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It's in the Bravura music font, which should be available as a free download:
https://www.w3.org/2019/03/smufl13/tables/octaves.html

There's probably a good reason it's not generally available in most music fonts. Seems pretty much useless to me.

Window Menu > Main Tool Palette

I'll answer the same way I did 2 years ago: Document Options > Fonts > Chords > Alteration; change size there. Additionally, in Document Options > Chords you can change the vertical position (baseline) of the alteration. This is for the alteration of the chord root. Anotherwords, if you have Bbmi7(b...

ebiggs1 wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 06, 2019 4:31 pm

How to put the accidental after a cleff ...

Isn't that an "on purpose"?

I suspect the questioner's native language is not English, so give him a little leeway as regards terminology.

To answer the question, make a Text Expression - "( )" and drag it into place.

Alt-Tab (?)

I'm not sure why you don't want a separation before the first measure of a Coda. Maybe for a good reason that's not readily apparent. If, however, the customary separation bothers you, simply reshuffle the layout so that the Coda starts at the beginning of a system. This sometimes works OK, other ti...

Double click and the box appears.

Strange - I get the same behavior. I went to the Text Repeat selection box and deleted it there. It doesn't look like you need it anyway. See attached.

It's obvious that the plugin included with Finale and the JW plugin are error prone. It's probably more time efficient entering these manually. I enter them as I do note entry. If someone else has entered the music, I make a separate pass through the entire file just for cautionary accidentals. It d...

motet wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 02, 2019 7:06 pm

I have the full version, but isn't Align/Move Dynamics included in the Lite version?

It is, but the Pro version has more options and runs in the background, so all you have to do is press hotkeys to get the align actions.

The Beam Angle tool works for angling and moving the beams but doesn't adjust the length. I found one Special Tool (Beam Extension Tool) that almost works but it will only shorten the top beam leaving the bottom one(s) as they were. If there is a way to adjust the length of all the beams? The full ...

Finalescript is a plugin, and as such is probably limited in many aspects of its operation. Either don't inadvertently trigger a bogus command or invest in a macro program like Autohotkey that runs beside, not within Finale.

Here's what I would try: Using Finale 26, make an articulation library using all of your regular and custom articulations. Make sure positioning of all of them is accurate. Save as a .lib file. When opening a Finale 25 or older file in Finale 26, import your library. Using the Change Articulation Ut...

The Patterson plugin Preferences should be removed and Finale restarted. I don't know where these are located on Windows machines.

Set your computer monitor to the highest resolution. If then you see the palette, drag it to the center of the screen and reset the resolution.

If you created your template in 2006, that's very old. I'd say that is the source of your problem. I know it's a pain, but you should reconstruct your templates in your latest Finale version.

It's the Beethoven Eroica Symphony.

If you use templates that were made on an earlier version of Finale, that might be a problem. In my experience, using templates made before Finale 2009 will give all sorts of headaches. I tried both TG Tools and Finale's cue plugins and the results look OK.

It's likely that the file is corrupt. Could be because it originates from Allegro 2003. I'd make a fresh new template in whatever Finale version you use and try to copy the music into that. If you are working with these old files you're asking for trouble. Always use an up to date template that has ...

Unless you have a clone or Time Machine backup of your previous system, I don't think you can roll back your OS. Downloading thru Apple does not allow this. In that case, you're probably best off upgrading to Finale 26. But, it has recently been reported that the latest Finale 26.2 has some serious ...

This actually is a feature, introduced in Finale 25. If you select the Smart Shape tool, go to the menu bar and look under Smart Shape Options. You will see the settings for the openings on short wedges and the length that decides when to use the smaller opening. If you don't like this, go to your d...

I would assume that some adjustment to the numbers in Ties > Document Options would fix this. I'd be careful about that. Once the software is fixed, such adjusted ties might display incorrectly. I have Finale 26.0 installed and the ties look fine. I guess the solution is to not update Finale until ...

Please attach a small Finale file showing the misplaced ties. It might be interesting to see if others see the same problem and might help in finding a solution.

You have an Update Layout issue. Go to Preferences > Edit and make sure Automatic Update Layout is checked. This will largely eliminate the screen drawing problem you picture. However, occasionally it's necessary to manually update. Press Command/U to do this.

I'd help you if I could but I can't. I'd suggest you join the "Compose Forum" and ask there.
http://www.composeforums.com/

These all work properly on my setup, too (Finale 25.5). I suggest you check your preference file as follows:
https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/ ... inale-etc-