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by motet
Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:55 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: note mover
Replies: 7
Views: 285

Re: note mover

Hard to say what's going wrong. I don't know what you mean by "E note." If you've turned off "Automatic Update Layout" or "Automatic Music Spacing" in Preferences, they should be ON.
by motet
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Niente decrescendo hairpin
Replies: 5
Views: 214

Re: Niente decrescendo hairpin

An expression? Most fonts have a degree symbol. This is 12-point Arial. Attach it to the beat where the diminuendo ends. [Mike beat me to it!]
by motet
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:15 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: note mover
Replies: 7
Views: 285

Re: note mover

Looks like you dragged the second A with the Simple Entry tool instead of the Note Mover. Put that note back, and enter both downstem notes in the left hand and flip the stems down. Then use the Note Mover. Make sure Cross Staff is checked in the menu, click the top staff so that handles appear on e...
by motet
Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:43 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: How can I have two scores open at the same time?
Replies: 7
Views: 265

Re: How can I have two scores open at the same time?

I didn't know about Tile Windows, etc., but I never have occasion to display two files at once. Sounds better than what I suggested, and I see now that you suggested it above.
by motet
Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:28 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Section Text for Score & Parts
Replies: 7
Views: 324

Re: Section Text for Score & Parts

If "Chorus" is on page 2 in the score and every part, you can get away with using a text block created with the Text tool. That should appear in every part. Otherwise, use an expression in a category that includes a score list, for example the Tempo Marks category. By default, things in that categor...
by motet
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:03 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Missing Measure Numbers
Replies: 9
Views: 596

Re: Missing Measure Numbers

That part has a measure number region, but since you normally don't want to show measures on the cello part in a score, the cello's staff has Show: Measure Numbers unchecked. The best way to deal with this is to set your measure number regions to show on Top Staff as shown below. You can make the Li...
by motet
Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: How can I have two scores open at the same time?
Replies: 7
Views: 265

Re: How can I have two scores open at the same time?

You can't run a second copy of Finale. I suspect there's just a misunderstanding here. Finale opens files maximized within its window. If you pull down the Window menu you'll see the list of files open at the bottom, and you can switch between them there to do you copying and pasteing. If you want t...
by motet
Mon Mar 04, 2024 7:27 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Windows 10 Home or Pro?
Replies: 6
Views: 275

Re: Windows 10 Home or Pro?

That's good advice.

If you're sure that Finale's misbehaving and that it's not merely unfamiliarity with the program, you could try reinstalling it.
by motet
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:49 am
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Articulations and slurs stacking not working
Replies: 7
Views: 329

Re: Articulations and slurs stacking not working

Articulation stacking has nothing to do with music spacing.

How do you think it should look?
by motet
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:45 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Missing Measure Numbers
Replies: 9
Views: 596

Re: Missing Measure Numbers

I'm skeptical it's a Finale problem, but if you attach your file and describe what steps you've taken, someone can get to the bottom of it.
by motet
Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:56 pm
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Articulations and slurs stacking not working
Replies: 7
Views: 329

Re: Articulations and slurs stacking not working

I didn't have trouble with the up-bow articulation or the slur in 2014.5 or 27, so I don't know.
by motet
Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:32 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Extended Range Instruments
Replies: 2
Views: 131

Re: Extended Range Instruments

MIDI playback through SoftSynth should just work. You can have a tuba play high C or a piccolo play below the bass clef staff if you want. The Garritan stuff, though, I think is sampled, so maybe not.
by motet
Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:18 pm
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Articulations and slurs stacking not working
Replies: 7
Views: 329

Re: Articulations and slurs stacking not working

Attach a sample of the file giving you trouble here and we can take a look.
by motet
Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:50 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Delete unnecessary/duplicate dynamics
Replies: 3
Views: 184

Re: Delete unnecessary/duplicate dynamics

Unless you have a huge piece, I would do it manually. If there's a p section, some number of bars rest, and more music that's p, sometimes you want to restate it to remind the player, sometimes not. Seems like a judgement call I wouldn't want to leave to an algorithm.
by motet
Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:24 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Corrupted file?
Replies: 19
Views: 524

Re: Corrupted file?

What's an example of an empty hidden item?
by motet
Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Corrupted file?
Replies: 19
Views: 524

Re: Corrupted file?

You could report it to MakeMusic, I suppose, but somehow I doubt anything would come of it.
by motet
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:22 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Corrupted file?
Replies: 19
Views: 524

Re: Corrupted file?

Here's the entire file, which fcopaja mailed to me. The file appears to be corrupted--when I switch to Scroll view, nothing appears except some stray notes if I scroll to the bottom. I tried moving the staff the top as Bill did; it shows as hidden but can't be deleted. I tried selecting all in the S...
by motet
Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:50 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Corrupted file?
Replies: 19
Views: 524

Re: Corrupted file?

Sure, attach it here.
by motet
Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:28 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Corrupted file?
Replies: 19
Views: 524

Re: Corrupted file?

Scroll view?
by motet
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:56 pm
Forum: Finale Forum Feedback
Topic: Cut/Paste in Lyrics Window V. 27
Replies: 5
Views: 239

Re: Cut/Paste in Lyrics Window V. 27

Like Peter, I am able to copy from Word and paste into the lyrics window, and copy and paste between verses. I assume you've rebooted your computer. Can you copy and paste in other applications? Are you having trouble with all documents, including a brand new one? Have you tried resetting your prefe...
by motet
Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:27 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 27 temp files
Replies: 9
Views: 363

Re: Finale 27 temp files

Thanks for the report. I put the temp files elsewhere and periodically clean it out, and it seems to vary. Working on linked parts seems to result in more temp files, maybe.
by motet
Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:37 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 27 temp files
Replies: 9
Views: 363

Re: Finale 27 temp files

Any Mac users looked in their temp directory, as pointed-to in Preferences?
by motet
Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:10 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: previous Windows window popping up when playing newly loaded Finale file
Replies: 11
Views: 398

Re: previous Windows window popping up when playing newly loaded Finale file

I guess it's worth asking MM support. (Ignore any suggestion to run your file through MusicXML :) )
by motet
Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: Finale Forum Feedback
Topic: Cut/Paste in Lyrics Window V. 27
Replies: 5
Views: 239

Re: Cut/Paste in Lyrics Window V. 27

Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V and the Edit pull-down menu work for me on Windows V. 27. Ctrl+Insert/Shift+Insert do not; they should, but they never have.
by motet
Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:14 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Embedded images omitted when exporting to PDF
Replies: 3
Views: 198

Re: Embedded images omitted when exporting to PDF

Glad you solved it.

If you want PDF file names automatically generated, CutePDF is probably not for you.