That's how I've always done it - custom stem tool and apply an empty stem - and to remove it you simply use Clear Selected Items: Stem and Beam Alterations. Maybe that would work however you created them. It's now in the Edit Menu (it used to be in the Mass Mover).
JR On 3/20/09 7:02 AM, "Noel Stoutenburg" <mjol...@ticnet.com> wrote: > Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: >> In some [files] I removed the stems on quarter and half notes, leaving only >> the note heads. I opened one of these files yesterday to save as something >> else and tried to put the stems back, but could not. I don't remember how I >> removed them. > You don't say what version of Finale you first created the file in, so > terminology may vary. I suspect that you removed the stems by using an > option accessed in some versions as "document options > Music options". > This dialog box has three labeled input boxes where you can set the > "stem length", "shortened stem length", and "half stem length". Setting > all three to "0" [zero] is the quickest way to get stemless notes > globally. The next option that comes to my mind is that you used the > custom stem tool. (the special tool that looks like a snowflake). The > recommended way to achieve a few stemless notes (at least when I learned > how to do it) was to use the custom stem tool, and apply an empty stem. > > ns > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
