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I wasn't able to duplicate the problem. I did this with the note mover, and JW Change to move the rests off the page.

What works best for you is, by definition, the best way!

motet, in my experience, it’s easier to have them in different verses. And make sure that the voices are on different channels, as well.

Jose, yes, that's the way I would do it.

Your lyrics are pretty messed up. I can tell by selecting a lyric while the lyrics window is open, and seeing how the selection is jumping around. Right now, both soprano and alto are in verse one, and tenor and bass in verse two. Each part (SATB) should have its own lyrics, in verses 1, 2, 3, and 4...

If you are in Type Into Score mode, select a lyric, and you will see 4 triangles on the left. Grab the 3rd triangle from the left, and you can move all the lyrics up or down in that system. To move them globally, grab the 1st triangle on the left.

As far as I know, you’ll have to create the circle as an expression, and add it to the hairpin. This is a long-standing request, and they have not implemented it.

I open one, and then the other. Does this not work for you?

No, SmartScore is a completely separate product. Do your scanning and editing there (and there IS a learning curve) and take the XML into Finale for final tweaks. Look over the selection of products. One of the programs below the Pro version might do what you need. SmartScore has notation, although ...

I don't use Finale on a regular basis and have recently upgraded to Version 27, Windows. I'm noticing that I cannot "cut and paste" lyrics in the lyrics window as I have done in previous versions. Is this a bug or has Finale been changed in some way to inactivate this feature? It works for me, but ...

Your photo scan may have been the problem, or, at least part of it. Using a phone or tablet will always introduce a certain amount of distortion, which makes recognition even more error prone. A flatbed scanner will do a much better job. Still, if you can take a picture and export it as a PDF, let’s...

I may be misunderstanding the problem. If it's one particular file, can you post it?

If you need tech support, open a support ticket. This is not an official Finale forum.

I'd really like to see the original PDF or TIFF, if possible. I use SmartScore Pro, but they have other versions which are limited in what they do, but they all have the same scanning and editing capabilities.

You might not even need Finale.

Do you have print copies or PDFs?

I sit corrected. I thought the Finale Lyrics was newer than that.

I think he was trying to insert the elision character. By the way, between the two versions I have, 2014.4 and 27, they've added a keystroke for the elision symbol, Ctrl+Alt+Shift+minus. Jose Oscar's bio says he's got Finale 25; I don't know if the new feature made it in by then, but if not, it mig...

Info in the Score Manager seems to be locked in to the linked text frames. If you need to make changes in the score, I would suggest using individual text frames, instead.

Were you typing anything other than a space or a dash between the syllables?

Are you using something other than a US keyboard?

Your method may be part of the problem. It sounds like you used one of the "black box" programs which takes your picture and spits out an XML. So whatever errors may have been picked up in the scan (and I guarantee there were some) were buried in the XML. A program like SmartScore (which I use, but ...

And I don't understand the need for the cross-staff notes from the treble, since they are already in the bass staff.

Select the syllable in the score or lyrics window, and retype it. That will keep the rest of the lyrics from shifting.

Can you post the score, or at least part of it that shows the problem?

(You may not be able to post immediately, since you’re new to the forum. If that’s the case, post it to dropbox and give us a link.)

That’s it!

Try Googling <adding sound fonts to finale>

Lots of hits.

Maybe it’s one of those “under the hood” fixes that they (claim to) make and don’t tell anyone. Or maybe it was an accident. Hard to tell, these days… And an off-the-cuff question, as I sit here looking at it. Assuming a 4/4 time signature, wouldn’t it be more correct to notate the layer one notes a...

Under that C, enter the lyric as naIc (that's an upper case I, as in the word Insert . Screenshot 2024-02-18 at 7.23.09 AM.jpg Select just that I. You can do it in either the score, or the Lyrics window. Screenshot 2024-02-18 at 7.29.58 AM.jpg Don't change tools. In the text menu at the top, choose ...