Finale Forum

I added a "blank staff" to a score using Score Manager. I clicked on the Full Name and changed it to "Whistles" and Abbr Name to "Whstl".
But when I go to Edit Part, the name in the upper left is "Part 31". Where and how do I change this? Driving me crazy.

Since I upgraded to V26, Windows, I've been plagued with so many issues. Two of the most obnoxious: using simple entry, the screen doesn't redraw accurately or often, and changes become a blurry mess of overlapping changes. Then, a printed part is not the same as what I see on screen. That's not all...

I've been playing with Dorico 2.0 Pro for 10 days now with the free trial they offer. Maybe I'm just old and unable to change paradigms, but for me, and the way I write/arrange/compose Finale makes a lot more sense. People complain about Finale having a steep learning curve and being very difficult ...

The three dot version is there! I never looked far enough down the list. Thanks! But now I guess I have to learn about Shape Designer. Ugh! No end to learning Finale, is there?

Is there a tool or something that can create different number of staccato marks over a note? As in the two attached images.

Thanks for the help. The Active Layer copy method sort of works - but it forced up stems and down stems when only one is often needed. And, if both voices have a courtesy accidental, it appears for both voices and now looks like a double flat. I'll look into JW Polyphony and see if it works.

I have a score with separate staves for Clarinet 1 and Clarinet 2. I want to make a smaller score by combining these staves (and also flute 1 & 2, bassoon 1 & 2, etc). I can use Utilities -> Implode and that works great as long as the two staves have exactly the same rhythmic values. But when they'r...

What printer are you using? This may sound stupid, but I used to have a laser printer that would sometimes omit things until I learned the problem was the printer didn't have enough memory to handle really complex pages with lots of items on it. Happened printing mathematical expressions as well as ...