"Am I missing something?" No. Search the forum for multiple posts concerning percussion issues in Finale 2010. Jim Coull

CurtisT, I would agree that this is common practice in most hymnals (and some barbershop arrangements) that I seen also, although it would be rare in most other engraved music. The solution is to...

To make the chord symbol accidentals sit higher, go to the Document Menu > Document Options > Chords and type a larger number into the appropriate Chord Alteration Baseline Adjustment boxes. Jim Coull...

John, My version of "I Want a Principle Within" may be different than yours, but the difference that I see is that in my version, there is not a layer 1/layer 2 setup. IOW, the soprano and alto share...

Brian, Good point (silly me, I'm never one to use hyperbole ;-) ), but remember that you have the option of using a bass clef or a percussion clef (or a treble clef, I suppose) in addition to ledger...