Finale Forum

Zuilli, I found it. Works like a charm, thanks so much for the info!

Zuill, where would I find the JW Change plug-in, and would it be Mac compatible?

I think I did this once before, but now I don't remember what exactly I did. I need to have rhythmic hits above the staff in a jazz lead sheet. I enter them on a new layer, change the noteheads using the special tool and change the size of he notes with the % tool. I use the plug-ins menu to hide th...

When I'm working on large scores in Finale 2014, when I'm in Page View Finale keeps randomly returning me to the first spread, and the scroll bar will not allow me to advance past the 2nd page. I have to enter scroll view and then go back to page view in order to get back to where I left off. This i...

Peter, I thought that would be the solution, I was just hoping there'd be a faster way. This isn't technically a score, it's just a lead sheet that I've written for a rhythm section, but with the vocal melody notated for the singer's benefit as well. Most of the guitar part is chords with slashes, w...

Is there any way to independently space separate parts in a score, or a multi-staff document? I have a piece that has a vocal line in staff 1 and a guitar part in staff 2. Much of the guitar part is in slashes, and when I space the vocal line the slashes are spaced irregularly.

I often need to use a 4-bar repeat sign when writing out dance tunes (and by dance I mean Lady Gaga, etc) for jobbing bands, where there are tons of repeating figures and I'm attempting to keep the rhythm section parts to 2 or 3 pages. I'd prefer to write everything out but sometimes it's just not p...

I just upgraded to Finale 2012 on a Mac running OS 10.8.2, and the text tool doesn't work. Is this a mouse issue or a Finale issue? I try to double click and no text box appears. I can edit an existing text block but can't create a new one.