Mac Finale, v27.4, Mac OS X 14.7.6 (Sonoma), iMac Apple M3, 24 GB RAM
You can also load a library of staff styles. Finale comes with a library of its “default” staff styles - including the staff style Hide Staff (and Collapse).
Michael Nunes, You wrote: “If I have them playing multiple notes notated in one layer (i.e. instead of 2 separate beams and using 2 layers, just a chord in layer 1), do I have to move the lower n...
You can create a dashed hairpin as a shape expression. By default the Expression Designer selects the option “Allow Horizontal Stretching”. You can create brackets (left - right) as two expressions.
Michael Nunes, You wrote: “Is there any way in staff styles to differentiate notes in 1 layer? A lot of the piece has both horns playing unison rhythm in one layer.” I am not sure I understand ...
The feature “Automatic Multimeasure Rests” is a document specific setting (not a program specific setting). Obviously the Document Setup Wizard uses a template (Document Style) that has not gener...
Perhaps I am missing something, but to me it does not seem necessary to “manually change key signatures for each section, one by one”. I can transpose the entire document, modulations and all, at...
My first guess would be that you - instead of going the “specify voicing” way - could use staff styles to show/hide layers. In Other Words: Create two different linked parts (e. g. Horn 1 and Hor...
In my own copy of Finale v25 I do not have something called a “Help Manual”. Where did you find that “Help Manual”? I do have an online manual called “User Manual”, but the description in my User...
I suppose that you are talking about the Speedy Entry Tool. right? And I suppose that your word “Keyboard” means “MIDI Keyboard” (not computer keyboard), right? Take a look in the Speedy menu. ...
1) I am not familiar with the symbols “oblique neumes” and “quilisma”. Hence I can not tell whether the glyphs can be found in one of the music fonts you get for free with Finale. If the shapes are...