Mac Finale, v27.4, Mac OS X 14.7.6 (Sonoma), iMac Apple M3, 24 GB RAM
I am sure we could quickly troubleshoot, if we could get a (small) Finale sample document to examine. Unfortunately you can not attach Finale documents directly in this forum (only graphics can be ...
Tom Feledy, You wrote: “Excellent suggestion! The result on the Mac is a very acceptable monochrome PDF of 898K. 1) Why such a difference in file size between Mac Print As PDF, and Mac Graphics/E...
Michael Nunes, You wrote: “I know about that feature. However, that brings me back to the first problem: trying to put top of layer 1 and all of 4 in one part.” Unfortunately the feature “Par...
I am not sure I understand. Do you mean this option? (see the screen shot below)
katie brady, You wrote: “It looks fine on my finale screen. but when i try to print this vocal only score it squishes all the lyrics and notes together.” If I understand you correctly, then you...
You can also load a library of staff styles. Finale comes with a library of its “default” staff styles - including the staff style Hide Staff (and Collapse).
Michael Nunes, You wrote: “If I have them playing multiple notes notated in one layer (i.e. instead of 2 separate beams and using 2 layers, just a chord in layer 1), do I have to move the lower n...
You can create a dashed hairpin as a shape expression. By default the Expression Designer selects the option “Allow Horizontal Stretching”. You can create brackets (left - right) as two expressions.
Michael Nunes, You wrote: “Is there any way in staff styles to differentiate notes in 1 layer? A lot of the piece has both horns playing unison rhythm in one layer.” I am not sure I understand ...
The feature “Automatic Multimeasure Rests” is a document specific setting (not a program specific setting). Obviously the Document Setup Wizard uses a template (Document Style) that has not gener...