Finale Forum

Jose

There are a couple of ways to create a pickup measure. If you used Document > Pickup Measure then use the Selection Tool and select the pickup measure, then Document > Pickup Measure > Clear Pickup > OK.

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Late to the game here, but another option is JW Change > Syllables > Font Size.

Syllables seems an odd spot to find that, but there you are.

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I did a test and Michelp is correct, though in my case when the chord in the score is unlinked from the part it turns green rather than orange. I see in the Preferences pane there is a way to change the color of unlinked items so Mike's source must have done that.

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ebiggs,

When you put information into the File Info, then it adds that info to the score and all parts. So I assume the OP wants to add a flat in the File Info so he doesn't have to edit the title on every part.

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No, he is referring to Score Manager > File Info.

Once it appears in the score it can be edited, but not in the File Info box.

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Odd. It worked for me when I opened your file. Maybe someone else can help.

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In the Mixer turn up the reverb level.

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It looks like the one on the right is before you generated parts and the one on the left is after.

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To add to Peter's explanation, once you have created linked parts you can use opt-cmd-period to quickly cycle through the parts.

opt-cmd-comma cycles backwards and opt-cmd-backslash jumps from the current part to the full score.

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On your piece

Go > Document > Manage Parts > Generate Parts

Now if you do Document > Edit Parts you will see all the linked parts.

The parts may require some tinkering, but they are there.

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Extract Parts is the old way to do it, which some people still use for various reasons. That creates individual files for each extracted part. The more modern way is Linked Parts which means that if a change is made in the score, it is also made in the part. My recommendation for you would be Linked...

From the Manual: View the Create parts QuickStart Video or see Parts in Tutorial 7: Formatting your music for a step-by-step tutorial on linked parts.

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It has been a long time since I extracted parts, preferring linked parts. But I believe before extracting you have to Manage Parts under Document; in other words, define the parts to be extracted.

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Is Paste Multiple what you are looking for? You would need to use the edit filter to just choose Smart Shapes.

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Usually with lyrics the barline is only on the staff, not between the staves, so this wouldn't be a problem.

Staff Tool > Staff > Groups and Brackets > Add > Draw Barlines > Only On Staves.

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Change the tempo in the playback controls.

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Using F27 I opened a template and did an extraction, and the measure numbers are there on the extracted parts. Check Motet's suggestion, or compare your settings to a template.

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You are extracting parts rather than using linked parts?

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Those top three are permanent. Note the different symbol to the left of them.

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Fortunately I don't use 27 or Sonoma for most of my work other than testing, so I will be patient.

Thanks, as always, for your help and your leadership here.

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I was going to set some shortcuts for Finale using System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > App Shortcuts but I can't get it to work. It has worked fine for me in previous OS versions but with 14.2.1 when I get to the setup page it allows me to put in the Main Title, but not the menu comman...

Use the Mixer to adjust volumes?

Window > Mixer

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Not what you're looking for, but two dotted 8ths does the same thing as a duplet.

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Use the Page Layout tool and Insert Blank Pages. You can change the page numbering with the Text Tool > Edit Page Offset.

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I would start the upper part with an invisible 32nd rest and that will push all the 16ths to the right, between the lower voice 16ths. Then use Special Tools > Secondary Beam Adjustment to do the feathering.

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