I am new to Finale and a new subscriber to this listserve, running received Finale 2004a. I read somewhere that it is the most powerful and yet the most maddening of music programs. (And here I always thought Rhapsody was maddening!)
Here is my dilemma--one of many: I imported a tune from a Rhapsody file. The treble staff has a melody and harmony line, and in the original Rhapsody file, the upper note of the two has an upward stem, and the lower has a downward stem; e.g., a third space C with stem up, and directly below it a middle C with stem down. When I import this file into Rhapsody, these directions are reversed. Now, with the upper note stem down, and the lower note stem up, they look like two wheels connected by a bicycle chain! Pretty horrible. I haven't been able to figure out how to edit them back to the other way. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I tried using the reverse stem tool under special tools; it didn't seem to do anything at all for me. What am I missing here? Are attachments permitted on this listserve? I'd be surprised if they were, in this age of virus-laden mail attachments, but if they are, I wonder if people ever post pieces of finale files as part of their messages. I have started browsing the archives but haven't seen anything like that. I hope I don't make a bad name for myself on this list! Folks often rightly say, RTFM! but I *have* been reading the manual! But I find it very difficult to find the specific information I want in some cases. Thanks very much in advance for any help and advice. Bill _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
