Thanks, most helpful! Somehow I'd missed both the Maestro Times font (was trying Maestro) and the Insert Symbol menu pick. But even if I'd found them, would've taken a long time to realize that c...
Mr. T -- Clear enough, if bewildering at first read. You were correct in each of your suppositions, and once I waded through the machinations, the result was what I was looking for. As the saying...
Never mind ... figured out how to change shape on a specific note/notes.
Mr. Dutton's solution worked for me. Never had to do this when installing Finale (any of several versions) on Win 7. Just upgraded (forced) to Win 10, happened on first use. Evidently another "bril...