How do you get Finale 27.3 to recognize the time signature?

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chill319
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Post by chill319 » Fri Jan 26, 2024 5:59 pm

I have a problem with Finale 27.3 for Windows. In a 3/4 time section of the score, Finale puts in rests correctly for one of the voices but not for the other voices.

Finale does not let you delete incorrect rests. I have tried a number of tricks, including rebooting, but nothing works. Please explain how to get Finale for Windows to recognize time signatures.
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motet
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Finale Version: 2014.5,2011,2005,27
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Post by motet » Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:53 pm

The first thing to do is to change your preferences as shown below.

It looks like you started out entering music in 4/4 then changed your mind.

You can certainly delete rests. You may benefit from watching the tutorials, but to clean up this problem, you might try Plug-ins/Note, Beam, and Rest Editing/Check Region for Durations.
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