Mac Finale, v27.4, Mac OS X 14.7.6 (Sonoma), iMac Apple M3, 24 GB RAM
As you have found out, the plug-in Beam Over Barlines uses one trick when beaming over a barline inside a system, and another trick when beaming over a system break.
Dominic, I am using Finale v26. Can you provide exact steps to reproduce the problem? As I explained, I was unable to reproduce the problem in my own copy of Finale v26.
Dominic Alldis, If I understand you correctly, your steps are File menu > New > Document With Setup Wizard… - right? and then select the document style Handwritten Style - right? and then you get...
With a template that old it might be wiser to “start all over again”: From Finale v26, create a fresh, new “Document Without Libraries”. Then, modify that Document Without Libraries with all th...
In the “full Finale”: Lyrics Tool. Lyrics menu > Lyrics Window…
… There must be a setting somewhere that lets you adjust flag spacing, no? … Document menu > Document Options - Flags I suggest that you examine the flags settings in Finale v26’s default file ...
If I understand you correctly, you are talking about the flagging of a single 32nd note, like in the rhythm triple-dotted quarter - 32nd - right? Unfortunately I am unable to reproduce your probl...
… But, is that the cause? … Could be. As a test, make a duplicate copy of the Finale document. Open the duplicate copy, and delete all glissandi. Did the problem go away?
If you switch to the Lyrics Tool, can you access the Lyrics window?
… If I upgrade to version 26, can it read / use version 2014.5 notation files? … Yes. A newer Finale version can open documents created in all older versions. In Other Words: The Finale program h...