Finale 27.4.1, Mac Os 15.7 (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
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/
Add to this that it is not easy to figure out what version of MusicXML a specific file has been created with. The only way I found was to open the MusicXML file in a text editor. But even that does...
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Staff Attributes : under Items to display, is Staff Name in Parts checked ? It shouldn't be.
In Finale, if one uses different midi channels, it doesn't seem to be possible at the moment, AFAIK. I have asked for this feature without success (so far). It would be useful to make a mix "on the...
...and this can be fixed in the ScoreManager.