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El Capitan.

For many of us, the need to be able to continue work on older files is vital.  I found a bug today with a 25.2 file that had originated as 2011.  But I found a WORKAROUND, and that is why I am posting.

I tried creating a brand new file and the problem did not crop up, so I know the issue is with the conversion process itself.

In all my converted files, when I have a text block that is measure attached, I cannot work on it while in page view.  No handle appears; even trying to activate it through the Selection tool was ineffectual.

The idea of having to adjust measure text blocks in scroll view, and then checking to see the effect in page view, was beyond the pale for me, and nearly caused me to retire 25.2 completely.  Then I decided to try the adjustment process of control-clicking a handle and editing frame attributes.  Yes, it still let me go back and forth between page and measure attachment.

So the workaround is this for older files:  to adjust measure attached text blocks from within page view, first go into scroll view and convert them (temporarily or permanently) into page attached ones. 

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In my previous posts on this newer forum, I was dealing with an orchestral score, where issues with text blocks (see above) really never came up.  Now I'm working on engraving my opera, and lyrics have become a new issue too.  I noticed that most (but not all) of my hyphens were missing.  Naturally, I went to Utilities>Update Smart Word Extensions and Hyphens.  This is what I got.

By the way, in the 2011 original score, I had already hidden the stems down accidentals in the divisi first violin part, but obviously that hiding didn't stick.  This issue doesn't come up that often, and is obviously easy to fix, but is still a nuisance to have to redo work.

The hyphens for "friendly visit" showed before and still after applying the Update Smart....  Where there were no hyphens before, the words "fellow" and "burden," we now have underscores (close, but no cigar...) in lieu of hyphens.

WORKAROUND:  Two steps.  First Document>Document Options>Lyrics, deselect Use Smart Hyphens.  Now I had both the old, previously invisible hyphens, plus the new underscores!  Then, apply Update Smart Word...Hyphens and the underscores, if you inadvertently generated them, will disappear. 

 

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Hmmm... I've not had that issue and some of my scores go back to 1989.

 

What OS? If it's not in your profile, we aren't going to know. If you click on my name, you can see my pertinent information.

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El Capitan, as I mention above.  Did you ever try 25 in El Capitan?

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Yes. Then I upgraded to Sierra. 

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This is a link to a curtailment of the file, up to the first page with a measure attached text block.  (The Overture would need none, so it is p. 25.)  The business beginning "[Before music, ENFIELD..." on my machine (2015 MacBook Pro) can only be modified from within scroll view.  I'm naturally curious how it behaves on others' machines and systems.

Thanks.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kd47lld9rq23fbl/51sample.musx?dl=0

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