Mac Finale, v27.4, Mac OS X 14.7.6 (Sonoma), iMac Apple M3, 24 GB RAM
This looks like a font issue. Make sure that the Finale fonts are correctly installed.
… messing up the layout of the rest of the score … You are talking about the measures after the inserted measure stack (= from measure 2:53 and onwards) - right? … I'm trying to add an extra me...
1) You can do it with the MaestroTimes font. In the Default File there is a similar expression, showing two eighths = a (swing) triplet. You can duplicate this Swing expression (which uses the Maes...
For What It Is Worth: I am unable to duplicate this problem. For me, “Use Score Colors” remains de-selected. By The Way: Did you try File menu > Save Preferences ??
Windows Finale or Mac Finale? Anyway, try changing the file name extension to .musx - and now it should be possible to open the v2005 document in v27. Then, v27 will convert the v2005 file format...
… which fonts do you use? … You mean fonts in metronome markings - right? If the publisher pays me to use a specific font, then I will use that very font. If I can choose fonts freely: Note s...
I suppose that you, by your words “nowadays Finale fonts” mean the SMuFL fonts that come with Finale - right? This example was created in Finale, using the Petrucci font: If you prefer the look ...
If I misunderstand you, then I apologize. If you need to see what a specific font character looks like in many different fonts, then the keystroke stays the same in all the fonts. In all the font...
… if I remember correctly Finale v26 did recognize Am/G and the like, and certainly 7 chords … I could be wrong, but I think that you remember incorrectly: The chord symbol playback settings have...
… but to select the font you have to start anew any time? … I am not sure what you mean by your words “start anew”. Do you need to select many different fonts? Do you need to see what a specific ...