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Lyrics editing - annoying problem

Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 1:07 pm
by Defreeze
Finale 25
Mac

Hi,

I'm editing lyrics in the lyrics window. Finale always moves the place of my cursor in the text to the bottom of the window. I can scroll the text up again, but after a second or so, Finale scrolls it back down. This is extremely annoying. Is there any way to stop Finale doing this?

Thanks for any help.

Rein

Re: Lyrics editing - annoying problem

Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 2:40 pm
by christopherjhoh
Would it help to expand the lyrics window (dragging the bottom right corner) as much as possible, so that all the lyrics fit without scrolling?

Re: Lyrics editing - annoying problem

Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 3:02 pm
by Defreeze
That would help if it weren't for the size of the file. This is an Oratorio i'm working on, with a lot of text, so ... no.
Thanks anyway

Re: Lyrics editing - annoying problem

Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 10:10 pm
by Perotinus
That's interesting. Maybe it's a Windows thing, but my cursor in the lyrics window frequently gets shot to the top! Sometimes I try to thwart this by clicking on a syllable to select it, but it's still unpredictable. :(. And, no, no way to avoid it. There have been complaints about this since the lyrics window was first introduced.

Re: Lyrics editing - annoying problem

Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 10:55 pm
by miker
And promises for years that it would be overhauled.