Mac Finale, v27.4, Mac OS X 14.7.6 (Sonoma), iMac Apple M3, 24 GB RAM
… mid-bar tempo alterations … … It stays tethered to 1st beat … Your screen shot shows an expression from the category {Tempo Marks}, not an expression from the category {Tempo Alterations}. Do...
… How do I execute mid-bar tempo alterations? … Are you talking about playback (not about layout)? Are you talking about the Expression category {Tempo Alterations}? Normally the {Tempo Alterat...
… Am I in the wrong dialogue box? … Yes. You have the Document Options for Time Signature. Instead, go to the Document Options for Fonts.
… I need hide rests and extend beams. I checked option in document options/beams but it works only for unhidden rests … Thanks for the info. Your attached graphic explains the problem well. The l...
Can you provide exact steps to reproduce the problem? Unfortunately I am unable to reproduce the problem. For me, the beam stays when I hide a rest:
… Does anyone know how to display a time signature in Finale as 4/4 + 8th Triplet (or any complex time signature for that matter)? … I am not sure what time signature layout (display) you mean. I...
If I understand you correctly, you are copying a 2-staff part - right? Without examining the actual Finale document we can only guess. I suppose that you have already examined the settings in t...
That method, too, may work in Finale v25, but the chord symbol’s character spacing will not get scaled down. In Other Words: Using the utility to scale the chords down to a smaller size will redu...
One way to do it: Add an extra staff - for the smaller chord symbols. For the extra staff, in its Staff Attributes, in the pane {Items to Display}, de-select all options except Chords. Also, in t...