You're not alone!
I also cannot seem to get on with the new system for staff lists in
2009, they seem to have a mind of their own. The option for 'show on
top staff' does not work, especially when used in conjunction with a
score and parts in the same file. The tempo expressions just don't
appear on the top stave of the part even though it is checked. I need
to check mark them all to get it to work. I have lost a lot of time
and made some serious errors because of this. Finale 07/08 never gave
me a problem in this area, what you put in was what you got in the
part. It also plays up if you add staves after you have set up score
expressions (tempo markings).
I don't know if I'm alone on this one either, but has anyone else
noticed unusual things happening with playbacks in finmac09.
For instance, I get phantom 'hidden' notes (little groups of 32 or
64th notes) added in various staves for no reason, and whenever I set
up a rall. or rit. to playback with a shape assignment it seems to go
horribly wrong, something which I have done perfectly well in
hundreds of files previously. In fact, it appears that if I set up a
playback shape and then return to open the file later the playback
gets all messed up, some ralls turning into a complete slow down to a
hold. The only solution is to make them so fine in tempo reduction
that they just about work. Any old file updated or clipped in just
messes up completely. I also seem to have a lot of similar shapes
appear in the selection box.
Has anyone also had this problem: You are putting in artics, accents,
staccs, etc by clicking them in or drag clicking (while holding down
the metatool) and then all of a sudden finale freezes - spinning
beach ball of death - and then finale crashes. It usually happens
when I go from clicking them in individually to drag-metatooling them
or vice-versa, and if I change layer between these actions it is
guaranteed to crash finale.
It's better to know if I am not the only one suffering!
Jonathan
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