Finale Forum

The Dump technique works! Very nice. Thank you Zuill for the solution. Would still like to know WHY the problem exists, but assume it's something buried deep in the code.

In a long piece (couple hundred measures or more), I mark my string sections (KS) to play pizzicato; on playback everything is fine. Then, I mark the strings to resume Arco -- but on playback the strings ignore the Arco command and continue with pizzicato. I've viewed earlier posts on related pizz/a...

Thank you for replying! Yep, I've re-booted. The keyboard is okay -- no stuck keys -- and I haven't found this problem with any other software/application. Can't speak to an electronically-stuck key, not sure how I would know. However, at times the tool works properly when I first open the score to ...

When I select Smart Shape, e.g., to place a crescendo hairpin, Finale substitutes a different smartshape -- which cannot be changed -- and then places another different shape in the score. So, for example: select "crescendo" (which lights up on the toolbar); cursor shows a curved line; when clicked,...