Finale Forum

motet wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:57 pm

Try

Press "OK"

rather than clicking.

That's a great suggestion, actually, but ultimately didn't work either. That was a variation I hadn't tried, though!

Bill, that's fantastic! Thank you! Yes, that works for that line.

Now, I just need to figure out how to get the script to click on "OK" instead of hovering above it. haha!

Hi all! I need your expert advice. I have a FinaleScript that is almost working, but not quite. Lol. I need help knowing what I'm doing wrong. I'm trying to write something that will quickly change notes to "x" note heads, as that's something I do on a regular basis. This is my first FinaleScript, s...

LOL! Well, there it is. Haha!

Thanks for asking customer service! Maybe it is just a left-over from an early version of Finale or something?

Interesting.

Thanks!

Hi Miker!

Good suggestion. I did just that. I opened up a new document with no libraries, added 4 measures, and wrote a couple slash chords.

To me, they look the same. Of course, they're simple. Maybe it's more obvious with complex chords? I dunno. I'm attaching a pic.

Hi all! I was just browsing around Finale 27, and doing some updating on my templates, which I rarely do, given that I'm usually on a deadline when I have Finale booted up, Lol. And as I was loading a chord suffix library, I noticed Finale's "Slash Chord" .lib. What is that? I tried Googling, but di...

Oh! Cool! I'll check that out. Sounds interesting.

Thank you!

Hi all! Me again, with my new computer working out little bugs. Haha! I have two monitors side by side in my studio. For whatever reason, I tend to like Finale to be open on my right monitor. In my previous version, 2014.5, all my windows just remembered that that's where I last put them. But in thi...

Oh good! So it's not just me. Lol. Yeah, I haven't seen it in any other apps either, which makes me suspect Finale. Well, hopefully in an update this bug disappears. :) Thanks for replying! Yes, I have indeed seen this, and I'm on F27 using macOS Ventura. Quitting Finale does make it go away and I'm...

Hi all! I have a weird bug that's happening. It only happens when I'm working in Finale, but I honestly can't tell if it's a Finale bug or an Apple OS bug. (see pic below) When I'm in Speedy Note Entry, I'm pretty frequently encountering "ghost" text over my workflow. Not a workflow killer, but defi...

Ah yes! Thank you!

Oh! I noticed my software signature is slightly out of date. I'm running OS 10.11, and I'm on Finale 2014.5.

Thank you!
Kevin

Hi all! I'm new at doing Tabs -- as in, this is my first time. I set it up, and it was going well, until I stopped to get something to eat. Then when I came back, I can't seem to input tabs correctly now. I don't know what I did, what setting I must have hit, or whatever. I'm hoping you all can figu...

That's a good idea. I'll try that. Thanks!

Hi all! I'm trying to import SMFs from Logic Pro (10.2.4) into Finale 2014.5. Each time, the piano track in the resulting Finale file is a single bass clef, rather than the standard piano staves. How do I get Finale to put the piano tracks from the SMF into the standard two staves? I've double-check...

Ah! This is fantastic info. Thank you!

Kevin

Hi all! I would appreciate your advice on troubleshooting. At the school I work at, we're running Finale 2014 (not 2014.5), and every time we try to use the Expression Tool, Finale crashes. So far, no crashes occur on the other tools, but it does on the Expression Tool. And it's consistent. It crash...

Michel and Motet,

Both excellent suggestions. Thank you! I'll try them both and see which one works best for me.

Hi all! What's the best way to make a page-attached text block appear in some parts but not others? Here's what I want to do: I create musical theater scores, and I'm trying to create a template to make life easier. In the top left-hand corner, there's the part (score, violin, piano, etc). Underneat...

Ah! Great suggestion. Thank you!

Hi all, Quick question. I need to make the chord symbols for my guitarist a little bigger. So, I don't want to increase the size of the chords overall; just on the guitar parts. So, to do that, I've selected the measures of the guitar part, then selected Utilities > Change > Chords... then changed t...

Document Options/Layers, you should see an offset setting of 6. Making that 8 will move the rests one space further away, 10 two spaces, etc. Beware, though, that it's a universal change, so you might find yourself with unnecessarily wide gaps elsewhere. Cool! I didn't know about this setting. I'll...

miker wrote:I believe JW Change will also allow you do do this regionally.

I need to check out JW plug-ins! I don't have any right now, but that needs to be on my to-do list.

Here is an idea: Switch to Layer 2. Document menu > Show Active Layer Only (This also means “Edit Active Layer Only”) Selection Tool. Select the region with the rests you need to move. Plug-ins menu > Note, Beam, and Rest Editing > Move Rests… Thanks Peter! This worked great. Also, I found out that...

Hi all! I have a situation where the the rests I'm creating in Layer 2 are colliding with the notes in Layer 1 (see the attached image). Right now, I'm moving each rest down individually. But, this is a pattern that I'm using for almost 16 bars at a time, so moving each rest individually is tedious....