I know this issue with Finale (I'm using Finale 25, Windows 10) is well documented on these community forum posts, but I'd just like to add my frustrating example (perhaps in hopes that the decision-makers at Finale will finally see this as the problem that it is).  I am engraving an entire new edition of the Gounod opera "Faust."  The amount of "16th note - 16th rest" combinations is incredibly vast, and not being able to effectively beam them how they should look, is monumentally disturbing. 

I'd like to see the secondary beams extended over the 16th rests (when connecting 16th notes to 16th notes) in instances such as in the clarinet & bassoon parts in measures 5:7 (pic 1), but NOT having a broken 16th note beams extended such as in the flute/picc/clar. 1 parts in measures 5:10, 5:11 (pic 2).  In other words for the latter example, anytime the beat rhythm is "16th note, 16th rest, 8th note" there should be no reason for that first 16th note beam to be extended. 

Pic 1: 

Pic 2: 

It's hard for me to understand why "beaming over rests" is a purely global option, with no control whatsoever given to individual scenarios of secondary beams. 

When posing this to the Help Center, poor Nick M. had to deal with my snarky dissatisfaction, after only being able to suggest a manual individual edit that would be so time consuming (considering this issue is pervasive throughout the ENTIRE opera), I'd probably never, EVER finish the project.   

At any rate, is it 5 o'clock yet?....

Thanks,

Andrew