Finale 27.4.1, Mac Os 15.7.3 (Sequoia). Mac mini M4 Pro, 24b RAM. Azerty kb, MOTU M6 audio interface, Roland Sound Canvas SC 88vl, 2 monitors (27" Pivot, 24"). RGP Lua. Composer and arranger (jazz and more...). Website : www.michelherr.com
I noticed the same thing, but found the cause : the choice of the blank symbol that replaces the + sign. Try 202, another blank symbol, you will see that the 2 time signatures get closer to each o...
Either use the demos of Finale or PrintMusic, or download the free Notepad, still available for PC.
... read 4 dotted quarter notes. It can even be done afterwards with Utilities -> Rebeam. And the manual way is the slash key applied to the note on the right.
The reason I'm suggesting not to rush to Modave (except indeed on a test partition) is to wait until it is proven compatible with 25.5 (and the upcoming Finale 26, announced for later this year). R...
AFAIK, MakeMusic has not communicated about the compatibility of Finale with Mojave, so I wouldn't rush... Unless you have a copy of Sierra, the only (free) OS available on the Apple site is High S...
From what I read on the forums, Finale 25.5 works fine with High Sierra (and Sierra, too). A new MacOs, Mojave, is coming soon. Don't rush to update to that one, get High Sierra now, while it is st...
FYI, a previous communication from Makemusic (July 11 ?) : "While we’re not quite at a point where we can share all the details of what this new release will contain or how it might be delivered, t...
You can get rid of the left barline of systems in Document Options -> Barlines -> Left Barlines : uncheck "Display on Multiple Staves". This applies to the whole score.
A last remark : for fine positioning, Finale has guides and a grid. The "snap to grid' function could help.
You are correct. That's why Peter Thomsen's method (allowing several systems to be positioned next to another with a blank space in between them) is probably preferable and faster than the workarou...