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STEVE RAYBOULD Posted
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I am trying to create the notation highlighted in the attached picture. This screenshot  is directly from the current Visual Index (Fin25, Win10), but this specific item is not clickable, and thus no linked solution presents itself. As near as I can figure, it is the only thing on the visual index that is not clickable! It is also not clickable in the 2012 or 2014 visual indices I was able to find in the web archives.

  1. As you can see, it is NOT a beam over barline because it does not connect to the next measure.
  2. It does not appear to be a beam over a rest as the measure is complete.
  3. I am aware of the technique of globally changing the beam over rest for the entire document and manually breaking beams, but I need this notation used only once in the entire large document, so I can't believe the only solution is to make the global change, insert the rest, hide said rest, then create an invisible note (that I don't want to playback), and the manually break all beams in the rest of the document.
  4. I have done a search on using other hidden technique workarounds and the only solution I have currently have is the multistep solution of creating a fake quarter note, adding a hidden staccato articulation (because I really want an 8th note), and using the custom line tool to manually create a "floating" beam. 
  5. Ideally, I need this to be both a visual and playback solution. Again, I can't believe that something that is (was?) clearly possible can only be accomplished by creating two totally separate documents.

Someone please help!

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George Mohammed Posted
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It really depends on what you are trying to achieve, but if you just want to extend the beam, you should use the "beam extension tool" from the "Special Tools" palette. Once active, double clicking on the handle on either side of the beamed notes will bring up a dialog box where you are able to choose which beams you want extended (i.e., 8ths, 16ths, 32nds, etc.).

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STEVE RAYBOULD Posted
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What I am trying to do is create that beam to nowhere with only one note. The beam extension tool will work until I hide the second 8th note in which case the beam reverts to a flag. I can't seem to beam a single 8th note over a hidden rest.

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George Mohammed Posted
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STEVE RAYBOULD Posted
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Thank you. Now, when I combine that method with the very detailed Edit Frame dialog box in Speedy Entry, I can selectively mute the now invisible note. Use the beam extension tool to create the needed visual effect and I get working a single printed and playback solution. Took 12 steps to get there, but they say it is not the destination but the journey! Thank you again.

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George Mohammed Posted
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Yeah, Finale is a headache sometimes. I really hope things get easier.

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PETER THOMSEN Posted
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Just remember “the Finale mantra”:

The first 10 years are the hardest.

;-)

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PETER THOMSEN Posted
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… What I am trying to do, is create that beam to nowhere with only one note …

 

If I understand you correctly, you are ending a measure with a single 8th note, right?

Since the beam is beaming to “nowhere”, I suppose that you need a horizontal beam (a. k. a. a flat beam), right?

 

You can do it by using two 8ths where the first 8th is a “ziplet”:

1 Eighth in the space of 0 Eighths

 

The second 8th will take the same position as the ziplet.

Hence the two beamed 8ths will look like a single quarter.

 

But there are two beamed 8ths, so you can use the Beam Extension Tool to extend the flat beam “to nowhere”.

 

By The Way:

The plug-in Beam Over Barlines uses this “ziplet trick” when beaming across a system break.

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