Odd Lyric hyphen problem

A problem that may not come up again for me for a while…

From homophonic writing on the first staff to quasi-polyphonic in second.
Notice the missing hyphen at the end of the first. The lyric in the first is actually the same line number as the soprano “lu-ia!” If I set placement to “below” the hyphen of course appears as it should, if I set to above so soprano follows the correct lyric, the hyphen disappears as shown. You’d think I could follow the alto, but that is set to voice one, stem down. A conundrum…

Easy solution: use a non-breaking hyphen (Alt- or Opt-hyphen) with a non-breaking space.

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That is an OK solution, but creates a hyphen much larger than the others.

Workaround: select the lyric, Edit Single Lyric, and add the hyphen in the popup.

Better than a workaround, that is a solution I will use in other circumstances. Great little tool there. Thanks!

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Even easier: Just enter all the syllables in the Soprano and move that “-ia!” over with Alt+right arrow. No need to fuss with voices and hyphens at all.

I wouldn’t even bother with the lyric above the staff for this one. When parts share lyrics that closely, where one syllable differs by only a beat, you sometimes see (especially in English scores) a syllable carefully placed halfway between the notes, thus:

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You are correct, that is a cleaner solution. Still glad to have found that “edit single lyric” tool.