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...also, the letter 'o' would hide a note or rest on a particular layer in previous versions. Has that also changed?

Maybe I should read the instructions...

Thanks,

Andy

I've just moved over to 2014 and am having major problems just dealing with my first measure. I'm in 3/4 time and looking to add a quarter note and 8th note on the third beat in within a tuplet bracket. I'm getting all sorts of pings and error stabs coming out of my speakers when I try to do this. I...

That could be worth looking into. Its such an obvious need - I had just assumed the software would pick it up but someone pointed out to me yesterday that one of my transcriptions had too many accidentals in a measure and I can't seem to change it for love nor money. How does one come by that plug i...

Hello, I am trying to find a setting that will allow my accidental changes (i.e. #s and bs), to carry through to all layers. In other words I want a change to Bb in the C of C to carry through to layers 2,3 and 4 in that measure if I change layer 1. I would like this set as default. Any ideas? Many ...

its ok - my bad. I had show active lawyerr only selected. Sorry to waste your time.

Andy

Hello, I've been working on a piece but have opened it up this evening and the content has disappeared from several measures on the first page visually - sometimes both staves sometimes just one - yet when I play back the content is still playing. I have all staves set to view and no hidden notes. C...

Hi Peter,

You're probably right.

How do you resize the notes in one stave of one measure? Is that staff styles as well?

Thanks,

Andy

Excellent - i'll give that a try now. How do you reduce accidental size also? thanks again Peter

I'm not too familiar with stasff styles - could you provide me with a bit of a walk through please?

Also, does this adjust the size of accidentals as well?

Many thanks,

That's it - thanks once again.

Whilst I'm here, how do you reduce note head size for just one measure in one stave? I have about 60 32nd notes with accidental a in a single measure that I can't get to squeeze on just one system. Thanks

I have removed a virus from my system today and it appears to have changed a few settings within Finale. Most i've bbeen able to reset but there is one particular issue that is beginning to stress me out a little, which I would appreciate some help with. Before when I was manually entering notes and...

A ha, brilliant.
This will quite possibly change my life!!
Thank you as always, Peter

Is it possible to assign shortbut keys to move betweeen layers 1, 2, 3 and 4? I can see its possible to define specified tasks but cannot see that it covers moving between layers. This facility would really help. Thanks,

I have added a swing symbol using the expression tool, which appears to have turned all my straight quavers into a triplet feel, i.e. swinging. How do I turn this off though when I reach a section of the piece where I no longer want it to apply? There may be a musical symbol that does this, but if s...

I have an annoying click type sound on the first measure of this when I go to save it as a midi track. I can't seem to remove it. Can you help please?

That's it - thanks!

I'm looking to add a new stave to a piece i'm working on however when I do so it does not appear in the first system. I'm sure there's something obvious i'm missing, but if someone could offer me a tip i'd be grateful.

I can't seem to upload the file as an attachment (mus files not allowed?)

Thanks,

That's great, (though quite cumbersome). I do appreciate the time you guys put into answering our questions.

Many thanks,

Andy

Yes, still 2010.
Thanks in advance.
Andy

I'm trying to change the layout in a piece from two keybaord staves, i.e LH and RH to just RH on the second page. Can someone offer me some pointers please? I thought optimization would do it, but i can't seem to make it work. Thanks, Andy

Thanks for your reply. The first system point is an interesting discovery! I've been creating my scores on Finale in a quite unorthodox way, simply by opening my last score, deleting the measures and saving as a new file. This has been going on for well over three years now and my 'master document' ...

Just sorted it through measure atttributes.
Thanks all the same.
Andy

Here you go.
Thanks

I'm not sure what's happened, but for some reason, having changed the time signature on one of my scores from 3/4 to 4/4, the time signature has disappeared altogether. When I change it back to anything other than 4/4 it appears fine, but otherwise I'm without any time signature. Don't know why this...

Apologies.

I'm talking about playing a single key of a piano with alternate index fingers, (not simultaneously, but alternate), 2-staff piano notation with the beam between both staffs.

Thanks