Document Options-Lyrics dialog box

How to get there

From the Document menu, choose Document Options, and then select Lyrics.

What it does

Here, you can specify the alignment and justification of specific types of syllables in your piece such as syllables with word extensions, or syllables starting a system. You can also set the hyphen spacing, word extension line thickness and the position of word extensions (vertically and horizontally.

• Syllables with Word Extensions • First Syllable in Lyric • Syllables at Start of System • Others; Alignment • Justification: Center • Left • Right. You can select the global alignment and justification option for your score with these settings. (See Lyrics menu for examples of syllable alignment and justification.) The order of the alignment and justification items in the dialog box also indicate order of precedence. For example, if you have a syllable which is the first syllable in the system, but also has a word extension, the Syllables with Word Extensions settings will be used instead of the Syllables at Start of System (assuming you have both these items checked). If you have a syllable that starts a system as well as has a word extension, the setting for word extensions will be used. Select the checkbox next to the options you would like to affect your score.

• Use Smart Hyphens. With this box checked, Finale can create hyphens over system breaks automatically and also uses the hyphen character of the font specified for lyrics.
• Always. Choose Always to place a hyphen at the start of the following system whenever the last syllable on the previous system has a hyphen. With this option selected, a hyphen will appear at the start of the second system even if the lyric is attached to the first note.
• Only when the first syllable is attached to the second note or later. Choose this option to only show hyphens at the start of the second system if the lyric appears on the second note of the system or later.
• Never. Choose this option to never put a hyphen at the start of the second system.
• Maximum Space Between Hyphens. Enter the distance between multiple hyphens that appear between lyric syllables. When the distance between hyphens matches this value, Finale creates another hyphen between the lyric syllables. If you only want a single hyphen to appear between syllables, set this value to a large distance, such as 12 inches.
• Word Extensions. Click Word Extensions to open the Word Extensions dialog box where you can modify the appearance and behavior of Smart Word Extensions.

See Also:

Lyrics

Document menu/Document Options

Word Extensions dialog box

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