The only way I can think of doing this is by adding a single barline as an expression to an existing single barline.
Hopefully you're charging by the hour for this job.
IMO, it's more efficient to simply enter the suffix ID manually. The fact that you've spent days on this method should tell you that your time is more valuable than spending it trying to teach FInale.
Here's the preference menu (Mac). You can see that I have automatic music spacing unchecked. Put a checkmark here on your computer to see if this is what you're looking for.
The systems will only be locked if you specify a specific number of measures per system when you generate parts, or if you lock them manually. Spacing will be applied automatically if you have se...
Read this thread. https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360034008134-Guitar-tabs-at-incorrect-fret
Paul, As Michel said in his post, you can create a staff style for this specific transposition and apply to just the selected measures.
The answer depends on your operating system. I use a Mac, so we use "option-space" to create a hard space. It's been a while since I use Windows, but I think the keystroke might be "Alt 0160".
The system specs. state that a full install of Finale takes up 1 GB of storage, 8 extra GB for the Garritan sounds. Are you saying the laptop doesn't have one GB of free space? I use an external dr...
You can switch everything to the Engraver Font if you like. Or you can just use this double notehead from Engraver Font in your file. To do this, open Special Tools, Note Shape Tool. CLick once o...