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Like Bill Stevens said :

Bill Stevens wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 09, 2024 11:34 pm

... You can change the page numbering with the Text Tool > Edit Page Offset.

The Page Number (created with Text Inserts) should cover a page range starting on page 3 via Edit Frame Attributes (3 through 0).
Page offset should be -2.

If you have a combination of beamed groups and unbeamed notes, you can break or group beams manually : apply the / key (Speedy) on the note on the right.

You probably used "Hide Empty Staves". You can make it reappear : Staff tool : select the top handle, Staff menu -> Show Empty Staves.
Don't apply Hide Empty Staves before all the active staves have been completed.

On the Mac, you could use Keyboard Maestro. Scripts are a menu item, which can be associated to a hot key.

Apparently yes. He created many scripts.

JW Change Pitches (the 64 bit version) should work if you launch Finale in Rosetta mode on the Mac. If you get the message "Unidentified developer", check this video by Nick Mazuk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq3Xcpsewhk An alternative exists in the "full" version of TGTools -> Modify -> Replac...

You have to download and install it :
http://www.finaletips.nu/index.php/down ... s-plug-ins

I was referring to regular .musx files, not MusicXML. They can be opened by PrintMusic 2014.

In PrintMusic, he should use Import -> MusicXML, not Open.
By the way, PrintMusic 2014 uses the .musx file format. Have you tried to send him a .musx file ?

The full TGTools (paid version) -> Parts -> "Add Cue notes" places the Cue texts in a new expression category, named "Cues". The texts are 15 by default, but you can change the font size of that category (via Edit Category). If you have RGP Lua installed, there is a script "Cue Notes Create" that pl...

As previous posts show, there are several ways.
One more, in the Staff Attributes of a specific staff :
 

JW Copy Part Layout (Mac & Windows) exists in 32 bit version (Finale 2010-2014.5) and 64 bit version (Finale 25 and above).
In Finale 27, Makemusic included it in the plug-in menu under JW Tools (compatible with Macs with the new M1, M2 processors).

No. I updated to Monterey some time ago, and didn't do anything in Finale. The authorization was preserved.

It is not a real second line like the one used in Lyrics (verse 1,2, etc...). It is more like "piling up" chords on the same spot. My suggestion was to create the second set of chords in another measure and drag them on top of the existing chords in the original measure. But there is even a simpler ...

You could use the Expression tool.
1) Create a staff style (applied to the score and parts) to hide the time signature in the tuba solo.
2) Create a global expression (shape) or a couple of expressions (text) for the small time signature.

musicus wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:09 pm

She did indeed

I'm a He, not a She (Michel in a masculine first name in French )
By the way, in my reply, you missed the "Redefine Pages" step.

Document -> Page Format -> Score : redefine the system margins and to apply them, Page Layout tool -> Redefine Pages -> All pages That's one way. Another one would be to reposition the first system of page 2 (or the second system of page 1) the way you like (with correct margins), select it and go t...

On the Mac, the "About Finale" window should show 27.4.1.146.

You can download it here : http://www.finaletips.nu/index.php/download
Layers -> Merge

If I understand your question correctly, the Measure tool offers a solution (see image) or you can define and apply a staff style displaying the full name.
 

I suspect a confusion here :
mmike seems to speak about 0 (zero) which enters the first frame (at least on the Mac), not to be confused with letter O, also in Speedy, which hides a note or a rest.

...maybe a good reason to keep Finale 26 installed (27 and 26 can coexist).
Loading a 27.4 file into 26 should allow you to create pdfs without losing too much time.