Changing noteheads

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gogreen
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Post by gogreen » Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:35 pm

I'm trying to change solid round noteheads to "X" noteheads in a section of a percussion staff with hand claps. The handclaps notehead Finale initially provides is a solid triangle--like the one I'd use for a triangle. Document Options shows me that the notation font is Engraver font set 24 plain. In the Change Noteheads utility, I'm finding all the highlighted noteheads in the measures I want to change, and I'm checking "X Notehead," but the utility changes the noteheads to a square with a question mark (attached illustration). What am I doing wrong?
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Post by miker » Sat Feb 19, 2022 4:09 pm

Art, it worked for me. Can you post the doc?
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Post by gogreen » Sat Feb 19, 2022 5:18 pm

Hi Mike. Here's a test document. I know I have to fix the brackets. Thanks.
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Post by motet » Sat Feb 19, 2022 5:30 pm

Set the Percussion Noteheads font setting in Document Options (not the Noteheads font) to Engraver font set 24 plain and then the utility will work.

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Post by gogreen » Sun Feb 20, 2022 1:46 pm

Thanks, motet. That worked.
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