President, The Shawnee Concert Band. Finale 27.4.1 using Windows 11, Perfect Layout Silver, Note Performer 4, Smartscore Pro 64, Roland A-49 midi controller.
Go to Document > Set Default Music Font
It is a self-extracting file. You don't need to unzip it. Did you d/l Finale 27.3 directly from MM? You can also do the upgrade directly from Finale itself and it is pretty much automatic.
Charlie if rebooting did not fix it, two other things to try. Run the Windows troubleshooter. Two make sure your keyboard driver is up to date. Matter of fact, I would update it first.
I don't know the answer to your specific problem. I can tell you that NP3 and Finale 27.2 work together perfectly on my stock Windows Dell desktop. I usually work in Finale with the included Finale...
You can have more than one version of Finale at the same time. I don't like to but it can be done. I kept 2014.5 and 26.3 for a while but 27.2 works so well the older versions are of no use. IMHO, ...
Check this out. https://www.finalemusic.com/blog/jazz-arranging-tips-drum-cues/
Neil I am not sure I am following what you are trying to do. Can you post a sample? Most of the time you don't have a musician playing when he has cue notes. Or, is it a rhythmic pattern you want t...
...when I go to Extract parts from score... Why do that? Linked parts are very much better. Do you have a unique need for extracted parts?
But when printing, I cannot create my own paper size such as 10X13 You need to set up the page size in both Finale and the PDF printer. Use a third party PDS printer program. It is bad manners ...
You probably do need to find out which version of Windows you have. Does CTRL-A, CTRL-C, CTRL-V, CTRL-W, CTRL-S work? Have you rebooted your computer? I would almost guess this is a Windows issue a...