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Is there an easy way to have the circle permanently attached to the hairpin?

What is the simplest way to put a niente decrescendo (hairpin ending with a circle) into a Finale 27 document? Thanks!

Thanks everyone for your replies. All were very helpful. Given my needs for this score, I think I’ll avoid voicing this time.

I created a linked part from my full score using "specify voicing" in the "Manage Parrt" window. I chose "This staff in the part will display . . . all notes in Layer 1 only. Now how do I add cue notes that will show up in the part but not the score? Thanks!

Thanks. I'm going to eliminate the expressions and smart shapes I placed above the staff and all will be well.

I have a full score where flute 1 and flute 2 are on the same staff. Flute 1 is in layer 1 and flute 2 is in layer 2. In the score, the expressions and hairpins have been entered to appear above the staff for flute 1 and below the staff for flute 2. I am able to assign the expressions for flutes 1 a...

Thank you for taking the time to let me know Peter. I didn't know that feature existed. It worked perfectly.

I have an 11x17 score that I need to save as an 11x17 PDF. I have been able to do this in the past, but, for some reason, it's not working now. All the pages are set to 11x 17 in the Page Layout tool. Under Page Setup, it is formatted for "Any Printer" and the page size is listed as "Untitled 11.00 ...

Thanks. I thought there used to be a way to customize pallets in the “window” drop down menu. Was that only for Windows or did that go away in Finale for Mac?

Is there a way to remove tools that I never use from the main tool palette on a Mac running Finale 27. There is no "Customize Palettes" in the Window dropdown menu.
Thanks!

Thanks Motet. I really appreciate your help! You wrote: When moving a staff, it always moves the top staff selected and everything below it, so there's never any need to select more than one. And you can only move up and down, not left and right. So lay off the Option key and you'll be fine. I know ...

Thanks everyone. I think we now have a solution. What worked for me is: in the staff tool hold down option key click on the staff handle (not on the first measure of staff) do not release the click, and drag the staff up or down My problem was I was clicking on the first measure. To move a staff ind...

Zuill, Thanks for your post! I tried what you said and I dont seem to be able to select just the staff handle. If I click on the staff handle every measure on that page on that staff is selected. If I click within the first measure of the staff, it only selects that measure. I can't get just the sta...

What does resetting preferences do? Do you lose anything?

Hi Peter,
I tried the zoom but it still doesn't work properly for me. I can only re-space certain staves if I show all the hidden staves. At least that method works. Why it doesn't work with the staves hidden remains a mystery. Thanks!

Hi Peter,
Thanks for your help. Attached is the score with the notes removed. When I hold down the option key and try to re-space only one specific staff, a different staff moves instead. Can't figure out why this is happening, except that when I show "hidden staves" it all works fine.

Thanks for all your help Zuill. I had the wrong font as the percussion notehead. Its all fixed now.

Somehow I accidentally changed the percussion notation font for my Djembe staff and now it shows nothing but squares with question marks. I haven’t been able to figure out how to return it to its original readable font. I would be very grateful for any help on how to do this. Many thanks! Mac Mohave...

If I try to move (respace) only the sus. cym. staff, the finger cym. staff moves instead . . . because there are hidden staves. When I unhide the hidden staves, I can move the sus. cym staff just fine.

Yes. I was trying to move the staff the way Motet and the manual said to do it, but it didn’t work properly until I “showed” the hidden staves.

Thanks Miker. I just tried it. If I show empty staves for that page, it works fine. Is that another Finale bug, or is there a way to avoid having to show the empty staves in order to move a single staff?

I am trying to re-space a single staff in a large orchestra score. Using the staff tool, I select the first measure of the staff I want to move, hold down the option key and start to drag that staff up or down. Instead of that staff moving, a completely different staff (4 staves higher on the score)...

This looks like it might be even better:

http://chris-lane.com/software/Projects ... acker.html

Yes, I think he suggests making it out of cardboard.

Stanley Chaloupka’s excellent book, “Harp Scoring,” has an appendix on “Making the Pedal Tracker.” Might be exactly what you need.