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Maybe I should invest in one. Thanks for all this info! I haven't worked much with the Shape Designer in the past so this has been a big help.

Hmm... I'm running Windows on a laptop, so in order to type a code in I think I need to hit num lk then hold down alt and type in the numbers (km7 for 207 and kim for 250). When I do this I get two different dashes (one thick, one thin) instead of getting the noteheads. What's even weirder is that w...

I'm still confused, but with the more basic stuff. How are you inputting stemless noteheads into the Shape Designer with the Maestro font? Are you using the Line Tool to create leger lines?

If it's not too much trouble, could you explain how you created the splayed stem? I see that you used the Shape Designer in the Custom Stem Tool, but I'm not sure how you got the notes and positioning you wanted in the Shape Designer...

Splayed stemming... I didn't know it was called that and I rarely see it, but I like the suggestions. Thanks for the input and the file.

I have a piano piece with a section that involves very close harmony, almost cluster chords, but more specific. Here is what the chords look by default once I get all the notes I want in them (see Untitled.jpg). And I think this is closer to what I want to get (see Untitled2.jpg). My question is can...

How can I drag a staff in Finale 2011 without also dragging all of the other staves below it on the same page? Thanks!

Thanks, Peter. It's weird to have the transposition as an expression, but it works.

It's a prepared piano thing. The pianist will be hitting Bb but because of what I've done to the inside of the piano it will sound like A. Can I enter Bbb and hide one of the flats? That would be funny. Still, I'd like a way to tune the midi. How is it done in guitar tab when you want a capo chord t...

I'm working in Finale 2011 and trying to figure out how to get one note to sound different from the rest in a piano part. I want the Bb below middle C to sound like a tubular bell in both sections of the grand staff when placed in Layer 2, and at the same time it should sound a half step down (so it...

Now that is exciting. Thanks!

I'm going to hit myself if there's a way to do this, but is there a way to drag or nudge a system without moving the others on a page? When I use the Page Layout Tool to drag systems, everything below the system I'm moving moves as well. When I use Allow Individual Staff Spacing and the Staff Tool, ...

If I understand you correctly, Finale displays the cautionary key signature to the right of the barline, and you would prefer to make the cautionary key signature appear to the left of the barline (because the key change is only for one instrument)? Here's a way: - Hide the cautionary key signature...

Yes I meant copy and paste, like the Selection Tool does when you click on one measure and drag the highlighted region to another measure. Thanks for pointing out Edit Filter, that does the trick.

I had problems when I tested out the original solution (changing staff styles), but I finally got it to work. Is there a way to drag notes from a measure with a different staff style into the new staff style? I tried to drag some marimba notes (from an actual marimba staff) into the newly defined pe...

Great info, but here's a question: how do you make a switch from a percussion instrument of indefinite pitch to one of definite pitch on the same staff? More specifically I want to move from indefinite pitches to marimba, but in simply changing clef from percussion to treble I am left with the percu...