Yes, you can do that. With the measure tool, choose "edit measure number regions". Here's one group of settings that works. Where you see "includes measure 25 thru 9999". That tells Finale to not ...
Rick, You're confusing ties with slurs. Only use a tie when the pitches are the same. You should be using a slur which is found in the smart shape tool. You can use slurs for 2 notes, 3 notes, or...
Timothy, Fonts can always be problematic, especially when going from one platform to another. It wasn't Finale that selected that specific font character, it was the person who created the origin...
Giancarlo, Which specific patches are loaded in the file that gives you trouble?
Finale/Print Music 14.5 is not compatible with Mojave. https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360009649233-Finale-and-macOS-Mojave-10-14
You can grab and drag it anywhere if you use the selection tool. You don't need to grab it on the handle.
All playback is midi. In Finale 2003, your only playback choice was the softsynth. The Garritan sounds with the Kontakt player started with Finale 2006. A couple years later Finale could use any VS...
FWIW, the work I do for a US publisher requires extracted parts, and regardless of what Ernest says, options are nice to have.
For your example above, all you would need to enter is "4 toms" as an expression once. The percussionist will see that the notes are on different pitches and use different toms.
Human playback should interpret a text expression "rallentando" for playback. Have you tried that instead of messing with shapes?