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
The symbol can be created as a chord suffix, too. Just don't forget to uncheck the display of "Root". The advantage of using a chord suffix is that it aligns on the baseline of the existing chords....
In the Lyrics menu, there is also "Specify Current Lyric".
I confirm what Doug said : Finale is compatible with Sonoma from version 27.4. The latest version is 27.4.1. P.S. : you can add staves another way : Staff Tool -> New Blank Staves. Then configure t...
Did you see this remark : "However, the font must be installed as a music font — i.e. its name should be added to the configuration file MacSymbolFonts.txt as Wess-ColorNoteHeads" (Mac : Finder,...
Thank you Doug for adding this link, because the thread makes important remarks (to read to the end).
Coloring noteheads in Finale is very limited (1 color per pitch, or layer colors). Take a look at this font, which offers more flexibility : WessColorNoteheads (thank you, Wess) https://u.pcloud.li...
This kind of task is easy to do (even per layer) with a plug-in : JW Tools -> JW Change -> Noteheads -> Shape (+ select a layer). Try it and see if it performs better.
Manage parts --> New Part. From the right column, drag the 2 staves the middle column. Name it. You could also define a group (Staff menu -> Groups and Brackets) with each pair of staves. This woul...
Have you tried this : instead of using the Pickup Measure command in the Document menu, define the pickup measure as a "shorter" measure via the signature tool (ex. : 2/4, but displayed as 4/4).
According to the MusicXML site, Dolet 7 doesn't seem to be compatible with Finale 2009. https://www.musicxml.com/dolet-plugin/dolet-plugin-for-finale/