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It used to be that when I was entering notes in speedy. and I made a mistake in the length of the note.....I used to be able to just backspace and punch in the correct length and it was changed...now, in Finale 26, when I do this it puts a rest in that spot and moves the note I was trying to alter after that rest. Grrrrr. Any ideas?

You just need to toggle "Insert notes or rests." It's on the Speedy menu. On Windows, press the Insert key.

Insert is not what is needed. That will insert a note. What is needed here is changing the duration of a note. When I press the note value key, in v26, the duration changes as expected. I use Windows, so maybe the errant behavior is unique to Mac. See if any other Mac users report here as to the behavior they are getting. As for me, it's A-OK.

Zuill

It definitely does not happen to me with F 26 on a Mac. If I backspace I can change the note value as before and do not get a rest instead.

It seems likely that something in Speedy Options is not set up correctly.

Note I said toggle "Insert Notes or Rests". With it checked, pressing a number key when using MIDI entry will insert a rest. With it unchecked, a number key will change the rhythmic value (5 = quarter note, for example). I'm pretty sure this is what Mike describes. This is a sticky setting. I don't know what the default is out of the box, but perhaps Mike toggled it by mistake. As you see, the Insert key toggles on Windows. I don't know if the Mac has such a key.

On a Mac Shift with letter I (while in the Speedy Tool) should toggle it.

Thanks. So maybe Mike hit that by mistake, or maybe out-of-the-box Finale 26 has it checked by default.

motet wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:46 pm

You just need to toggle "Insert notes or rests." It's on the Speedy menu. On Windows, press the Insert key.

Because this is off by default, I figured you meant toggle on. I see now that you meant toggle off. I would have figured that out had I read the original post describing the problem more carefully. Oops.

Zuill

I figured you probably just misread it. I could have described it better ("uncheck Insert Notes or Rests").

Thanks motet! That was it....fixed now. Phew....