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
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