I did not understand at the beginning. I wanted to TAB out a viola like one would do for a guitar or mandolin in this case, but since the viola is a non-fretted instrument, it TAB'ed it out like it...

Zuill, now I understand what you are saying, Yes I did get "0" on the open strings. I also see what you are saying about the fret numbers. To bad I cannot find away to fool Finale into putting down...

Thanks Z, I really must be blond here. I re-did the strings as you had and my "Open D" became a 7 and not 0. Do I need to change something else too? Keri-Ann

Thanks Mike, I did try that but I must be doing something wrong. I used Mandolin, set string 1=48, 2=55, 3=62, 4=69. Its this correct? Looking at the MIDI Table you said to use. When I copy notes to...

Okay, I have to tab out a Viola part and would like to use the TAB feature in 2011 and do this by copying the note staff into the Tab staff and have the finger number / string match the notes...