Thanks, Robert, it looks like that fixes it.

In this particular score, I don't remember by what method I tried this
before.  Something, that to my mind, should have worked (and pretty nearly,
did).

It could be a bit clearer.

RH
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From: "Robert Patterson" <
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Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Finale] Re: Horns and signatures


> Raymond Horton wrote:
>  > And, of course, Finale REALLY SHOULD be able to handle it.
>  >
>
> Erm. Finale *does* handle it, in an elegant although not obvious way.
> For music in a key, you should use key based transposition. So:
>
> 1. Set the key(s) of the piece as a whole.
> 2. Open the staff attributes for the horn staff (staves) and check
> Indepenent Elements: Key Signatures. Also set the transposition to F
> transposition (key based).
> 3. Now you can indepently set the key signature for the horn part(s).
> Set their key to the key of F major for the whole piece, regardless of
> the keys of the rest of the piece. In transposed view this displays as C
>   major. All accidentals are handled correctly.
>
> Voila.
>
> For music not in a key, or music entirely in C major (a minor), use
> chromatic transposition.
>
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