No you don't. It works if I have the screen set to 400% You use hypens if you're spreading a multi-syllable word over several notes this involves spreading the same syllabel over several notes. That's different. -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Claudio Sacco Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:37 PM To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Re: Entering lyrics Kevin You have to type a hyphen for each note your melism extend to. Claudio > > guys, > I'm having a weird situation where writing a melisma > doesn't always seem to work. I always thought that if you > type a syllable and then hit the space bar twice, a dash > should appear under the succeeding note indicating that the > previous syllable is extended. However, this doesn't work > reliably. When I can get it to work, it only seems to work > when I write a syllable, exit lyrics so that the syllable is > highlighted, then re-enter the lyrics field at that point and > then hit a space bar. What am I doing wrong? > Kevin > If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the > single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: > sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx