyboard shortcut, but the elision appears *above* the bottom of the characters, like the asterisk I added to above, rather than below the characters, as it shows in the above pictures.

Is there a way to adjust the vertical height of a single synbol within a syllable? I can adjust syllables easily, but this is a bit different.

Thanks!
Geoff

[Peter Thomsen]

… go to Text > Insert Symbol > and look in slot 291 …

… I can insert the elision character either via text->insert symbol, or the keyboard shortcut, but the elision appears *above* the bottom of the characters, like the asterisk I added to above, rather than below the characters, as it shows in the above pictures.

Is there a way to adjust the vertical height of a single synbol within a syllable? I can adjust syllables easily, but this is a bit different …

Geoff,

I suppose that you are following Mike’s instructions, and are using character #291 - right?

Instead, try character #297.
(works for me)

[gdgross]

That's it!

Thank you!