delete beats or measures

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mulberry9
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Finale Version: 25.1
Operating System: Windows

Post by mulberry9 » Mon Apr 18, 2022 6:16 pm

Big mess. Somehow, some of my SATB vocal parts (staffs) got shifted to the right (in other words, there are extra, unwanted beats) by either one beat, or a full measure and a beat, as a result of changed time signature. Now I have a soprano part that needs to have 1 beat eliminated, and all the notes after it shifted to the left by one beat, and all the other parts need to have a full measure + 1 beat eliminated, and all the notes after it shifted to the left.
I have searched the manual and can't find an answer.
I have tried selecting the unwanted beats and Delete, and nothing happens.
I can select a whole measure column and delete easily enough, but then there's still one extra beat, or a lost measure in the Sop staff.


ttw
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Finale Version: 27.4
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Post by ttw » Mon Apr 18, 2022 8:00 pm

If the soprano part is separate (staff or layer), you can copy that by highlighting and cut (<CTRL>-X). Then position the cursor where you would like the first note to go (over a beat or whatever), then paste. Make a copy and test a few times. I've moved entire staffs that way.

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