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by miker
Wed May 08, 2024 4:41 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: 1st and 2nd time bars in measure count
Replies: 4
Views: 42

Re: 1st and 2nd time bars in measure count

And it sure is easier than dealing with measure number regions!
by miker
Wed May 08, 2024 2:24 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Recommendation for Chord Symbol Placement with Fermata
Replies: 7
Views: 30

Re: Recommendation for Chord Symbol Placement with Fermata

As you have it. Fermatas should be closest to the note.
by miker
Mon May 06, 2024 3:13 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: How do I use notes as text?
Replies: 5
Views: 81

Re: How do I use notes as text?

Here’s a link to a tutorial I wrote:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1b6sl2ej ... 65wxg&dl=0
by miker
Sat May 04, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Put lowest note between parentheses
Replies: 4
Views: 90

Re: Put lowest note between parentheses

You might also consider reducing the size of the lower (optional) note, rather than using parentheses. A reduction to about 70% works well, and (to my eye, at least) looks less cluttered.
by miker
Thu May 02, 2024 5:25 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: gray is invading my work.
Replies: 8
Views: 6711

Re: gray is invading my work.

When you select a subforum - Beginners, General Finale Help, etc. - you will see a New Topic button. Click on it.
by miker
Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:08 pm
Forum: Finale Forum Feedback
Topic: Forum unusually slow
Replies: 4
Views: 143

Re: Forum unusually slow

Will do.

Fixed now. ISP attack.
by miker
Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:06 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Digital parts - how do they work?
Replies: 12
Views: 326

Re: Digital parts - how do they work?

The only reason I brought that up was because of Ander's question about half-page viewing. Normally, I use it in portrait, with the full page. But I'm not an instrumentalist, who may need the larger print on a half page from a distance.
by miker
Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:14 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Digital parts - how do they work?
Replies: 12
Views: 326

Re: Digital parts - how do they work?

On an iPad with ForScore, turning the iPad to horizontal gives you half-page advances. And a larger scale.
by miker
Sun Apr 28, 2024 3:03 pm
Forum: Finale Forum Feedback
Topic: Forum unusually slow
Replies: 4
Views: 143

Re: Forum unusually slow

I've noticed it, too.
by miker
Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Is there a simple way to make layered accidentals overlap?
Replies: 5
Views: 173

Re: Is there a simple way to make layered accidentals overlap?

Document Options > Accidentals > Use Cross-Layer Accidental Positioning (CHECK)
by miker
Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:29 pm
Forum: Playback Issues
Topic: Finale Will Not Export to MIDI File
Replies: 1
Views: 108

Re: Finale Will Not Export to MIDI File

What happens when you try? Does it export other formats?
by miker
Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:50 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Reverse beam issue
Replies: 7
Views: 233

Re: Reverse beam issue

Just as a guess: it looks like you started the cross-staff in the top, and dragged notes to the bottom. What happens if you start in the bottom, and drag the cross-staff notes up?
by miker
Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:49 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: unrelated tooltips
Replies: 3
Views: 211

Re: unrelated tooltips

That’s an issue with Macs only, I believe. It’s been around since F26, if I recall correctly.

No known fix, I’m afraid.
by miker
Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:15 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Is there a better way to handle enharmonic re-writing?
Replies: 5
Views: 201

Re: Is there a better way to handle enharmonic re-writing?

I don’t think so. If you want finer control, you may just have to do it on a measure-by-measure, or at least a section-by-section basis. Or maybe do them all, and then step through and fix where needed.
by miker
Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:09 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Up Dating
Replies: 3
Views: 202

Re: Up Dating

Thanks, Peter. I’ll try to remember in future.
by miker
Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:44 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Up Dating
Replies: 3
Views: 202

Re: Up Dating

You can certainly update both. Nobody can guarantee you won't have any crashes, but there aren't any long standing issues that I know about.

You might also want to update your signature, since it shows you running F26 on Windows.
by miker
Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:40 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Db note to C#
Replies: 5
Views: 238

Re: Db note to C#

What's the time signature? You seem to have 3/4 and 4/4 in the top staff, and 3/4 in the bottom.

Count it up. You have 3 beats in layer two, in both staves. but if you count the layer one notes you come up with 4 beats. Cross-staffing them doesn't change anything, it's still 4 beats.
by miker
Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:23 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Quarters and rests in triplets of half-notes
Replies: 10
Views: 422

Re: Quarters and rests in triplets of half-notes

A QWERTY keyboard is a standard US keyboard, identified by the first letters it the top row.
by miker
Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:00 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Suggestions for new desktop PC setup?
Replies: 24
Views: 3951

Re: Suggestions for new desktop PC setup?

And….

Poof! They’re gone.
by miker
Sat Apr 13, 2024 6:04 pm
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Finale issues (version 27.4.1.110)
Replies: 3
Views: 277

Re: Finale issues (version 27.4.1.110)

I would uninstall, SHUT DOWN and restart the computer, and reinstall. Restart again.
by miker
Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Backup in Finale 27
Replies: 15
Views: 432

Re: Backup in Finale 27

Change the .bak to .musx and the files should open.
by miker
Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:29 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Quarters and rests in triplets of half-notes
Replies: 10
Views: 422

Re: Quarters and rests in triplets of half-notes

There are a lot of things that could be fixed. I'm not holding my breath for any of them. But I think it doesn't matter. If you enter the first note with the mouse, go through the ALT-9, OK, you get what you show. But if you tap RETURN at that point, the carat appears, and you can enter from there w...
by miker
Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:44 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Quarters and rests in triplets of half-notes
Replies: 10
Views: 422

Re: Quarters and rests in triplets of half-notes

Worked fine for me. The sequence in Simple, using the numberpad and QWERTY keyboard: 5, pitch, OPT-9 (ALT-9 on /windows.) Set 3 half notes in space of 2 half notes. OK 0 (zero) pitch 0 pitch 0 No backing up, no deletions, no Ëxtra Note setting. As I've mentioned before, some tuplets push a couple of...
by miker
Mon Apr 08, 2024 4:39 pm
Forum: SmartMusic
Topic: Change instrument, keep staff name?
Replies: 11
Views: 18273

Re: Change instrument, keep staff name?

davidjoseph wrote:
Mon Apr 08, 2024 4:23 pm
Thank you for this thread, I have the same question and found this when I searched. Hope you are all doing great here. apex roofing
If you continue pulling up old threads and adding irrelevant comments, you will be banned. No further warnings.
by miker
Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:22 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Music spacing problem
Replies: 4
Views: 246

Re: Music spacing problem

Yes, that’s the font it showed. It’s a paid font, and I don’t need it, so I’ll pass on this one.