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Messages - papi22

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General Discussion / Re: PDF vs printer
When I had pagination problems as W. Ashworth says I have used with good results the virtual printer in Windows that creates files with the extension XPS. There are programs to convert XPS files to PDF, although I have not tested them.
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General Discussion / Re: Playing songs
Thanks, Haymo, but I wanted to see the score and play it as if in hand, in the style of Musicnotes and other sites on the Internet. Then the answer to my question is No. Perhaps that functionality may exist in a future version of NWC.
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General Discussion / Re: Opening bar in single Staff
Many thanks for the replies. Doing it by hand is really tedious, but Beta 2.5.4 solved the problem. Anyway, I'd suggest a box where to check this option, (eg. in Staff Properties). That would be easier for the user.
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General Discussion / Opening bar in single Staff
Recently upgraded to NWC 2.5.3 from NWC 2.1, I know that standard notation is not to place an initial bar when using single staff. But I prefer to see it. In previous versions it was possible by creating an empty second staff and allowing to be layered by the first one. With NWC 2.5.3 it is possible to add the initial bar to this single staff but when printing I can see it in the first line only. The same if I use a second staff as mentioned. I couldn’t find about this neither in Staff Properties nor in the User’s Guide, so please help me.
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General Discussion / Re: On Special Endings (again, sorry)
As Lawrie Pardy says, of course Special Endings work well using Master Repeats in normal conditions. But please see the attached example.
Surely I'm doing something wrong but I am not aware.
Or perhaps the problem lies in the use of bars of different duration in each one of the overlapped staffs.
As regards the possibility of improving the graphics capabilities of NWC, I imagine if it could deal with ties and slurs, should not be very difficult to draw something as simple as a straight line between two points.
I am very happy with NWC and I hope that my comments are well interpreted as a desire to introduce improvements in the product, if possible.
In short, to my needs and knowledge, I would satisfied with what I hope about Special Endings, Octave line, and the possibility to place a bar at the beginning of a single staff so not needing an auxiliary staff.
I read in the Forum that there is a convention rule about this, but if the bar is not there, it seems to me that something is missing. It is also true that there is much written music that way and other notation software allows doing so.
I am sure the user would appreciate to be given the chance to choose how he or she wants to see their finished work.
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General Discussion / On Special Endings (again, sorry)
I have learnt in this Forum how to put a vertical bar at the end of a Special Ending (SE). Also how to make it encompasses more than a single measure using particulars fonts or by using a second staff.
As I can see, these are mere workarounds and the second one works visually and to print, what is useful and partially solve the issue, but not natural to the user.
Also, those has no effect on the playback if you want listen the song properly (I prefer use only Master Repeats).
Being repetitions very frequent in written music, wonder if NWC has plans to create true functional symbols for SE repetition that is, extend the line on all bars involved, properly terminated and even with the possibility of changing its placement above the staff. And, of course, correct playback.
Discussions on Special Endings are not new and really hoped NWC2 would include that feature. Related with that, I also would ask for a line above measures that should be played in Octave.
Perhaps in a next release?
Many thanks
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General Discussion / Constricted measures
First of all, congratulations for this music editing program. I have tried with others but NWC is unsurpassed in terms of ease of use. However, I do a query that I think it was discussed before but can't find it in the Forum.
I mean how to compress the visual length of bars or measures so the score so to use less paper when printing the score.
"Notes > Extra Spacing" adds more space between notes, but is there any way to reduce the space between them?. In this Option there are no negative numbers. Ideally there should be an option to distance the notes (or other related symbols) in a certain proportion from the standard throughout the score and/or at least within a measure.
Is it possible to achieve this?
If not, I suggest considering it in a future release of the NWC.
Many thanks in advance.