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Just an idea:

What are the settings in
Preferences > Edit > the pane Automatic Settings
?

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You need to be on the last tied note (= the note with an unwanted tie going to the right).

Then, in the entry tool’s menu, find the sub-menu with the menu item
Tie to next Note
(and memorize the keyboard shortcut shown in the sub-menu)

To avoid that Human Playback “sees” the #85 symbol from EngraverText, create the expression as a shape expression (not as a text expression). In the Expression Designer, go to Main > Shape > Create… You get to the Shape Designer which is a small (and old!) drawing environment inside Finale. Use the ...

Are you using the Articulation Tool? Text fonts have the character {uppercase U} located in font slot #85. The playback effect is due to the way Human Playback interprets font characters in music notation. In music fonts (like e. g. the Maestro font) the fermata symbol is located in font slot #85. H...

Don Jordan wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:42 am

… I didn't understand michelp's question: "Just in case, did you check that box ? tempo.jpeg"

Was this the box in "Clear selected items" under Edit?

Yes.

If everything else fails, attach the Finale .musx document here, for the gurus to examine.

Let me guess: You are using the tempo expressions from the Default Document - right? For the tempo text you are using the text font Times New Roman - right? And for the note symbol you are using the Expression Designer’s pop up menu Insert Note - right? As Far As I Can Tell, the text and the numbers...

… with a rest as the notehead, you're constrained where you want the rest to appear vertically. Not true. In the dialog box Notehead Settings there is an option for for {Allow Vertical Positioning}. By default this option is not selected. When you use this option it is useful to know that 1 scale s...

… region 3 is showing meas. 35 at the beginning. Why? … Not true. It is movement 3 that shows meas. 35 at the beginning, not region 3. My guess is that each measure number region was supposed to cover one movement - right? Hence: 1. meas. 1-34, (display as 1-34) 2. meas. 35-121, (display as 1-87) 3...

… Yes, I found that it worked fine if I wrote all the 1/8th notes first and then added in the grace notes as 1/16th notes and then removed stems etc. The first time I wrote it in note order and I think I wrote the "grace" notes at 1/4 notes since for me they weren't actually grace notes. I think th...

This works for me:

First, enter all the 8th notes.
The 8th notes are beamed.

Next, use the Simple Entry Tool to add the grace notes via clicking in the staff.
The 8th notes will remain beamed when you click-enter the grace notes.

motet wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 04, 2023 4:11 pm

Here's another idea: use an eighth rest for the notehead. I don't know how to shorten the stem, though. The Stem Length tool shortens it from the wrong end!

It can be done in this way:


Then, proceed as before, to get the layout without the notehead, but with the 8th rest.

It is time consuming, but it can be done.

Are you talking about primary beams (= 8th beams)?
- or secondary beams?

Take a look at the two attached PDF files.

If you have questions, let me know.

To get a different fretboard diagram on the same chord suffix you need to duplicate the chord suffix. This is done in the Chord Suffix Selection - click the button Duplicate. FYI: Each chord suffix has 12 fretboard diagrams = one for each of the 12 possible transpositions. Example: For the suffix ma...

I am not sure what is going on in this Finale document, but here is a in idea:

Document menu > Document Options > Music Spacing

In the pane
Avoid Collision of:
de-select the check box
Hidden Notes

Would that work for you?

… Is there a limit to the number of measure regions? … I seem to recall some old reports about problems in a document with many, many measure number regions. Once I created a document with 18 measure number regions, and that worked without problems. Unfortunately I have never tried a higher number ...

1) Articulations are document specific, not program specific.
From what template did you create your document ?

2) Looking in both the Articulation Selection and in the Symbol Selection (viewing the Broadway Copyist font) I can see the falls:

Yes, it is possible. As a matter of fact, the Windows Finale file format and the Mac file format are the same. They have been the same format for many, many Finale versions. Examples: - Finale 2014, same file format in Windows and Mac - Finale v25, same file format in Windows and Mac - Finale v26, s...

Nobody has mentioned the Plug-in > Scoring and Arranging > Space Systems. It seems to me that, by trying various settings, this could accomplish what you want. The Original Poster, Andrew Harrison, asked for a solution with different numerical values for the vertical staff spacing. In Other Words: ...

Shinohara 1027,

1) I could be wrong, but As Far As I Know, ties really are drawn (i. e. ties are not font characters).
Hence a font change should not affect the tie contour.

2) This may be a stupid question, but have you examined the Vertical settings for ties ?

If I understand you correctly, you are dealing with two different problems: A) The layout on Page 2 and beyond. B) The layout on Page 1. Regarding A) - the layout on Page 2 and beyond: If I understand you correctly, in all the upper systems you need the top staves to be aligned, on all pages from Pa...

Peter, Worksheet 3 is very close to what I'm trying to create. How did you do it? Or can you unlock it and I can make changes to it? The big problem I've been having is using the same clef sign in consecutive measures. Craig_M, 1) Open my attached {Worksheet 3}. 2) Switch to The Page Layout Tool. I...

Craig_M,

Are you creating worksheets ?

Take a look at the attached Finale documents.

… Finale V. 25.4, Mac Ventura 13.3 … This might be the reason why you are having a problem: Finale v25 was created years before Ventura. If I were still using Finale v25, I would probably not upgrade Mac OS to Ventura already now. * Have you considered upgrading Finale ? By The Way: Please specify ...

Billy May, My first guess would be that you on the computer screen are viewing the Score, but printing the linked Part. In the Document menu you can choose Edit Score or Edit Part > … Make sure you are viewing, what you need to print (view Score when printing Score; view linked Part when printing li...

Unfortunately no, sorry. A. In the Chord menu you can select the option Substitute Symbols But the option Substitute Symbols can not be customized. Substitute Symbols only does two things: 1) Replace ‘o’ (= lowercase letter o) with the diminished symbol °. 2) Replace ‘%’ (= per cent) with the half d...