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The "Engraver Font Set" is installed on your computer when you install Finale.

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Normally, a Flute 1/2 score stave is handled by entering both parts as "chords" in a single layer and only using a second layer when the rhythms don't match. There will then be only one set of dynamics, below the staff as usual. Splitting into layers as you're doing with each layer having its own dy...

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motet wrote: ↑
Fri Jul 14, 2023 3:23 pm
(I thought she was complaining that all measures are the same width rather than wanting that.)

Could be (probably is), but music spacing would take care of that unless there are some strange settings. I guess we need to see an example file.

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Go to Document Menu > Document Options > Music Spacing and hit the Spacing Widths button. Under Scaling Factor, type "2". Respace all measures (type "4"). With all measures selected, hit "Return" and type "2" under "Width: Change To". All measures are now the same width - how does that look? There m...

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miker wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 13, 2023 8:39 pm
IMy favorite (?) one is when my Mac keyboard shortcuts that I've set up for Finale don't work. I mouse up to the top menu bar and click. The shortcuts are back./quote]

Hmm…

I've had the same problem and have found just waiting and they come back. Thanks for the tip!

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One particular problem I've been having with F27.3 seems to be screen redrawing/update layout related. Click on a measure and press the up or down arrow key to move it up or down a system. It usually works as expected but let's say 1 time out of 10 nothing happens. Press the arrow once or twice agai...

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Is it really necessary to indicate the cues when the principal part is already playing? As long as the tempo remains steady, I see little good in adding unneeded information.

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Just thinking out loud- √ What format are your graphics in? Try saving them as jpg and see just for fun if you can embed all of them. I know you probably don't want to use jpg. √ I have used TIFF files for small footnote examples (1200 dpi) and they look pretty darn good. Maybe you'll have better lu...

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http://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/Fina ... py%20Paste

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miker wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 23, 2023 8:42 pm
David,

You can download and install the demo. Then delete it, and you will have the fonts.

If you're talking about the SMuFL fonts, they only work with Finale 27.

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Go to the Score Manager, click on the BD staff, go to Notation Style - Percussion, click on Settings and change the staff position of the notes for the BD percussion map.

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So it works for your particular scenario? You don't really say so.

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Just so you know, I used F25 and F26 extensively with good results. Been using F27 since the 1st of the year, also happy with that. I don't use playback, just engraving and page layout. Of course, all 3 versions have the same engineering problems which you're probably used to stepping around.

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You can save a Document Options library (File menu) from your current template and import that into older files. That will take care of a limited number of settings - things like line weights, slur and tie contours and placement settings for accidentals and the like. But it will not affect page layo...

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Before running the plugin, highlight only the measures that have noteheads you want to enlarge. You'll have to do it a number of times, skipping over the cued passages.

I wouldn't enlarge the noteheads - there's no reason to.

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The tie on the lower Ab looks too high. How about this- Screen Shot 2023-06-10 at 12.22.21 PM.jpg Robert Patterson has developed a plugin called "Tie Mover". If you do a lot of adjusting of ties, you might want to get the 30 day demo and try it out. For instance, you can set Tie Mover to move those ...

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In Document Options > Ties, make sure the Positioning settings all have the same amount for the vertical position. In the Finale default file, it is 6evpu for over ties and -6evpu for under ties.

Posting a small sample file rather than a picture might help.

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motet wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 09, 2023 6:39 pm
I recall something having to do with applying smartshapes with a meta tool versus not. In one case it makes a new shape and in the other it doesn't.

That applies to Shape Expressions. Applied with a Meta Tool, it is a copy of the original and can be edited without changing any others of the same.

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Did you refresh the Preferences as detailed here? -

https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/ ... inale-etc-

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I'd do something like the following: Screen Shot 2023-06-06 at 6.53.10 AM.jpg There is also a moment where I do need to use the change instrument feature, but is there a way to do this without changing the staff and abbreviated staff name? Any thoughts on this as well? I think you'd have to make a S...

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You need to rebeam manually. Put the cursor on the rightmost note and press / (slash). Repeat as necessary.

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Click the Chord Symbol - the Measure highlights. Click again in the exact same spot and the Chord Symbol should highlight.

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Of course, I have no way of knowing the context in which you want to use this beaming. But as far as I know, beaming over rests is a style usually used throughout an engraving. I would be concerned that there might be some confusion introduced for players that get into "beam over rests mode" and sud...

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Just a suggestion- In the very first measure, you have staccato dotted quarters written. This will lead to confusion on how long the notes really are - there is really no such thing as a staccato dotted quarter note. If you want just a bit of separation between notes, write a quarter and an eighth r...

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When you set the Edit Filter to copy, make sure you include the MIDI information in items to copy.

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