Copy and paste

[jose oscar]

Whwn tryng to copy and paste measures 2 and 3 of this scoreit appears in a very different way than the original

And there is another problem: I cannot choose a half-note pick-up


I appreeciate your answers

Finale 25.4/ Windows 10

copy and paste m. 2-3 finaleforum.musx

[Peter Thomsen]

… When trying to copy and paste measures 2 and 3 of this score, it appears in a very different way than the original …

To me it looks an error happened, when your Finale document was uploaded.
All I can see, is the file name.

… And there is another problem: I cannot choose a half-note pick-up …

There are two ways to create a pickup measure:

1) Document menu > Pickup Measure…
(which does not play back correctly; you hear a full measure, with rests before the pickup)

2) Time Signature Tool.
Double-click the pickup measure.
Set both a “real” time signature (e. g. 1/8), and a “display” time signature (e. g. 3/4).

Did you try both ways?

[jose oscar]

copy and paste m. 2-3 finaleforum.musx

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[heinzfan]

Assuming you want to copy m. 2-3 to new measures, when I pasted it looked exactly like the original measures. Do you possibly have a filter applied? "Edit/use filter" should be cleared.

[Bill Stevens]

The problem might be how you created the tremolo in m. 2. I cleared the measure, put in two half notes, then ran the Easy Tremolos plug-in. The tremolo I got looks different from yours but I can't post an example. The way I did it copies correctly. (But note I am on a Mac.)

::: Bill

[motet]

I didn't have a problem copying either. Checking the copy filter is a good idea. Also, if you're copying into locked measures, the spacing might be different if there's not enough room.

[motet]

I copied by selecting the measures and Ctrl+clicking on the first target measure. Dragging with the mouse or Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V could behave differently, I suppose.

[jose oscar]

Thank you for your time all of you (motet, Bill, heizfan, Peter)

The error derives from the way I wrote tremolos on measure 1.
Once I rewrote them the way Bill Stevens told me I coud copy & paste measure 1 perfectly, and the rest of the score as well then.Then the route is:

1) Clear measure 1
2) Write 2 half notes
3) Select measure 1
4) Plug-ins menu/TG tools/Easy tremolos/Go
5) Copy & paste all the measures of the score