Lack of Options

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Yo Lo Edited September 01, 2016 18:53

There is a lack of options on my copy of Finale for some unknown reason. On your user manual, it shows that you can add/remove staves, add/remove instruments, as well as have options such as Hide Staff, or Group Attributes. Apparently there's supposed to be a Staff icon of some sort, however, upon checking every last space of this program, there is no such thing. All I want to do is remove the bass clef of a piece of music since I do not use a piano, I play a woodwind and do not want to be wasting ink and paper.

-Using Windows and Finale Notepad 2012 ( As thats the only one that is available to download.

Edit: Actually nvm, I'l just use Musescore 2, as its not complicated to use, and is organized properly.

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J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Posted September 01, 2016 21:52

Notepad does not have all the options available in the higher capacity programs.

MIKE HALLORAN Posted September 02, 2016 19:51

>I'l just use Musescore 2, as its not complicated to use, and is organized properly.<

As long as you don't need real time note entry, rest pallette and a whole slew of other features that it doesn't have, MuseScore might well suit your needs. Why not? It's free and worth every penny.

MuseScore is a lot of things but organized properly is certainly not one of them. It is most certainly not a full featured notation program. If you've been getting by on Notepad, that may be your ticket. If not, there's an upgrade path to Finale.

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