Thanks so much to Jari Williamsson for your help.

Patricia Spedden

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
Jari Williamsson
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 4:11 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Finale] Articulation Metatools and Collisions

On 2011-11-05 06:55, Patricia Spedden wrote:
> 1.  Would anyone know why I can't get articulation
> metatools to work in trying enter fingering numbers?
> They seem to program ok, but I have to click many
> times for them to work.  After a dozen or so clicks,
> the intended number finally appears--but it's
> hardly worth the effort.  Am I doing something wrong?

Perhaps you're clicking above the note? You have to click on the 
notehead for articulations, even if they are going to appear way outside 
the note.

> 2.  Are there any suggestions for avoiding articulation
> collisions other than making two sets of articulations
> at different heights?  In pieces with many staccatos/accents/etc.,
> every fingering number goes right on top of the
> articulation already there.  Also, is there any way to
> set the Finale default so that articulations never collide with slurs?

Rather than programming a different set of metatools, perhaps a workflow 
similar to this would work for you:
1. Enter the fingerings artics first
2. Drag-enclose all the fingerings and nudge them upwards with the arrow 
up key (to provide the extra space)
3. Enter the rest of the artics

There is a "inside slurs" setting for articlations that will lift the 
slur (useful for staccati for example).

Best regards,

Jari Williamsson

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