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I suspect that the problem is a Windows problem. Anyway, you do not have to have two Finale documents open at the same time. You can open one document, select the relevant region, and copy to the (Finale) Clipboard. Then, close the document, open the other document, select, and paste. Also, you can ...

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In the online manual there is a page about the Print dialog:

http://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/Fina ... 20printing

Note the option
Tile Pages

… I am not sure how to allow these instruments to sound in Finale … Welcome to the forum! You are using Mac Finale v27 - right? If I understand you correctly, the issue here is playback, not layout - right? We need more info from you: Open the Finale document, and take a look in the MIDI/Audio menu...

Let me get this straight:

You are talking about unnecessary dynamics in the layout - right?

You are not talking about unnecessary dynamics in the Expression Selection window - right?

Welcome to the forum!

1) You have posted in the forum for hardware issues, but I suspect that this issue is data specific. Read on:

2) Your example could be a (missing) .FAN file issue.
Check the .FAN files for the music font(s} used in the project.

Edit the measure Number Region:

For the measure number font, change the font size to Fixed Size.

I checked all the templates for my own copy of Finale v27.4.1.146 - that is, I opened each template, went to the File Info chiclet, and looked at the field for “Score Name’ Insert. No sign of ‘a piacere’ anywhere. I found it in a new document based on the Choral (Finale Maestro) template. Screensho...

You are using Finale v27 - right?

And you are entering music with the Simple Entry Tool - right?

Take a look in
Simple Entry Tool > Simple menu > Simple Entry Options…
Is the option
Create New Measures
selected or de-selected ?

For What It Is Worth:

I checked all the templates for my own copy of Finale v27.4.1.146 - that is, I opened each template, went to the File Info chiclet, and looked at the field for “Score Name’ Insert.

No sign of ‘a piacere’ anywhere.

I suspect file corruption.

Does it happen in all Finale documents - or only in some documents?

Could you attach here (for the gurus to examine) a Finale document with the problem?

PS I know how to create the incipit but I am looking for a quick way of determining the data to put in the incipit! Try this on an extra copy*) of the Finale document: Selection Tool. Select the Voice part. Plug-ins menu > TG Tools > Create Handbells Used Chart… These steps will get you the “data t...

I am sorry, but I do not know of a fast solution. First of all, I would use many custom expression categories. Having {a gazillion expressions all in the same category} is a nightmare - even if they are sorted alphabetically. Next, I would create a custom template, with all the expressions organized...

jose oscar,

Unfortunately I do not have v25 installed anymore.

I opened your attached Finale document in my v26 - and I did not experience your problem with disappearing A’s.

See the attached Finale document (in v26 format).

jose oscar,

1) I am unable to reproduce your problem.
For me, no A’s disappeared.
I suggest that you attach a (small) Finale document, for the gurus to examine.

2) Here is a slightly different version of the layout:

trvd1707 , Oh dear, your Finale document is a mess - many things are wrong. I wonder how you created it. 1) Go to Window menu > ScoreManager > Instrument List If you - in the Instrument List - click on one of the TAB staves, then you will see that the TAB staff has a Transposition: (C) Up Octave A T...

I updated to 27.4.1 and still am having the same problem. I tried cmd+4. I also tried Utilities > > Music Spacing > Apply Music Spacing to Score > Note Spacing. I wonder whether the problem happens in all documents - or only in specific documents (= the problem is document specific) ? If the proble...

I suppose that you have both single slash and double slash in the same Finale document - right ?

I would use the Slash Notation staff style for the single slashes, and custom expressions for the double slashes.

motet wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:38 pm

… "center between barlines" doesn't work on the first measure of a system …

True, but “Center Over/Under Music” works on all measures - including measures that happen to be the first measure of a system.
Which means that you can freely push measures up/down between systems.

For that very reason I do not use the plug-in.

Instead I edited the expressions created by the plug-in, and saved the edited expressions as a library.

When-ever I need to number repeated measures, I load my library, and use the expressions from the library.

Florio60,

Are you familiar with the staff style Slash Notation ?

I suppose that all systems are locked - right? When you make the staves bigger, the notes, too, will get resized, and the music spacing will get tighter. To avoid a too tight spacing it may be necessary to decrease the number of measures in each system - so that you get more systems/pages. Something...

1) Your attached graphic is confusing. I thought that grace notes should take upstems, regardless of their vertical position. But your graphic show one upstem grace note, and one downstem grace note. I do not understand why one is upstem and the other is downstem; they seem to have the same vertical...

Indeed there is a fix. Take a good look at the default format for new pages/systems: Document menu > Page Format > Score… Make sure that the {Page Format for Score} settings are as needed. Editing/correcting the settings will not affect already existing pages/systems. This is by design, and what use...

I am not sure I understand. You can tie two notes, but in this case there is only one note. To attach the two syllables ‘na’ and ‘y’ to the same note, separate them by a non-breaking space character - instead of separating them by the normal, breaking, space character. Windows text fonts have a “non...

… I imagine I would need to use 'tutti' once the brass parts all come together on the same note, after 'divisi'? … Most musicians do not speak italian; they will understand ‘Tutti’ - even if it is not entirely correct. To notate correctly: 1) Use ‘Tutti’ to cancel ‘Solo’. ‘Tutti’ means ‘All’. 2) Us...