Tuplets-copy and paste

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jdpmus
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Post by jdpmus » Tue Aug 27, 2019 2:22 am

I'm copying some parts from an older version of Finale into Finale 26. There are eighth-note triplets in the original but they change to a combination of tied-sixteenth notes and other combinations not in the original part. It reminds me of the problem of exploding parts with triplets where the new part has no tuplets at all. I've looked through the settings and can find nothing to reset to the get the part to copy properly.

Any ideas?


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N Grossingink
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Post by N Grossingink » Tue Aug 27, 2019 1:39 pm

Peter Thomsen wrote:When you select the measure with the triplets, use Stack Selection.
Then you can copy the measure with the triplets, without the triplets getting “retranscribed”.
I just tried it, and it works for me.

The tricky part is, how to make a Stack Selection of a single staff in a multi-staff document.
Here is the secret:
Use a Staff Set of only that single staff.
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jdpmus
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Post by jdpmus » Tue Aug 27, 2019 6:34 pm

I discovered the "stack" copy solution last night, but it was a problem to re-construct the other parts that were not copied. However, the "create staff set" solution sounds like it will take care of that.

Thank you and ask the other posters for finding these hidden workarounds. You all really save the day.

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