select leftmost measure

[jamesadrian]

When I select "leftmost measure" for playback, it never does it.

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you for your help.

Jim Adrian

[miker]

Are you in page view? If so, it picks up the top of the page. Switch to scroll view, and “play from left” will work as expected.

[jamesadrian]

I have been using studio view, but I have the same double in scroll view. When I stop the playback and resume the playback, it picks up where it left off, even if in the middle of a measure and even if I use the scroll bar at the bottom to move to another measure. It has done this since I reinstalled Finale after a computer repair and an os reinstallation.

Thank you for your help.

Jim Adrian

[motet]

If you're sure it's set to "Leftmost measure" and that doesn't work, you might try resetting your preferences.

https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/ ... inale-etc-

[oldmkvi]

Then you are Pausing, not Stopping Playback!

[motet]

If it's set to "current counter setting," stopping and starting will behave like pausing.

[jamesadrian]

motet,

Which menu contains "current counter setting?"

Thank you for your help.


Jim Adrian

[Peter Thomsen]

… Which menu contains "current counter setting?" …

I think that the ‘Current counter setting’ option is {Windows Finale only}.

PlaybackSettings.jpg

[miker]

Then you are Pausing, not Stopping Playback!

This could be the issue. If you are using the spacebar to stop and start, oldmkvi is correct. That's only a pause/resume. You need to use the playback controls.

[jamesadrian]

I use the playback controls. I have an iMac mac os 10.13.6

Jim Adrian

[oldmkvi]

Then I would look again to be sure Leftmost Measure is still Checked.
Other than that , no ideas...

[jamesadrian]

The problem went away after I called up another music file and went back to the one that was giving me this problem. The only thing I can guess at is that it was a true computer glitch. We may never know.

I think that the matter is closed.


Jim Adrian