Mac Finale, v27.4, Mac OS X 14.7.6 (Sonoma), iMac Apple M3, 24 GB RAM
Document menu > Document Options > Multimeasure Rests De-select the option “Update Automatically”. NB: The setting “Update Automatically” is a document setting, not a program setting.
Jeff White, My first guess would be that the culprit is a stuck key on the computer keyboard, namely the key that triggers the metatool for the “rit.”. The key could be stuck physically (hardwa...
Ian Swedlund, You wrote: “At the end of step 5 all I need to do for a perfect outcome is: 1. change the treble clef to bass (the dialog box refuses to change that treble clef to any other clef) 2...
Assuming that you are using the “full Finale”, v25: You have to use 2 staves in the entire document. You can hide the empty staff from Page View in the systems where you do not need it. The empty s...
1. Find out the clef number for the Bass Clef in your document (the Bass Clef is probably Clef 3): Document menu > Document Options > Clefs > Clef Designer… Finale numbers the clefs from left to ri...
Please add info to your profile, like e. g. details about your operating system. When I click on your name, I find no info that can help diagnosting your problem.
One thing more: You can work faster by accessing the Edit System Margins dialog box via the context menu.
OK, now I understand, too. You wrote: “I can make some of the lower staves tighter using the Page Layout tool but not the top 2 only tighten a short distance then I can't move them as tightly as ...
Dennis Sichner, You wrote: “It's a part for single instrument extracted from a score.” * Is that “single instrument” a 1-staff instrument (like e. g. a flute), or is it a 2-staff instrument (li...
In a Finale document there are both a score and some linked parts. By default, when you open a Finale document, you view the score. You can directly view, and edit, the layout in the score. You...