Got it — I did try it as a new staff style, so I could still use JD’s solution 
but apply it only to that part of the score that was in E Major. Thanks again 
for the help!

— Mike

> On Jan 29, 2019, at 2:20 PM, Michael Meyer <mlmli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks, JD — that worked! Unfortunately, though, the E Major section is later 
> in the piece, and these settings caused earlier key signatures to display 
> double-flats and all sorts of nonsense! Do you (or does anyone else) know if 
> I can change it for just this E Major section? I think that’s something I can 
> do with a staff style, but I tend to be really bad at staff styles.
> 
> — Mike
> 
>> On Jan 29, 2019, at 12:38 PM, j...@thomastudios.com wrote:
>> 
>> I got this to work correctly, but it’s way convoluted.  In the staff 
>> transposition dialog, from Score Manager, change the staff transposition to 
>> Other, uncheck Simplify Key, put 9 in the interval field and -10 in the key 
>> alter field.  Leave it in treble obviously.
>> 
>> I did this just now in Finale 25 and I got the proper transposition.  In 
>> reading the online manual for this dialog, the part pertaining to the 
>> interval and key alter, I got a headache.  So I had another cup of coffee 
>> and moved on.  Whew!!  This should be easier (and maybe it is).
>> 
>> ***************************
>> J D Thomas
>> ThomaStudios
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jan 29, 2019, at 8:56 AM, Michael Meyer <mlmli...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all —
>>> 
>>> I thought I knew how to do this, but it’s not working. FinMac26.
>>> 
>>> Concert key is E Major. Have a tenor sax part that displays F# Major, but I 
>>> need it to display Gb Major instead.
>>> 
>>> I thought I did this in ScoreManager for the instrument’s Transposition, 
>>> either by checking or un-checking the box for “Simplify Key” — but doing 
>>> that hasn’t changed the displayed key signature from F# Major.
>>> 
>>> Am I doing it wrong? Is it actually something/somewhere else?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for any help.
>>> 
>>> — Mike
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