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by aodhrua
Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:38 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Half-note changed to a strange character
Replies: 10
Views: 4878

Re: Half-note changed to a strange character

Just for completeness, here's a file that I created earlier with Finale 2014.5, and now shows the problem.
by aodhrua
Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:33 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Half-note changed to a strange character
Replies: 10
Views: 4878

Re: Half-note changed to a strange character

See attachments: - The file fanny power.mus was created with an earlier version of Finale, however I had no problems opening it in 2014.5. Now it opens erroneously, i.e. the half-notes are replaced by the boxed question mark. The playback does not work for some reason, but this is probably not relat...
by aodhrua
Thu Jan 11, 2018 7:19 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Half-note changed to a strange character
Replies: 10
Views: 4878

Re: Half-note changed to a strange character

Just saying- You seem to have had this problem for several days now. You say that you're "still discussing this with MakeMusic support". You've been given two suggestions to try, either of which is safe and will not produce any unwanted side effects. N. Correct. I already posted about the first sug...
by aodhrua
Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:32 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Half-note changed to a strange character
Replies: 10
Views: 4878

Re: Half-note changed to a strange character

Thanks for the replies.

Yes, I did check for font duplicates from the Font Book - no problem here.

I'm still discussing this with MakeMusic support; I'll wait to see if they will come with a solution before trying to delete the font cache.
by aodhrua
Fri Jan 05, 2018 7:11 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Half-note changed to a strange character
Replies: 10
Views: 4878

Half-note changed to a strange character

Hi all My Finale behaves very strange recently: the noteheads of all half-notes are changed by a strange shape: a boxed question mark (see attachment). This happens when I try to enter half-notes in a new document; also, when opening an old document, all half-notes are replaced by that strange chara...