Mac Finale, v27.4, Mac OS X 14.7.6 (Sonoma), iMac Apple M3, 24 GB RAM
This is what I get: I would not call these parentheses “huge”. Anyway, the Chord Tool is a very powerful tool. You can have the parentheses in any font, in any size.
… Using PDF instead of EPS never worked properly since Finale rasterizes the inserted PDF … That is not my experience. For me the inserted PDF is never rasterized. What you are seeing, is perh...
Using v26 in Big Sur I have not been able to reproduce the problem. Just as a test (not as a solution): What happens if you use a PDF graphic (instead of EPS graphic)? Does that work? (It works...
What works for me: 1) Use the Utilities menu, and change the instrument to Piano. This step will give you Grand Staff. 2) Select the Grand Staff (= both staves!), and use the Utilities menu to ...
What comes to mind: 1) Selection Tool. Select the region that should be changed. 2) Utilities menu > Change Instrument… Have you tried that?
… Will this reinstall my saved files? … By your words “my saved files” you mean your various Finale documents (scores) - right? No, a re-install of the Finale program will not affect your Final...
Then a lot of plug-ins are missing in the sub-menu for Note, Beam, and Rest Editing. Try a re-install of Finale v25.
Welcome to the forum! Some possible culprits: 1) The measures must be fully empty. If the measures display whole rests, they may contain real whole rest, and thus be non-empty. Delete that whol...
… I did not know these other fonts are available. Where might one find them? … You are using Finale v26 - right? If you download and install Finale v27 (demo), you will get several SMuFL fonts, s...
As long as you do not have a client with specific font demands, you can freely use all fonts. If you prefer the clefs in one specific font, then use that font as clef font, even if the document’s...