Finale 26.3.1 for Mac OS 10.13.6 (High Sierra)
Christopher Smith commented,
Hi Richard. That workaround doesn't work on my Mac, most recent version of Finale, starting from an unedited default file. I tried copying partial measures, full measures, everything. When the staf...
Christopher Smith commented,
Also my original default font was Petrucci of course, not Palatino! Age and memory, I suppose.
Christopher Smith commented,
Hey, Girard! I go back to 1995. I think it may have been version 3.0, but I'm not sure any more! The Bill Duncan library has a lot of goodies in it, including one of the best chord fonts I've e...
Christopher Smith commented,
Hi Girard, All these are in my default file. Admittedly, I tend to use the Bill Duncan Articulations font more these days, but all these shapes are available.
Christopher Smith commented,
I agree about the Z and 2, and also the fermata. Some of the other numbers are not ideal, either. But there ARE doits and falls! They are the same as rips and plops, with different placement. The...
Christopher Smith commented,
Hi Girard, I know what causes it, at least. It has to do with the font that is set as the Default Music font in Document Options. I have some old files where the dotted rests behave themselves,...
Christopher Smith commented,
I am suspecting that you just clicked somewhere else on the page, deselecting the handles. The handles are only visible when you are in the Articulation tool, and they will not be active unless you...
Christopher Smith commented,
Select the Articulation Tool. Drag around the Roll Articulation to select it. The handles will change colour to show they're selected. Hit Return to open up the Articulation Designer window. In the...
Christopher Smith commented,
It is possible that the new Stacking Articulations feature in v. 26 is screwing things up. Open the definition for the Roll articulation and turn off the stack feature and see if that solves things.
Christopher Smith commented,
More and more, I have found that strange things happening in Finale can be traced to leftover files in the Temp folder. Quitting Finale and clearing this folder solves tons of strange problems, inc...