I had the "Normal Stem Lenght" and "Shortened Stem Lenght" set to 0 in Documents Options>Stems.
Harold At 17:16 -0300 20/03/09, Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: >I did that, several times. Still no stems. Thanks. The file was created with >Finale 2003. >Harold > > >At 11:36 -0400 20/03/09, John Roberts wrote: >>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 > >_______________________________________________ >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
