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Hector Pascal
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  		   Posted 11/20/2016 6:20 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Greetings all,

Once upon a time, I made a text block to display some info in the footer of my score. I then set it to display on page range 2 through to the end of the score. Nothing suspicious so far.

Some weeks later, wishing to remind myself of the font size that I had used for that footer, I opened the file, double clicked on the text block using the arrow tool, at which point the content of the said text block vanished, leaving only its handle. I immediately clicked away from the vanished text block content and re-drew the screen, alas the content didn't reappear. I then did "undo" but it did nothing. I resorted to closing the file without saving. Upon opening the file, the footer showed itself normally.

To date, this vanishing text block content issue has happened regularly for me in a variety of different scores.

Is this vanishing text block content behaviour known to others here on the forum?

Best wishes,
Hector Pascal.
Fin 25, Mac Pro.

Edit: PS: I should add that this is an intermittent issue.

Post Edited (Hector Pascal) : 11/20/2016 5:25:33 PM (GMT-6)

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N. Grossingink
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  		   Posted 11/20/2016 6:51 PM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Yes, this happens to me occasionally. It seems to happen when I am typing over existing text to change the content of the text box. If I continue to type, finish, click away and redraw, the text always appears. I can't explain what's going on.

Next time try 2 undos.

N.

OSX El Capitan 10.11.6
Finale 2011c, 2012c for production work

Finale 2014.5, not used by my clients

(Finale v25 - not interested yet)

TgTools, Patterson Plugins, JW Change and Staff Polyphony, QuicKeys 4
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Peter Thomsen
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  		   Posted 11/21/2016 12:51 AM (GMT -6)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Here is another way.
As Far As I Can Tell, it always works:

When you are in the Text Tool, drag-select the text block handle.
Without de-selecting the handle, go to
Text menu > Edit Text…
Use the window Edit Text to edit the Text Block.

Peter

Mac Finale, 2012c, 2014d & 2014.5, Dolet 6.6 plug-in, Mac OS X 10.11.6, iMac Intel Core i7, 2.93 GHz, 16 GB RAM

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