[Finale] Questions

[Mike]

Hi! I'm a bit new to Finale but have some questions. I'm trying to do a default page that I could use over and over. It would have six lines of staffs, each four bars. The things i don't get right is. 1: How can I make every bars all the same sizes. I would like four evenly spaced bars, sure I can go in page layout and change but it must be a easier way. Also when I'm stepping in notes the bar size changes so then I have to change it again.   2: All eight notes seems to be four and four together default and it seems that I can change them in Mass edit and rebeam to time signature to get them two and two but how will I make that default?   3: How would I make all stems up default?   4: Is there a possibility to use my keybord (not the piano keyboard) and tell Finale ex: numerical pad 7 would be a drum based hi hat, jazz font, eight note and laying at "G". The numerical pad 8 would be snare drum, quarter note, a jazz font and laying at "C" and so on?   For know I have to klick in every note, tell finale all stems up, rebeam to time signature, going to special tools, chosing note shape tool, mark the notes and then find the hi hat symbol. I would like to speed it up and see if there is a faster way of working. Sorry for all questions and hope someones has some ide'as. Best. Mike.