Cross staff seems just to replace the notes in the other staff

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Post by Capricorn » Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:24 am

I've always been able to use cross staff to put notes from one staff into another and keep the notes in the other staff, but all of a sudden, it just replaces the other notes with rests. I'll attach a sample of what happens when I try it. I have Finale 25X on High Sierra.
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Post by motet » Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:48 am

Hard to say what you want from that file, but is this it? The plug-in works for me (I hid the eighth rests and flipped a left-hand stem.
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Another possiblity is using the note mover:
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Post by Capricorn » Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:01 am

I think I was trying to use the note mover tool. It looked like the cross staff tool from my former Finale (2009) I got it to work now by highlighting the note and pressing option and the arrow. Thanks.

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Post by Capricorn » Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:04 am

It's me again. According to the instructions, I should have been able to do it with the note mover tool, which is much less cumbersome than highlighting the notes but when I try that, I get what was on the third measure of my sample. That is, all the notes are replaced by the one I clicked on to cross the staff.

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Post by motet » Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:33 am

With the note mover tool, you grab each note's handle and drag it down.

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:38 am

Capricorn wrote:
Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:04 am
It's me again. According to the instructions, I should have been able to do it with the note mover tool, which is much less cumbersome than highlighting the notes but when I try that, I get what was on the third measure of my sample. That is, all the notes are replaced by the one I clicked on to cross the staff.
Capricorn,

Switch to the Note Mover Tool, and take a look in the Note Mover menu.

What menu item is selected in the Note Mover menu?
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Post by Capricorn » Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:01 am

Oh Wow!! That was it. I never even knew there was a menu like that and I've been using Finale since it came out. You learn something every day! Thanks a million!!!

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