Document settings for range of measures

[Roberto]

Is it possible to have the following Document Options applicable to a range of measures as opposed to the default behavior of having them applied to the entire document?

Thanks!

[michelp]

Document Options are, as you said, applied to te whole document.
Set them for the situation that is the majority in your score.

Then, apply modifications manually (/ key and Special Tools). You could also take a look at the JW Change Plug-in -> Beams.

[KennethKen]

Jari's JW Change plugin is very helpful to change several parameters (rests/beams/etc.) at once across selected measures.

[motet]

When I looked into this a while back wanting to extend secondary beams over rests so I could have beamed sixteenths with interspersed rests, and discovering that this did bad things to eighth+sixteenth rest+sixteenth note figures, I concluded there was no way to have "extend secondary beams over rests" for selected places only.

[KennethKen]

You could use the Beam Extension Tool and do each one manually. Depending on how complex your music is you may have to superimpose a couple of layers (using the tool in different places in each layer) to get the right look but it is possible. There also seems to be a bug in Finale 26 that limits copying Beam alterations in my quick test.
It may be somewhat tedious, but it is possible.

[michelp]

If some patterns are repeated (full measures), modify one manually. You could try the JW Rhythm Copy and JW Pattern (Copy) plug-ins to obtain a similar beaming in the destination. Normally, the beaming will be copied identically. But manual modifications to the beaming done with the Special Tools will apparently not transfer.

[Peter Thomsen]

Attache are some solutions that will copy correctly.