Finale Line Spacing, is it Adjustable?

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BugleMe
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Finale Version: 2014.5
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Post by BugleMe » Sat Mar 28, 2020 3:13 pm

Hello,
I am running Finale 2014.5 on a Mac using OS High Sierra 10.13.6
I'm trying to figure out in Tempo Marks or really any other Expression how to adjust Line Spacing.
In general the space between lines after hitting the "Return" button, is larger than I'd like it to be.
For example, the tempo mark...
"Un pochettino più animato"
is too long for my purposes and when I go into the edit box and send part of the tempo mark down to the next line this is what I get.
"Un pochettino
più animato"
I'd like to bring the lower line closer to the top line.
Is there any way to do this?
My work around is to divide the expression into 2 separate expressions and manually place them where I want them to be.

Thanks,
Scott


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michelp
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Post by michelp » Sat Mar 28, 2020 3:47 pm

Edit the expression.
Select the second line only, and in the Text menu, select Baseline Shift. Enter a small positive value (try 0,1 for instance) to move the second line upwards.
Michel
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BugleMe
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Post by BugleMe » Sat Mar 28, 2020 4:08 pm

That did it! The important thing here is to select the second line only and then do the baseline shift as you totally explained.
I did an adjustment of .05 and it looks FANTASTIC!
Thanks so much!!!

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