I think Bill's cross-staff beaming is the clearest and most elegant way to do this.

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Under the Speedy menu, deselect "Check for Extra Notes." Although that should do what you want, it means Finale will let you put as many notes or rests as you want in a measure; you're turning off a...

I've encountered this a few times, too. The occurrences seem random, but the solution (at least for me) is to replace the Finale 2008 Preferences file. I keep a copy in the Finale 2008 folder, and...

It never ceases to amaze me: after using Finale since version 1.0, there are STILL basic things I need to learn. Insert, don't copy... huh. Thanks, JT, for making me look back at Peter's first reply....