As this thread has been resurrected I decided to see what my system would do with old files, with no preparation. I found an old archive CD with files created in Finale 97.3 - I could find nothing ...
With each text block in turn select the text block, in the text menu select "Frame attributes" and change assignment to page, define the page it is to be reattached to. You'll then need to go to t...
Ah, I see, you used staff assigned text blocks instead of page assigned text blocks. When the text blocks are assigned to the page (select in the Text menu before creating the text block) they will...
You can do the actions in any order. Fix the tuplet, remove the rest, change the tool settings. It doesn't matter. It'll not look right till you've done them all, but it's not important which order...
If you have more trouble send me an e mail at p.west@me.com and I'll send a Finale file with it done so that you can see, and if you want, copy/paste it.
delete the rest. You may have the option in your note entry tool (Simple or Speedy) to fill measures with rests. Switch it off (I should never have been invented anyway, awful thing!) With the tupl...
You don't need to change the notehead. If you do that then the note will not really be a double whole note, but will only look like on., The tuplet will then have the wrong values. In Speedy not...
There should be no problem if they are on page 1, they should show on page 1 in the parts. If your score has a title page and the music starts on Finale page 2, but the parts are only 1 page long, ...
Exactly. Use a double whole note, no ties. Use the tuplet tool to make the tuplet I described. Without the Tuplet it will look right but playback too short. With the tuplet it will look right and ...
You can use a tuplet: 8 quarters in the time of 20 quarters. Set the tuplet definition to no bracket and no number. It should now sound for the full duration of the measure.