Note editing functionality depends whether you're in Speedy Entry or Simple Entry. When I get tripped up in this, it's always because I have the wrong Layer selected because I wasn't paying attention. Other than that, I do it as described in the manual and everything works.

It would be nice if note editing was intuitive … but, like most current notation apps, it's not. 

Hi Mike, 

Well, I'm not looking to actually edit notes with this, in the way one would with Speedy or Simple.  I just wish that accidentally selecting a note itself with the Selection Tool wasn't even something that could happen.  If I select a region of the measure with a duration that happens to include one note, or one rest -- fine, I can at least do something with that, like delete it or transpose it. 

But the behavior I'm describing in Selection Tool -- all this really does is interfere with my ability to click once and select a measure.   I guess the highlighting I'm seeing after a single click is some sort of halfway stop on the way to the double-click functionality where it automatically switches you to a more useful tool.

I just wish that accidentally selecting a note itself with the Selection Tool wasn't even something that could happen.

Jeremy,

I too think Finale's mouse routine is somewhat wonky at least compared to some of the other mouse intensive software I use like Photoshop. However, how do you expect any software to tell the difference or know the difference between an accidental click and an on purpose click? You might try to get in to the habit of drawing a box around what you want instead of just clicking on it. And, be more cognizant of the accidental, or even on purpose, one clicks.