Peter Thomsen! I guess that what I want is the articualtions to behave according to notation praxis when I haven't asked it/forced it to do otherwise. I realize that Rhytmic Notation always FORCES...

Trumpetz! Of course, the glass is 90% full! In fact it's 98% full. What's irritating is when things that HAVE worked earlier suddenly just don't. In this the above case it also looks like a behaviour...

Yes I'm on 2007c. I've got everything to do want I want, EXCEPT for the above issue. Using the "old" way (yes I had it like you, with 2 different sets of artics...) puts everything back to normal...

Oh I see! There's a new feature in articulation positioning [Position:] in Finale 2007 (in 2007 I think?? Or was in already in 2006?) !! Apart from "On Stem Side", "Note Side" and the others, you can...

Peter & Doug! Many thanks for your responses! For me this is not a question of stems. Only where the articulations end up by default. Peter. I looked in the options for Alternate Notation:...