Articulation Tool Box Window is Empty

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Amanda Hoffman Posted January 31, 2017 16:38

I'm using Finale 25 on Mac ox 10.11

A coworker borrowed my finale for one of our projects and might have changed my settings. I'm just now opening it and went to place a simple staccato marking but the articulation tool box is empty! I can't wrap my brain around how to get it back to the default setting. I've tried quitting and restarting and still the same. Unfortunately my coworker is traveling and is unavailable to help (he's much more savvy with Finale than I am).

Here's a screen shot of the box. When I click Create, the Designer box opens normally. Thank you for your help.

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Christopher Smith Posted January 31, 2017 19:29

Articulations are document-specific, so this only applies to the actual file you have open. Was it a file your co-worker was working on (and possibly deleted all the articulations)? Or is this a new file (this means that your DEFAULT file has no articulations in it)?

In either case, this means loading a default articulation library. File menu>Load Library... open the Maestro Font folder and choose the Articulation.lib file.

You will probably have to assign all the metatools. For staccato, hold down shift-S. When the box opens, choose the staccato. From now on (in that document) when you hold down S and click a note, you will assign the staccato to that note. Repeat for other metatools.

PETER THOMSEN Posted January 31, 2017 19:29

In the window Articulation Selection (= what you call “the articulation tool box”) the available articulations are document specific, not program specific.

To get articulations you can create your - via clicking “Create…” - or you can load an articulation library:

File menu > Load Library…

Stephen Fox Posted February 01, 2017 19:52

I wonder if re-installing Finale would help.

Michael Aubart Posted February 03, 2018 19:26

Thank you, Christopher! I was experiencing this exact problem on my Windows 10 machine. Your solution fixed it (and my panic attack) immediately!

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