Usually not well enough for our needs. At some point, the developers assume that the user is capable of moving stuff around with a mouse. No product on the market is designed to completely solve "Collision Avoidance" issues without user input. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chi Kim Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 8:34 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Sibspeaking Overlapping Items How do other notation programs handle those issues? Anyone knows? Chi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin L. Gibbs" <kevjazz@xxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 6:54 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Sibspeaking Overlapping Items > I've spoken to Sibelius directly on this several times. They are > aware of it. It is truly more a Sibelius issue than a Sibelius > Speaking issue. > Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Chi Kim > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 12:57 PM > To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ddots-l] Sibspeaking Overlapping Items > > > Hi, > > If there's plan for further development of sibspeaking, I'd like to > see a feature where sibspeaking can handle overlapping items. > It can gives suggestion how much does the item need to be moved > vertically, > and how much more space between staves are needed in order to do so. Or, > it > can automatically figure out and changes acordingly. > After writing quite a few charts for school projects including small > ensemble, big band, and orchestra, Overlapping items seem to be the most > > problem to produce a good looking chart. > > Chi > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq