P.S. Thanks for taking the time to look into my issue. Hope it's not just me.
Adrian, See if it behaves the same way when you try to put in a D.C. al fine or one of the TEXT endings. Regular repeats and endings are no problem, it's ONLY the D.C. endings and "sign" and Coda ...
Peter's suggestion just helped me out (Yea!)...but I've got another step. Whenever I open a new Finale score from the templates or one of my own templates, only the top staff is checked for "Endin...