I forgot to add that it's a mac running MacOS 10.13.6.

… my upgraded Finale …

Do you mean Finale v25? - or Finale 2014? - or?

I’m sorry, I had installed the latest suggested upgrade to v. 25. Thanks for any help you can provide.

Since you have already tried a reboot, the next step is that you check, whether the Preferences file is corrupted:

- quit Finale,

- move the Preferences file to the Desktop,

- launch Finale again.

When it is launched again, Finale can not find a Preferences file, and hence it will create a new, fresh Preferences file.

If the problem is solved, then you know that the old Preferences file (now on the Desktop) was the culprit, and you can trash it.

I hate to appear the troglodyte but where do I find this preference file.  Command-F yields no Finale Pref and it appears that I have no Finale Folder, merely the application.

Since you are using Mac OS X 10.13.6, I suspect that your user account’s Library folder is hidden.

Open a new Finder window (⌘N), hold down the Option key, and go to

Go menu > Library

This step will open the hidden Library folder.

From there the path is:

Library/Preferences/com.makemusic.finale.fprf

There is also another file, named com.makemusic.Finale.plist, but you probably do not need to remove that file.

YESSS!!!!   Thank you so much!  I'm back in business.  You certainly deserve your title.