Multi measure Rests WITHOUT Numbers FIN 25.4/ Mac OS 10.12

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IsleyMusic
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Post by IsleyMusic » Fri Aug 04, 2017 8:47 pm

Hello all -

This may have been answered elsewhere and I apologize if so, but I'm losing my patience with Finale and the things that used to work great and are now inexplicably broken... I've been a Finale User since version 1.

I want to be able to create a multi measure rest, go into edit it, set the "start numbering at" number to a higher number than in the rest, and then voila, have it display a multi measure rest with no number, just the rest symbol, i.e., for creating open solo or vamp sections in a chart.

I used to be able to do this without fail prior to Version 25. Now, I can create the rest, and it shows up correctly, but whenever I try to print or save to PDF, it still outputs the number as well as resets the display onscreen to have the number. I do charts all the time with open vamp or solo sections that I notate this way, and this is making me nuts!

Ideas?


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zuill
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Post by zuill » Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:11 pm

You probably need to turn off the option to automatically update MM rests. That should do it.

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IsleyMusic
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Post by IsleyMusic » Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:16 pm

zuill wrote:You probably need to turn off the option to automatically update MM rests. That should do it.

Zuill

Ya know... it's usually the simplest things... that did it.

THANKS Zuill!!

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motet
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Post by motet » Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:35 pm

That option really needs to be fixed to only update MM rests that have been changed, not the whole damn document when one changes. I have turned it off, but you need to be very careful.

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