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I have a fairly specific need that I was sure I'd be able to figure out on my own but so far have run into some unusual roadblocks. I am trying to create some expressions that look like this: Screenshot 2024-02-27 at 6.54.25 PM.png I was hoping to be able to draw them in the shape designer but I can...

I swear I've seen an answer to this before but I can't find it when I search for the life of me. I am working on a piece with multiple movements and between one movement and the next there is a tied note. These are separate files so in the second movement for the first note in the first bar I would ...

UPDATE: Metatools don't seem to be working for smart shapes or expressions either when trying to click assign.

I just started having an issue with my articulation metatool. If I'm in simple entry and press opt-a + metatool everything is fine. But if I'm in the articulation tool and try "metatool + click" or "metatool + drag select" the articulation selection dialog or apply articulation dialog comes up inste...

It wasn't what I was asking but now I'm wondering how to work around keyboard shortcuts! The script I so badly want to use is a script to make an expression appear in only a part! Because the menu item is not in a proper menu but rather a right click menu I think I'm having problems. This was my ins...

I've just recently started experimenting with finale scripts and for some reason when I create one it runs fine when I actually run the script from the window but when I try to use a keyboard shortcut they don't seem to run. I've tried this in both Finale 2014.5 and Finale 25 and no luck in either. ...

I also just saw that you are on windows so probably don't have the option to print to PDF without a dedicated printer but on mac's my understanding was that the feature was built in so why should I have to have a dedicated PDF printer.

Thanks for the quick reply! I guess I should be more clear. I don't have a PDF printer. In the drop box to select a printer I only have the option for the one printer I have installed or to add another printer. I print to PDF using the button at the bottom left that says save as PDF (with options to...

I'm having a problem printing to an odd paper size. I usually print parts to 9.5 x 12.5. I've never had a problem before. I've set up custom paper sizes and have not changed anything about the way I print...EXCEPT... I just installed a printer on my new computer (I didn't have one before) that won't...

Gladly! 1) I created a staff style and in the 'Alternate Notation' window selected 'Blank Notation with Rests' and selected Apply to Layer 1 (or Layer 2 depending on which you're working in). 2) I went to the part and selected the measures in question and 'Applied staff style to current part/score'....

Nevermind! For anyone else with this problem I just created a staff style to change the notation on layer 2 to "blank notation with rests" and applied to only the part! Finale will now allow me to create a multimeasure rest and all is right in the world! But it's funny, I did consider doing it your ...

I'm having my first time trying working with parts with voicing. I've just encountered my first problem. My settings for the parts are: selected notes from one or more layer In measure containing a single layer, display: Selected note 1st or 2nd Note (depending on part) Include single note passages ...

Worked like a charm! The only problem I encountered was trying to enter notes into such a complex tuplet! I entered the first two beats, entered the first note of the tuplet which is a quarter note, hit command+9, filled in 7 "use current" in the space of 2 "use current, hit enter, then when i enter...

I am having trouble with a cadenza bar in my recent piece. My issue is with the spacing. The first 2 beats the orchestra is together and then the clarinet takes over for it's cadenza. I have changed the time signature for the clarinet to 9/4 and the rest are left as 4/4 bars. I would like it so it l...

I feel stupid even asking this but I'm trying to create an opaque text block. I can't seem to figure out how to do it. I know how to make a frame but I can't make it opaque. I would like to avoid using an expression but even when I do that, the default rests show through. The piece is in 3/4 and I'm...

Just to clarify, I though I had it figured out by going into the transposition in the score manager, choosing other, inserting -10 in the key alter. Totally worked for my problem, except 4 measures later when the concert key changes to D now I have a clarinet with 7 flats AND one sharp tagged on the...

Hey Peter! Thanks! That totally works. One more problem for you though! I have a piece in Emaj, and a woodwind book that doubles on Clarinet at one point. I want the clarinet to be in GbMaj but of course finale is keeping it in F#Maj. I would like to avoid having independent key signatures on that s...

Just a quick question: I am trying to get a text expression to sit above a multi measure rest and NOT disappear when I create the rest. Why is it that if the text expression is attached to the left of the bar, I can create a rest and the expression stays (I actually copied the Tempo category and onl...

I am having this same problem! Did you end up figuring it out?

Hi there,

I understand how to make the large time signatures but what about cut time? There doesn't seem to be a symbol for this in EngraverTime... am I just missing it?