Hello,

The issue I'm writing about was on another post, and though I commented on that post, it says "Completed," so I'm guessing that my comment might not get read??  Anyway, here is a revised version of my comment, regarding what the MakeMusic representative Michael labeled FIN-3819:

This issue is one that I have been trying to get MakeMusic to address for years now, and I've got the case numbers to prove it. The problem began with Finale 2011 and hasn't been repaired since. If you were to input my example below into any version of Finale 2010 and prior, that particular collision would not occur. The problem occurs whenever there is a long syllable that requires either a word extension or a hyphen, and that syllable is followed by a note (or rest) that doesn't have a syllable attached. Finale no longer accounts for any "lyrical space" with the "un-lyricised" note or rest, and the result is that syllables collide, even though Lyrics are checked in the Music Spacing Options. (Sorry for all the quotation marks; I think I'm inventing words to describe this problem LOL) It becomes a nightmare for me, as a large portion of my business is professional choral music engraving and editing. Prior to Finale 2011, the automatic spacing worked great for this issue, but no longer.

A related issue is this: if I have a long syllable on beat 3 (in common time), followed by a rest, Finale treats the syllable on beat 3 as though it needs a word extension, and justifies it to the left. It does not need a word extension, therefore it should stay centered. This issue becomes pronounced if beat 3 is followed by a rest and then more notes in beat 4, as shown in the example below.

Thanks for looking at this; I REALLY hope this issue might be resolved soon.

Bradley Knight

Mac OSX, Finale 25.4.1.163