Mac OS 13.7 Ventura, MuseScore Studio 4.6.6, Finale 26.3, 27, SmartScore 64 Pro | Copyist for the Barbershop Harmony Society | wawoodman at aol dot com
Well, it's not quite that simple. If your Finale version is 2012, you will have to export the PM file in 2012 format. (File > Export > Finale 2012.) If Finale is older than that, export it as Music...
It's because those four staff styles are all that come with PrintMusic. The first document was created by someone using the full Finale, or with a template from that program. In the old days, a w...
New > Document With Setup Wizard Select a Document Style (Engraved or Handwritten) Next Plucked Strings > Bass Guitar > Add Tablature > 4 String Bass [TAB] > Add Next Enter info (if desired) Next E...
Enter the dotted half as a tuplet, 9 eighths in the space of 6 eighths, and edit the definition to show no bracket or number. But keep in mind that it might just have been a lousy (or a lazy) copyi...
I can't imagine what that would look like. Can you post a drawing? What program are you using? You could have two staves with different key signatures, but only in the full Finale.
I’m pretty sure what we have here is PEBCAK.
Finale's direct handling of PDF has been error-prone, since it was introduced. CutePDF (or another of the free third-party options) is a better choice. Another option is to export the score as a PD...
Maybe add a new staff, and copy the content. Then, delete the original. The only other suggestion I would have would be to send it in to Finale. Use the Submit a Request link at the top of the page.
As always, restart the computer. Export the score as an XML, and re-import. If that doesn't help, recreate the preferences.
Finale 2014 is only compatible with Macs running 10.12 and earlier.