Mac Finale, v27.4, Mac OS X 14.7.6 (Sonoma), iMac Apple M3, 24 GB RAM
My first guess would be file corruption. Does your problem occur in all Finale documents - or only in this particular document?
… the beamed eighth notes in the upper part of the treble clef do not have the same problem. They can be dragged up and down or moved with the arrow keys without breaking the beams … Perhaps bec...
Ah, the time signature is 5/4, not Common Time. Then you can forget about the option “Beam Four Eighth Notes Together in Common Time”. How did you manage to get the eighths beamed in groups of fo...
… my eighth notes are beamed in groups of four and when I double-click one note then use the arrow keys as advised it breaks the beam … If I understand you correctly, you have, in Document Option...
… even after using the Cautionary Accidentals plugin, I cannot get Finale to show accidentals on same-pitch notes in the same measure … You are using the wrong plug-in. Instead of the Cautionary ...
… Anytime you reduce the size of the notes, the lyrics will also be reduced in size … True, but … if you instead resize the noteheads, the lyrics will not be reduced in size. To do so, use the Re...
… I'm not finding the "check for extra notes" box to de-select … Are you using the Speedy Entry Tool, or the Simple Entry Tool? To de-select “Check for Extra Notes” in Speedy: Speedy menu > Che...
Yes, you can open your 2010 .mus documents in Finale v26. The file format in Finale has always been downwards compatible (= a newer program version can always open documents created in an older v...
Are there any cross-staff notes in the piano part, with a clef change in the middle of an “empty” measure? A mid-measure clef change in an “empty” measure needs hidden rests in the “empty” measur...
Yes, it can be done, but not without a workaround. From your attached graphic I can see that you (in Document Options - Beams) have selected Extend Beams Over Rests and Extend Secondary Beams Ove...